diff --git a/include/controller.h b/include/controller.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3db6ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/controller.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#ifndef _CONTROLLER_H_
+#define _CONTROLLER_H_
+
+struct Controller {
+    /* 0x00 */ s16 contId;
+    /* 0x02 */ s16 rawStickX;
+    /* 0x04 */ s16 rawStickY;
+    /* 0x06 */ u16 buttonDown;
+    /* 0x08 */ u16 buttonPressed;
+    /* 0x0A */ u16 unkA;
+    char fillerC[2];
+    /* 0x0E */ u16 unkE;
+    /* 0x10 */ float stickMag;
+    /* 0x14 */ float stickX;
+    /* 0x18 */ float stickY;
+    /* 0x1C */ OSContStatus *statusData;
+    /* 0x20 */ OSContPad *controllerData;
+};
+
+extern struct Controller gControllers[4];
+extern OSMesgQueue gSIEventMesgQueue;
+extern u8 gControllerBits;
+extern u8 gEepromProbe;
+extern OSContStatus gControllerStatuses[4];
+extern OSContPad gControllerPads[4];
+extern OSMesg gSIEventMesgBuf[1];
+extern OSMesg gEepromMesgBuf[1];
+extern OSMesgQueue gEepromMesgQueue;
+
+void Cont_InitControllers(void);
+void Cont_AdjustAnalogStick(struct Controller *controller);
+void Cont_StartReadInputs(void);
+void Cont_ReadInputs(void);
+u8 Cont_GetControllerBits(void);
+s32 Cont_IsEepromPresent(void);
+s32 Cont_AttemptReadEeprom(u8* buffer, u32 size, s32 inaddr);
+s32 Cont_AttemptWriteEeprom(u8* buffer, u32 size, s32 inaddr);
+void Cont_BlockEepromQueue(void);
+void Cont_NoBlockEepromQueue(void);
+void Cont_InitEepromQueue(void);
+u8 Cont_SetupControllers(void);
+
+#endif // _CONTROLLER_H_
diff --git a/include/macros.h b/include/macros.h
index 348832d..919c14c 100644
--- a/include/macros.h
+++ b/include/macros.h
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
 #define SCREEN_WIDTH 320
 #define SCREEN_HEIGHT 240
 
+#define ALIGN4(val) (((val) + 0x3) & ~0x3)
+#define ALIGN8(val) (((val) + 0x7) & ~0x7)
+#define ALIGN16(val) (((val) + 0xF) & ~0xF)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/splat.yaml b/splat.yaml
index 908b3bb..8c5170b 100644
--- a/splat.yaml
+++ b/splat.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ segments:
     - [0x3A80, asm] # transition loader
     - [0x3FB0, asm] # PRES-JPEG decoder
     - [0x60A0, asm] # 
-    - [0x6430, asm] # controller code
+    - [0x6430, c, controller] # controller code
     - [0x6A40, asm] #
     - [0x6BC0, asm] # 
     - [0x75F0, asm] # stage loader
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ segments:
     - {vram: 0x8007F190, type: .bss, name: main}
     - {vram: 0x80081900, type: .bss, name: rsp}
     - {vram: 0x80083CA0, type: .bss, name: unk_bss}
+    - {vram: 0x800A7320, type: .bss, name: controller}
+    - {vram: 0x800A7420, type: .bss, name: unk_bss_3}
     - {vram: 0x800A74C0, type: .bss, name: crash_screen}
     - {vram: 0x800A7EA0, type: .bss, name: unk_bss_2}
     - {vram: 0x80103880, type: .bss, name: libultra/gu/rotate}
diff --git a/src/controller.c b/src/controller.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9888e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controller.c
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+#include <ultra64.h>
+#include "controller.h"
+
+// TODO: Identify/move to header
+extern s16 func_8000A360(float, float);
+
+struct Controller gControllers[4];
+OSMesgQueue gSIEventMesgQueue;
+u8 gControllerBits;
+u8 gEepromProbe;
+OSContStatus gControllerStatuses[4];
+OSContPad gControllerPads[4];
+OSMesg gSIEventMesgBuf[1];
+OSMesg gEepromMesgBuf[1];
+OSMesgQueue gEepromMesgQueue;
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the gControllers structs. Clear each member, then set their cont
+ * id and set the status and pads pointers.
+ */
+void Cont_InitControllers(void) {
+    int i;
+
+    // clear each gControllers member.
+    for(i = 0; i < MAXCONTROLLERS; i++) {
+        bzero((void*)&gControllers[i], sizeof(struct Controller));
+    }
+
+    // Initialize each connected controller.
+    for(i = 0; i < MAXCONTROLLERS; i++) {
+        // If the bit is set in this bitfield for each iteration, it means
+        // the controller is connected. Set the ID and pointers respectively.
+        if(gControllerBits & (1 << i)) {
+            gControllers[i].contId = (i+1); // indexed by 1. (cont 1, cont 2, etc)
+            gControllers[i].statusData     = &gControllerStatuses[i];
+            gControllers[i].controllerData = &gControllerPads[i];
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Take the updated controller struct and calculate
+ * the new x, y, and distance floats.
+ */
+void Cont_AdjustAnalogStick(struct Controller *controller) {
+    // reset the controller's x and y floats.
+    controller->stickX = 0.0f;
+    controller->stickY = 0.0f;
+
+    // modulate the rawStickX and rawStickY to be the new f32 values by adding/subtracting 6.
+    if (controller->rawStickX <= -8) {
+        controller->stickX = controller->rawStickX + 6;
+    }
+
+    if (controller->rawStickX >= 8) {
+        controller->stickX = controller->rawStickX - 6;
+    }
+
+    if (controller->rawStickY <= -8) {
+        controller->stickY = controller->rawStickY + 6;
+    }
+
+    if (controller->rawStickY >= 8) {
+        controller->stickY = controller->rawStickY - 6;
+    }
+
+    // calculate f32 magnitude from the center by vector length.
+    controller->stickMag =
+        sqrtf(controller->stickX * controller->stickX + controller->stickY * controller->stickY);
+
+    // magnitude cannot exceed 64.0f: if it does, modify the values appropriately to
+    // flatten the values down to the allowed maximum value.
+    if (controller->stickMag > 64) {
+        controller->stickX *= 64 / controller->stickMag;
+        controller->stickY *= 64 / controller->stickMag;
+        controller->stickMag = 64;
+    }
+
+    
+    if (controller->stickMag > 0.0f) {
+        controller->unkE = func_8000A360(-controller->stickY, controller->stickX);
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Start the reading of the controller inputs into the current structs.
+ */
+void Cont_StartReadInputs(void) {
+    Cont_BlockEepromQueue();
+    osContStartReadData(&gSIEventMesgQueue);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read in the inputs into the pads and then update the controller structs accordingly based on
+ * new button masks and held button masks.
+ */
+void Cont_ReadInputs(void) {
+    s32 i;
+    struct Controller *controller = &gControllers[0];
+
+    osRecvMesg(&gSIEventMesgQueue, NULL, OS_MESG_BLOCK);
+    osContGetReadData(&gControllerPads[0]);
+    Cont_NoBlockEepromQueue();
+
+    for(i = 0; i < 4; i++, controller++) {
+        // if the contId is not 0, it means the controller is initialized.
+        if(controller->contId != 0) {
+            controller->rawStickX = controller->controllerData->stick_x;
+            controller->rawStickY = controller->controllerData->stick_y;
+            controller->buttonPressed = controller->controllerData->button
+                                        & (controller->controllerData->button ^ controller->buttonDown);
+            controller->unkA = controller->buttonDown 
+                                        & (controller->controllerData->button ^ controller->buttonDown);
+            controller->buttonDown = controller->controllerData->button;
+            
+            Cont_AdjustAnalogStick(controller);
+        } else {
+            controller->buttonPressed = 0;
+            controller->unkA = 0;
+            controller->buttonDown = 0;
+        }
+    }
+    func_8000B330();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Retrieve the current controller bits.
+ */
+u8 Cont_GetControllerBits(void) {
+    return gControllerBits;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if an EEPROM is connected. Since probe 0x00 is not connected and
+ * 0x01 and 0x02 are otherwise, a non-0 probe means it is connected.
+ */
+s32 Cont_IsEepromPresent(void) {
+    return gEepromProbe != 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to read from EEPROM up to 4 times given a buffer and size and inaddr.
+ * A return of 0 indicates success while -1 is an EEPROM error.
+ */
+s32 Cont_AttemptReadEeprom(u8* buffer, u32 size, s32 inaddr) {
+    s32 result = 1;
+    if (gEepromProbe) {
+        s32 i = 4;
+        Cont_BlockEepromQueue();
+        do {
+            // Get the number of 8-byte buffers to send, since we are sending in 8
+            // byte chunks.
+            s32 count = size / 8;
+            // this value must be a multiple of 8 due to hardware restrictions as
+            // specified by http://n64devkit.square7.ch/n64man/os/osEepromLongRead.htm.
+            // Force the value to be a multiple of 8 to adhere to the restrictions.
+            s32 address = ALIGN8(inaddr);
+            i --;
+            // once the result is 0 (success), exit from the loop since the write was successful.
+            result = osEepromLongRead(&gSIEventMesgQueue, count, buffer, address);
+        } while (i > 0 && result);
+        Cont_NoBlockEepromQueue();
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to write to EEPROM up to 4 times given a buffer and size and inaddr.
+ * A return of 0 indicates success while -1 is an EEPROM error.
+ */
+s32 Cont_AttemptWriteEeprom(u8* buffer, u32 size, s32 inaddr) {
+    s32 result = 1;
+    if (gEepromProbe) {
+        s32 i = 4;
+        Cont_BlockEepromQueue();
+        do {
+            // Get the number of 8-byte buffers to send, since we are sending in 8
+            // byte chunks.
+            s32 count = size / 8;
+            // this value must be a multiple of 8 due to hardware restrictions as
+            // specified by http://n64devkit.square7.ch/n64man/os/osEepromLongRead.htm.
+            // Force the value to be a multiple of 8 to adhere to the restrictions.
+            s32 address = ALIGN8(inaddr);
+            i --;
+            // once the result is 0 (success), exit from the loop since the write was successful.
+            result = osEepromLongWrite(&gSIEventMesgQueue, count, buffer, address);
+        } while (i > 0 && result);
+        Cont_NoBlockEepromQueue();
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Run a Block Mesg against the Eeprom queue.
+ */
+void Cont_BlockEepromQueue(void) {
+    osRecvMesg(&gEepromMesgQueue, NULL, OS_MESG_BLOCK);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Run a No Block Mesg against the Eeprom queue.
+ */
+void Cont_NoBlockEepromQueue(void) {
+    osSendMesg(&gEepromMesgQueue, NULL, OS_MESG_NOBLOCK);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the Eeprom Mesg queue.
+ */
+void Cont_InitEepromQueue(void) {
+    osCreateMesgQueue(&gEepromMesgQueue, gEepromMesgBuf, 1);
+    osSendMesg(&gEepromMesgQueue, NULL, OS_MESG_NOBLOCK);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Setup the controllers for initial use by initializing the EEPROM queue
+ * and SI Event queues. EEPROM probing was handled by game_init.c in Super
+ * Mario 64 which also handled the controllers in the same file. Since
+ * Nintendo EAD is also credited with co-developing Pokemon Stadium, this
+ * organization may be a holdover from that era.
+ */
+u8 Cont_SetupControllers(void) {
+    Cont_InitEepromQueue();
+    osCreateMesgQueue(&gSIEventMesgQueue, gSIEventMesgBuf, 1);
+    osSetEventMesg(OS_EVENT_SI, &gSIEventMesgQueue, NULL);
+    osContInit(&gSIEventMesgQueue, &gControllerBits, &gControllerStatuses[0]);
+    gEepromProbe = osEepromProbe(&gSIEventMesgQueue);
+    Cont_InitControllers();
+    return gControllerBits;
+}
diff --git a/src/crash_screen.c b/src/crash_screen.c
index 2a7cc68..fd1a405 100644
--- a/src/crash_screen.c
+++ b/src/crash_screen.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ void crash_screen_wait_for_button_combo(void) {
     s32 i = 0;
     
     do {
-        func_80005A84();
-        func_80005AB0();
+        Cont_StartReadInputs();
+        Cont_ReadInputs();
         if (((u16*)D_80068BA0[0])[4] != 0) {
             if (((u16*)D_80068BA0[0])[4] == gCrashScreenUnlockInputs[i++]) {
                 // have we reached the end of the array? exit the sleep loop.
diff --git a/src/unk_bss.c b/src/unk_bss.c
index 4c7642a..bdf95e6 100644
--- a/src/unk_bss.c
+++ b/src/unk_bss.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #include <ultra64.h>
 
 // used for padding. Splat cant auto gen these I guess
-static u8 unk_bss[0x800A74C0-0x80083CA0];
+static u8 unk_bss[0x800A7320-0x80083CA0];
diff --git a/src/unk_bss_3.c b/src/unk_bss_3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31ed8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unk_bss_3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include <ultra64.h>
+
+// used for padding. Splat cant auto gen these I guess
+static u8 unk_bss[0x800A74C0-0x800A7420];
diff --git a/tools/symbol_addrs.txt b/tools/symbol_addrs.txt
index 5016cdc..b2ffd4e 100644
--- a/tools/symbol_addrs.txt
+++ b/tools/symbol_addrs.txt
@@ -422,4 +422,24 @@ Memmap_GetFragmentBaseVaddr = 0x800020CC;
 Memmap_GetFragmentVaddr = 0x800020E0;
 Memmap_GetFragmentVaddrMask = 0x80002144;
 Memmap_ClearFragmentMemmap = 0x8000218C;
-Memmap_GetLoadedFragmentVaddr = 0x800021A8;
\ No newline at end of file
+Memmap_GetLoadedFragmentVaddr = 0x800021A8;
+gControllerStatuses = 0x800A73D0;
+gControllerPads = 0x800A73E0;
+gSIEventMesgQueue = 0x800A73B0;
+gControllerBits = 0x800A73C8;
+gEepromProbe = 0x800A73C9;
+gSIEventMesgBuf = 0x800A73F8;
+gEepromMesgQueue = 0x800A7400;
+gEepromMesgBuf = 0x800A73FC;
+Cont_InitControllers = 0x80005830;
+Cont_AdjustAnalogStick = 0x80005950;
+Cont_StartReadInputs = 0x80005A84;
+Cont_ReadInputs = 0x80005AB0;
+Cont_GetControllerBits = 0x80005B90;
+Cont_IsEepromPresent = 0x80005B9C;
+Cont_AttemptReadEeprom = 0x80005BAC;
+Cont_AttemptWriteEeprom = 0x80005C64;
+Cont_BlockEepromQueue = 0x80005D1C;
+Cont_NoBlockEepromQueue = 0x80005D48;
+Cont_InitEepromQueue = 0x80005D74;
+Cont_SetupControllers = 0x80005DB8;
\ No newline at end of file