diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/Global.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/Global.cs
index e36e660e3b..0dda8686fd 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/Global.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/Global.cs
@@ -84,5 +84,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		public static SimpleController MovieOutputController = new SimpleController();
 
 		public static Controller ClientControls;
+
+		// Input state which has been estine for game controller inputs are coalesce here
+		// This relies on a client specific implementation!
+		public static SimpleController ControllerInputCoalescer;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/InputAdapters.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/InputAdapters.cs
index e32b196f30..1259f9a315 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/InputAdapters.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/InputAdapters.cs
@@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		protected WorkingDictionary<string, bool> Buttons = new WorkingDictionary<string, bool>();
 		protected WorkingDictionary<string, float> Floats = new WorkingDictionary<string, float>();
-		
+
+		public virtual void Clear()
+		{
+			Buttons = new WorkingDictionary<string, bool>();
+			Floats = new WorkingDictionary<string, float>();
+		}
+
 		public virtual bool this[string button]
 		{
 			get { return Buttons[button]; } set { Buttons[button] = value; }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs
index 32307e78e8..cfed14692e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public static DisplayManager DisplayManager = new DisplayManager();
 
 		//input state which has been destined for game controller inputs are coalesced here
-		public static ControllerInputCoalescer ControllerInputCoalescer = new ControllerInputCoalescer();
+		//public static ControllerInputCoalescer ControllerInputCoalescer = new ControllerInputCoalescer();
 		//input state which has been destined for client hotkey consumption are colesced here
 		public static InputCoalescer HotkeyCoalescer = new InputCoalescer();
 	}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index e2b97d37f1..2818f45025 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public MainForm(string[] args)
 		{
 			GlobalWin.MainForm = this;
+			Global.ControllerInputCoalescer = new ControllerInputCoalescer();
 			Global.FirmwareManager = new FirmwareManager();
 			Global.MovieSession = new MovieSession
 			{
@@ -397,10 +398,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				// handle events and dispatch as a hotkey action, or a hotkey button, or an input button
 				ProcessInput();
 				Global.ClientControls.LatchFromPhysical(GlobalWin.HotkeyCoalescer);
-				Global.ActiveController.LatchFromPhysical(GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer);
+				Global.ActiveController.LatchFromPhysical(Global.ControllerInputCoalescer);
 
 				Global.ActiveController.OR_FromLogical(Global.ClickyVirtualPadController);
-				Global.AutoFireController.LatchFromPhysical(GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer);
+				Global.AutoFireController.LatchFromPhysical(Global.ControllerInputCoalescer);
 
 				if (Global.ClientControls["Autohold"])
 				{
@@ -517,8 +518,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		public void ProcessInput()
 		{
+			ControllerInputCoalescer conInput = Global.ControllerInputCoalescer as ControllerInputCoalescer;
+
 			for (; ; )
 			{
+				
 				// loop through all available events
 				var ie = Input.Instance.DequeueEvent();
 				if (ie == null) { break; }
@@ -561,7 +565,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					default:
 					case 0: // Both allowed
-						GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer.Receive(ie);
+						conInput.Receive(ie);
 
 						handled = false;
 						if (ie.EventType == Input.InputEventType.Press)
@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 						break;
 					case 1: // Input overrides Hokeys
-						GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer.Receive(ie);
+						conInput.Receive(ie);
 						if (!Global.ActiveController.HasBinding(ie.LogicalButton.ToString()))
 						{
 							handled = false;
@@ -604,7 +608,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 						if (!handled)
 						{
 							GlobalWin.HotkeyCoalescer.Receive(ie);
-							GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer.Receive(ie);
+							conInput.Receive(ie);
 						}
 
 						break;
@@ -613,7 +617,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			} // foreach event
 
 			// also handle floats
-			GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer.AcceptNewFloats(Input.Instance.GetFloats());
+			conInput.AcceptNewFloats(Input.Instance.GetFloats());
 		}
 
 		public void RebootCore()
@@ -3016,7 +3020,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private static void RewireInputChain() // Move to Client.Common
 		{
-			GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer = new ControllerInputCoalescer { Type = Global.ActiveController.Type };
+			Global.ControllerInputCoalescer.Clear();
+			Global.ControllerInputCoalescer.Type = Global.ActiveController.Type;
 
 			Global.OrControllerAdapter.Source = Global.ActiveController;
 			Global.OrControllerAdapter.SourceOr = Global.AutoFireController;
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Input.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Input.cs
index 450ba13021..1aca85bfe4 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Input.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Input.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public LuaTable input_get()
 		{
 			var buttons = _lua.NewTable();
-			foreach (var kvp in GlobalWin.ControllerInputCoalescer.BoolButtons().Where(kvp => kvp.Value))
+			foreach (var kvp in Global.ControllerInputCoalescer.BoolButtons().Where(kvp => kvp.Value))
 			{
 				buttons[kvp.Key] = true;
 			}