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| Jack Burton:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on December 08, 2010, 05:20:02 pm --- --- Quote from: Jack Burton on December 08, 2010, 04:44:24 pm ---Personally if you want a dual d-pad NES controller this looks promising: http://nfgcontrols.com/grafx/X68000-CCpad.png --- End quote --- I like the looks and simplicity of that thing; never seen one before. However, I have a strong preference for Nintendo-built D-pads; others have never seemed quite right to me. About the parallel port + SNESKey hookup, I'd rather do it through USB, so I can have two controllers hooked up at once, and be able to plug/unplug them easily and while the PC is on. However, I'm not sure how to go about connecting one to something like a USB keyboard encoder, because they don't have a 1:1 switch-to-wire thing going on like with arcade controls; there are only 6 pins in the plug, but there are 8 switches just for the 2 D-pads alone, plus several others for the buttons. --- End quote --- well, there is always the option to perform a pad hack on this controller, then run it to an external project box enclosure containing a USB encoder such as an I-pac. The actual pcb will not be plugged in, but the traces on it will serve as wiring for your encoder. There is a guide to pad hacking here: http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/pcb_wiring.html In this case you would want to leave the matrices under the buttons alone and locate solder points on the PCB that will not interfere with the operation of the controller. |
| SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ahofle on December 08, 2010, 09:22:39 pm --- --- Quote from: opt2not on December 08, 2010, 06:24:52 pm --- --- Quote from: ahofle on December 08, 2010, 06:18:26 pm ---IMO the Nintendo Wavebird D-Pad is one of the worst D-Pads ever. Maybe it's just me though as I have never been a fan of D-Pads in general. --- End quote --- They're practically the same as the NES d-pads, which were by far the best d-pads ever made. --- End quote --- They sure don't look or feel practically the same. --- End quote --- Maybe he was talking about the Wii Classic controller? |
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