SNES to xbox

[quadmasta]

Anybody done the conversion?  I know Lik-Sang sells the SNES to USB interface and I was wondering if anybody had converted that to work on a xbox.

[crashwg]

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news but it just won't work.  The ONLY* way you'll be able to use a real SNES controller on an XBOX is if you directly wire each button to the corresponding button on an XBOX controller's PCB.

TIP:
With 12 inputs on an SNES controller + the need for a common ground a VGA cord has enough wires to cover that.

*It may also be possible to use the converter you described on an XBOX running LINUX.

[quadmasta]

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news but it just won't work.  The ONLY* way you'll be able to use a real SNES controller on an XBOX is if you directly wire each button to the corresponding button on an XBOX controller's PCB.

TIP:
With 12 inputs on an SNES controller + the need for a common ground a VGA cord has enough wires to cover that.

*It may also be possible to use the converter you described on an XBOX running LINUX.

I was wondering if the xbox would recognize the controller without running Linux.  Anybody know?

[crashwg]

The question is not whether or not the XBOX will recognize the controller but will the dashboard/emulator.

To the best of my knowledge (and I'm pretty knowledgable in this area) there are zero dashboards (other than linux[which you can't realy call a "dashboard" per se]) that would recognize a controller other than one designed to be used on an XBOX.  Furthermore, even if there were a dashboard that would recognize one, I'm fairly certain that there are also zero emulators available in .xbe format which, for the uninformed, is the equivalent of .exe on PCs.

If you need more reasurance from a source other than myself, www.xbox-scene.com contains hundreds of persons that are experts on the subject and will almost certainly tell you the same.

 

[SNAAKE]

why dont you you just get a ps to xbox converter and use a ps pad instead..works just as good as any snes pads.

[SOAPboy]

Xbox controllers are USB..

Its almost safe to assume, that itll work.. if not you have a PC adapter

[hooded_paladin]

This is the old square is a rectangle - rectangle isn't always a square issue.

Yes, Xbox controllers connect via USB, but the Xbox doesn't have the capability to run every USB device out there.  (Most certainly not an SNES - USB converter.)

[SOAPboy]

This is the old square is a rectangle - rectangle isn't always a square issue.

Yes, Xbox controllers connect via USB, but the Xbox doesn't have the capability to run every USB device out there.

[quadmasta]

why dont you you just get a ps to xbox converter and use a ps pad instead..works just as good as any snes pads.

Authenticity!

[quadmasta]

why dont you you just get a ps to xbox converter and use a ps pad instead..works just as good as any snes pads.

Authenticity!  If I was going to hack a controller, why not a MS controller?  Then I wouldn't have to buy an adapter.

[ShadowStitch]

Theoretically, converting a SNES control pad to work on Xbox wouldn't be hard, provided you had a SNES controller and an Xbox controller to gut and merge... just wire the controller chip from the xbox pad into the SNES pad; they have plenty of room inside the shell to hold excess wiring and components. 

I gutted a cheap pc usb gamepad and wired the remains into one of my SNES controllers, to make a SNES USB gamepad for use with emulation... I can't imagine it would be any harder with an Xbox controller...just go buy a used, cheapo 3rd party pad and gut it.

As for constructing an original device... that's beyond my expertise.