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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:
--- Quote from: crashwg on July 14, 2005, 01:38:06 pm ---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.
--- End quote ---
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.