| Main > Main Forum |
| Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try??? |
| (1/3) > >> |
| Demon-Seed:
Hello Ok for the first just so you know I am not mentally ill.. I know they make wireless PC game pads, however I am planning a new project and I wish to use classic game pads wirelessly with a pc/laptop? You know use a actual sega genesis or nes pad wirelessly. I see all kinds of USB converts but is there wireless? If anyone has any links or how tos I would greatly appreciate it. See I want to have many different consoles and wish to use the original controllers.... Also is there a wireless Arcade Controller? or way to do it? any links, suggestions, etc.. all appreciated. thanks again guys Jim |
| SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Demon-Seed on April 20, 2007, 02:14:02 pm ---Hello Ok for the first just so you know I am not mentally ill.. I know they make wireless PC game pads, however I am planning a new project and I wish to use classic game pads wirelessly with a pc/laptop? You know use a actual sega genesis or nes pad wirelessly. I see all kinds of USB converts but is there wireless? If anyone has any links or how tos I would greatly appreciate it. See I want to have many different consoles and wish to use the original controllers.... --- End quote --- I don't really know off hand, there have been wireless controllers since the 2600 era. Almost all sucked up until the GC/PS2 era. The original NES had third party wireless adapters and controllers. These sucked royal ass as I believe they used IR rather than RF. They might work with a PC equipped with a IR receiver, but I've never heard anyone try. However, Messiah developed some 2.4GHz pads that haven't received any bad reviews that I know of. Stay away from the NEX, it sucks ass. (I see that they've discontinued the original wireless pads and they're now on version 2... which looks OK... I guess.) You might be able to adapt the receiver you get from them to work with you PC. Someone hacked SNES and NES pads and someone else hacked a Genesis pad to work with the Wii via the GC port. Couple it with a GC2usb adapter and you might be good to go. Since you're trying to interface to a PC, you could go whole hog, pick up a programmable bluetooth IC and work that in. I did some research because I wanted to convert my favorite keyboard to a wireless and those damn IC's are pretty expensive :( Alternatively, gut a PC wireless controller and stuff it in the appropriate controller. |
| Demon-Seed:
Hey Yea those are some great suggestions..problem is I have never tackled a project like re wiring etc...and was hoping someon may have done it or had links...thanks for the info..gives me somewhere to start.. Jim |
| Loki:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64050.msg655254#msg655254 Here's a 360 hack. Might be nice to hack a cordless one into an arcade controller. |
| Demon-Seed:
Yea its for xbox right? i am after one for pc....I have googled and goodled only thing i have found is NES/SNES/GENESIS to WII. thanks |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |