Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???

[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]

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....

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

[Loki]

Xbox and Xbox 360 controllers are USB and can be used for PC.

[Demon-Seed]

Hey
Ah I was not aware of that..learn something new every day.  I will read up on that...could have something there.

thanks
JIm

[FrizzleFried]

[offtopic] Jim,  do the words "Captor of Sin" mean anything to you?[/offtopic]

[Demon-Seed]

Hey
Well Captor of Sin..eheh means one thing to me SLAYER....

I believe thats what your refering too...offtopic but they still kick AS*!

[ChadTower]

I have some wireless 2600 sticks that work pretty well.  The base is about 3x the depth of the regular sticks, though, and a bit hard to hold.  Plus they eat batteries like nothing you've ever seen.

[SavannahLion]

I have some wireless 2600 sticks that work pretty well.  The base is about 3x the depth of the regular sticks, though, and a bit hard to hold.  Plus they eat batteries like nothing you've ever seen.

Those are those old RC frequency controllers? Runs on something like 49MHz?

[ChadTower]

These (auction not mine, just an example link)