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Title: how do i hack a nes controller?
Post by: nullb0y on September 18, 2002, 10:05:52 pm

the controler i want to hack is a nes quickshot i want to to work with my computer i have a game pad here waiting for it it even had buttons for turbo but i dont what that what i want to know is how should i go about making this work? is there a way to make some kind of board that will decode signals sent from the nes controler? has any one here hooked up a nes controler to a pdc before if so please say how you did it!

Title: Re:how do i hack a nes controller?
Post by: tom61 on September 18, 2002, 10:41:36 pm

In the download section the there is a file called Direct Pad Pro. It has schematics and drivers to hook NES (and some other console's) to the parallel (printer) port of a computer, without needing to modify the joystick.

Title: Re:how do i hack a nes controller?
Post by: nullb0y on September 18, 2002, 10:47:36 pm

with the many problems with paralll ports and newer oses it wont work especially if my parallel port is messed up in the first place lol i tested several things it doesnt work

Title: Re:how do i hack a nes controller?
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 21, 2002, 11:55:17 pm

Skip the nes controllers, they only have 2 buttons anyway.  Buy a playstation arcade style stick and use a psx to pc adaptor from lik sang.  It's usb so it's a much more elegant solution I think.  

Title: Re:how do i hack a nes controller?
Post by: SirPoonga on September 22, 2002, 12:30:04 am

If you make a lpt port adaptor, use NTPad for 2k/XP

http://www.aldostools.com/dpad.html

DirectPadPro is old and has issues.