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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: SDP on February 10, 2005, 10:49:52 pm
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Hello,
I am trying to make a custom controll adapter box that i can plug an NES controller into and was wondering where i could find vendors for the female connecter piece and other pieces i may need. Thanks!
-SDP
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Problem with proprietary connectors is you have to scavenge them.
Try finding a bunch of NES controller extension cables. Cheap, no one'll miss 'em, and you get a male and female from each one.
You could also attack 4-Scores and Satellites, but that kills a perfectly good accessory.
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Or dead decks.
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Turning a 4 score into a USB would be insanely awesome.
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Turning a 4 score into a USB would be insanely awesome.
It's been done.
http://www.sealiecomputing.com/retrozone/nintendo.html
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they do that, just check out retrozone...their expensive, but you can also get parts to do it yourself.
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Therefore wasting the console! Check extension cords, they ARE your best bet, guarantee.
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Many NES systems have died over the past 20 years. Yes some of them are 20 years old!
Find a broken one (not one that just cant read games right. they can be fixed with a new connector for very cheap) and steal it. If you want a really cool way to house the connector to your mame machine... use pieces from the shell to make it look authentic.
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Broken NES are easier to find than snowflakes in a blizzard. They are EVERYWHERE. They are far more common than controller extension cords, Satellites, or anything else of that nature. Just find a crappy NES and salvage from that.
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Problem with proprietary connectors is you have to scavenge them.
Try finding a bunch of NES controller extension cables. Cheap, no one'll miss 'em, and you get a male and female from each one.
You could also attack 4-Scores and Satellites, but that kills a perfectly good accessory.
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Or dead decks.
They must be available somewhere, and cheap. That blackchopper place seems to find them. I would love to find out where to get some myself.