Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Kyosho on January 12, 2003, 06:05:31 am
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I'm completely new to all of this stuff. This is probably not possible, but is there a way to make an N64 controller work in a joystick port or USB? Something I can build myself, that is. I've seen things for the parallel port, but nothing for this, so I assume it's not going to work.
I know I could buy an adapter (probably USB right?), but I'd rather not...
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The N64 is one of the most difficult controllers to interface.
Afaik nobody has interfaced it to the J-stick port .
Your best options are.
* buy a usb adapter
* build the parralel port adapter (difficult)
* forget N64 and build the PSX parallel adapter (easy)
I went with the last option and built a pair of psx controller
adapters. These were very easy to build,I can plug and unplug them from the front of my cab, and it only took about 2 hours to build both of them.They were also very
cheap ,I think they cost about $7 each and that includes a $4 extention cable. I use them with the nes/snes emulators
and they work great. I don't run any N64 emus but I'm sure they would be fine.
Good luck
Slug54
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I have a couple of the N64 -> USB adapters and they work great. http://www.levelsix.com/products/playstation/pcusbadapter.shtml (http://www.levelsix.com/products/playstation/pcusbadapter.shtml). They're pretty cheap and fairly unintrusive for what it's worth.
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I own 2 Adaptoids.
http://jandaman.cybrhost.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=n64adaptoid&Category_Code=N64
It works great but isn't cheap.
I have never heard any good things about the PSX/N64 adapters but I haven't tried them myself.
I would buy one rather than build one as the paralell (sp?) port isn't all that fast and you would only be limited to 1 controller.