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Title: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: 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....

Also is there a wireless Arcade Controller? or way to do it? any links, suggestions, etc.. all appreciated.

thanks again guys
Jim
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: SavannahLion on April 20, 2007, 09:59:36 pm: 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....

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 (http://www.playmessiah.com/) 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 (http://www.ppl-pilot.com/) pads and someone else hacked a Genesis (http://cre.ations.net/creation/wireless-sega-genesis-controller-for-wii) 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.
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: Demon-Seed on April 21, 2007, 08:17:44 am: 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
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: Loki on April 21, 2007, 09:21:16 am: 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.
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: Demon-Seed on April 21, 2007, 09:35:30 am: 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
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: Loki on April 21, 2007, 10:13:32 am: Xbox and Xbox 360 controllers are USB and can be used for PC.
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: Demon-Seed on April 21, 2007, 11:45:51 am: 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
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: FrizzleFried on April 21, 2007, 01:18:58 pm: [offtopic] Jim, do the words "Captor of Sin" mean anything to you?[/offtopic]
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: Demon-Seed on April 21, 2007, 07:22:42 pm: 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*!
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: ChadTower on April 23, 2007, 09:30:24 am: 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.
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: SavannahLion on April 23, 2007, 11:11:29 am: Quote from: ChadTower on April 23, 2007, 09:30:24 am
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?
Title: Re: Wireless game pad? (like this) Anyone try???
Post by: ChadTower on April 23, 2007, 11:18:16 am: These (http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-2600-NEW-Remote-Control-Wireless-Joysticks-NIB_W0QQitemZ200102523533QQihZ010QQcategoryZ41009QQcmdZViewItem) (auction not mine, just an example link)