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Need suggestions for hooking up original console controllers to PC.
shateredsoul:
Weird, I have it running at home on Win 7 64 pro. Any idea what the issue might be? What emulator are you using?
Dazz:
--- Quote from: shateredsoul on July 13, 2010, 05:53:46 pm ---Weird, I have it running at home on Win 7 64 pro. Any idea what the issue might be? What emulator are you using?
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I got it running. Had to download a newer version and it works. Works great with the Jaguar USB controllers. :D
Would anyone happen to know if you can daisy chain the Clock and Latch signals of the NES controllers with the SNES controllers? I know you can do the VCC, ground, but I'm not sure if the Clock and Latch signals can be. The solder pads on the 4NES4SNES chip are really small and I'd like to not have to try to solder multiple wires to each pad.
Goatz18:
I decided to turn an old PC I had lying around that I otherwise would have cannibalized and thrown away, and retooled it for an All-In-One-Console-Machine, completely separate from my MAME PC. That way all the USB connections can be hooked up at all times with no unplugging and re-plugging stuff in and out. I have two controllers of each, Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and Genesis hooked up. 6 USB ports were on the PC and I hooked up a 4 USB port PCI Card. A USB hub could also be used but I splurged.
I utilize two NES adaptors, two Atari adaptors, and two Genesis adaptors that I got from RertoUSB http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?cPath=21 and they work great. RetroUSB was sold out of SNES adaptors at the time so I got impatient and managed to find two Super SmartJoy SNES adaptors at some site for $10 each but I cannot remember the name right now, will try to find it though. They work great. I use Joy-to-Key to manage their controls and just set them up in their consoles' respective Emulator once, and that's it.
For DC I didn't even try to emulate, I bought a used DC and this box http://www.racketboy.com/store/sega-dreamcast/dreamcast-vga-box-svideo-av.html which works fantastic if you have an HDTV with VGA input. For PS2 same deal, my old fat PS2 model is still alive and kicking so if I feel the urge to play a PS2 game, it's around.
The best part is, because I am not putting this in a MAME Arcade PC build, I just keep all the wires lying around, I made no central panel of retro controller ports. I made a separate "retro station" with a couch and my PC hooked up to an old CRT TV. Wires are jacked into the front and back of my PC, all tangled in an 8 controller pile up. The way things should be when playing old "wired" systems, before you had to worry about charging your controller or scrounging up some AA's.
I also keep all my retro system roms on my MAME PC in case I feel like playing them on remapped controls using a joystick and buttons, but if you are going to use controller adaptors, I suggest a second PC. The on I use is just a 1.6 Ghz P4 512MB RAM and it runs N64 games fine, however I have not tested actual play of N64 games with N64 controllers, that's next on my list. I have two Mayflash N64 adaptors awaiting four N64 controllers that I have yet to obtain.
Goatz18:
I got my Super SmartJoy SNES adaptors here http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=snesusb&Category_code=SNES.
smalltownguy:
--- Quote from: Goatz18 on July 25, 2010, 11:58:03 am ---I got my Super SmartJoy SNES adaptors here http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=snesusb&Category_code=SNES.
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Hey...$9.99 looks like a good way to go. You think it would be possible to hack this and connect two ports to it, one NES and SNES? I could run exension cables from this device to panel mounted conectors on my cab, and I could plug in either a NES gamepad or SNES gamepad depending on the type of console game I'm playinng. Obviously I wouldn't be able to use both at the same time (or COULD I....evil grin) but it would allow me to choose between the two.
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