Main > Main Forum

NES Arcade controls

<< < (3/6) > >>

kuehnau:
Well, to be honest I really decided on working with the NES itself for the sake of simplicity. Throw in a NES, a TV and wire up some controls and it should be good to go. I am well aware of the PowerPak (and it's outrageous price) and have made plans to buy one at some point in the future, but for the time being, it's not that big of a deal to just pick up a copy of Mario Bros. and have the cabinet run that until I decide I want to invest the money in a PowerPak. I actually have a SNES laying around, so I guess I could save even more time and money by just using that.

Since I am new to electronics and soldering, I am going to buy a controller and the arcade controllers in advance and set up a mock board with cardboard to make sure I do it right before I got and do the rest of the project first.

paigeoliver:
I did this like 10 years ago. Soldering up a nes pad is the most effective way. Trying to build some kind of Nes encoder would be more work than it is worth.

Although I also get the feeling that there is something you either aren't getting across, or that we aren't understanding. Ultimately the controls are going to be plugged into the Nes one way or the other and of course they could be unplugged, so why are you asking about that?

The Nes would be superior to the Snes for a project like this. The Snes has a lot more buttons and it can be awkward to play some Snes games on arcade controls as they were specifically designed for the diamond plus shoulder buttons gamepad layout that the snes had.

paigeoliver:
Also, you may want to think about using one of those new reproduction Nes consoles (or the combo Nes/Snes ones), as it would be a lot easier to install it in such a way that it would be easy to put games in and take them out, as opposed to messing around with an original front load nes.

Something like this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SILVER-RETRO-DUO-TWIN-SUPER-NINTENDO-NES-SNES-GAME-CONSOLE-SYSTEM-/290678219962?

Or this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Red-Retro-NES-System-in-Box-Plays-NES-games-/370570606832?

Also. I may be in the minority here, but I have always found playing Nes games emulated to be far superior to the real hardware just for the improved saving and loading features you can get on the emulator.

wizkid32:
I'm pretty sure that hacking NES controllers is the best way to get what you are looking for.  I think the whole thing is a great idea, and it is best to use original hardware.

Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: Nephasth on March 06, 2012, 10:19:54 pm ---If you go with an NES, pick up a PowerPak, you'll never have to change cartridges.

--- End quote ---

I've got everything I need to make a mini red tent bartop (2x13" tvs, sticks, buttons, NES, etc.), just need to get a powerpak. Waiting as it is way down on my list of projects...

Look forward to this build, as I will probably steal ideas from it in the future...

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

Go to full version