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SNES controller hack
« on: November 23, 2007, 02:34:41 pm »
Has a common ground, so  :cheers:

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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2007, 01:20:25 am »
Yeah, that works, but why not just get a few 8-bit shift registers and a breadboard?
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2007, 02:40:44 am »
Quote from: MajorLag on November 24, 2007, 01:20:25 am
Yeah, that works, but why not just get a few 8-bit shift registers and a breadboard?

If you're going to lop off the proprietary connector you're going to need, might as well use the original PCB while you're at it.
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2007, 03:35:37 am »
Quote from: MajorLag on November 24, 2007, 01:20:25 am
Yeah, that works, but why not just get a few 8-bit shift registers and a breadboard?

also, even if you were into electronics it would still be easier and faster to hack the gamepad rather than make something from scratch...
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2007, 09:54:58 am »
Quote from: danny_galaga on November 24, 2007, 03:35:37 am
Quote from: MajorLag on November 24, 2007, 01:20:25 am
Yeah, that works, but why not just get a few 8-bit shift registers and a breadboard?

also, even if you were into electronics it would still be easier and faster to hack the gamepad rather than make something from scratch...

True... these took no time to do, also, they weren't for me, I made them for a member here.
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2007, 11:39:27 am »
pretty sure most of all the classsic console controllers are that way  prior to the dreamcast :cheers:
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2007, 05:19:37 pm »
You don't need to keep the SNES connector if you wire it to the parallel port and use DirectPad Pro or one of the other drivers. I guess I just don't see the need to ruin a perfectly good SNES controller.
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2007, 08:41:21 pm »
Quote from: MajorLag on November 24, 2007, 05:19:37 pm
You don't need to keep the SNES connector if you wire it to the parallel port and use DirectPad Pro or one of the other drivers. I guess I just don't see the need to ruin a perfectly good SNES controller.

That's true, but the OP never explained whether he was wiring it to a PC or to a console. If you're wiring to a PC, why bother with hacking it like he did at all?
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2007, 11:03:10 pm »
Quote from: SavannahLion on November 24, 2007, 08:41:21 pm
Quote from: MajorLag on November 24, 2007, 05:19:37 pm
You don't need to keep the SNES connector if you wire it to the parallel port and use DirectPad Pro or one of the other drivers. I guess I just don't see the need to ruin a perfectly good SNES controller.

That's true, but the OP never explained whether he was wiring it to a PC or to a console. If you're wiring to a PC, why bother with hacking it like he did at all?

It's not for me.  I'm not sure what the buyer is going to do with them, I'm just the hacker...
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2008, 05:50:22 pm »
Hi, this is what I did with it, or well, one of them so far:)


Thanks HarumaN!   :cheers:

« Last Edit: March 11, 2008, 05:55:16 pm by SodaPopinksi »
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2008, 08:10:29 pm »
Quote from: SodaPopinksi on March 11, 2008, 05:50:22 pm
Hi, this is what I did with it, or well, one of them so far:)


Thanks HarumaN!   :cheers:



Oh man, that's awesome!  I really like that, especially the retro-styled artwork...
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Re: SNES controller hack
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2008, 01:30:49 am »


shweeettt!!
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