Anyone know how to mod SNES controllers?

[bengerman777]

I just bought some equipment to capture or stream my gamecube while using the gameboy player. I want to start speedrunning a GBA game while capturing footage with a friend co-op and the only way I found out is through the gamecube and gameboy player. The problem I have is using the gamecube controller for GBA games. I can't play great as I usually do with a SNES controller when I play on my Retron 5. Sadly the Retron 5 does not have a GBA link cable port so I wouldn't be having this problem. The SNES controller just feels way too good in the hands and very accurate when I play GBA games. I tried looking for converters but they either have massive input lag or have been sold out. So can anyone mod a SNES controller to work as a gamecube controller how help me out to do it myself? This would really help me out a lot!

[Ziggy]

There's a couple controllers you can buy...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HORI-NINTENDO-G ... SwzhVWsiGc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pelican-Digital ... Sw5dNWqZJn

The Hori will be that expensive anytime, but I'm not sure why the Pelican has a BIN that high. The Pelican isn't a common controller, but it's not sought after either. I use to see them for $15-25 online. I got mine for $10 or $15 at a Play N Trade. I'm sure if you hunt eBay, you can find one for less than $75.

An other option is using a real GBA or GBA SP as a controller...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Official-Ninten ... Swh-1W3Ndu

Raphnet Tech has a NES/SNES to GCN controller adapter. Have you seen this one?

http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/nes2wii/index.php

His products are pretty good, although I have no idea what the input lag is. I don't know if he has that spec listed anywhere on his site or tech documents. If not, I'm sure you could email him and ask.

And lastly, you could always hack something together. If you can solder small gauge wires to small contacts, you can hack a controller adapter together. Just get any GCN controller as a base for the project. I recommend using a third party controller since it wont matter and they are usually cheaper. You only need the wire/plug and PCB from the controller. You will basically "jump" the buttons on a SNES controller to the corresponding buttons on the GCN controller PCB. It's a little tedious and kind of a pain in the ass to do, but it'll work.

People use to do this sort of thing a lot when emulation on the oXbox was popular, since a lack of adapters for retro consoles existed for the oXbox. I'm sure you can find old guides for hacking oXbox controllers, just apply the same logic to a GCN controller.

[bengerman777]

There's a couple controllers you can buy...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HORI-NINTENDO-G ... SwzhVWsiGc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pelican-Digital ... Sw5dNWqZJn

The Hori will be that expensive anytime, but I'm not sure why the Pelican has a BIN that high. The Pelican isn't a common controller, but it's not sought after either. I use to see them for $15-25 online. I got mine for $10 or $15 at a Play N Trade. I'm sure if you hunt eBay, you can find one for less than $75.

An other option is using a real GBA or GBA SP as a controller...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Official-Ninten ... Swh-1W3Ndu

Raphnet Tech has a NES/SNES to GCN controller adapter. Have you seen this one?

http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/nes2wii/index.php

His products are pretty good, although I have no idea what the input lag is. I don't know if he has that spec listed anywhere on his site or tech documents. If not, I'm sure you could email him and ask.

And lastly, you could always hack something together. If you can solder small gauge wires to small contacts, you can hack a controller adapter together. Just get any GCN controller as a base for the project. I recommend using a third party controller since it wont matter and they are usually cheaper. You only need the wire/plug and PCB from the controller. You will basically "jump" the buttons on a SNES controller to the corresponding buttons on the GCN controller PCB. It's a little tedious and kind of a pain in the ass to do, but it'll work.

People use to do this sort of thing a lot when emulation on the oXbox was popular, since a lack of adapters for retro consoles existed for the oXbox. I'm sure you can find old guides for hacking oXbox controllers, just apply the same logic to a GCN controller.

Thanks for the info! Yeah I new about all those controllers and the raphnet adapter problem is the cost of the hori and pelican pad and the way the buttons are placed with the raphnet adapter. Also the raphnet adapter would cost me about 40-45$ in total shipped to me and I'm not willing to pay that much yet until I get my set up. Just spent money on a arm stand for my mic and a hdmi splitter with a component to hdmi converter along with a video editor program called Filmora. So I would have to wait a while before I can try any of this but will keep it in mind now that I have shortcuts with the links you sent me

Also I have looked into soldering but I do not have any tools or money to spend on that at the moment :/ i always wanted to since I have a lot of things I can mod. I do have a couple of 3rd party controllers for the gamecube so it won't hurt to try.

I just picked this up because it was really cheap and could be an ok alternative to the hori and pelican pad for the moment.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-Control ... 1889177850


Again thanks for all the info really appreciate it!

[Ziggy]

The easiest and cheapest option would probably be to just use a real GBA as a controller. The link cables can be had for pretty cheap (especially third party ones) and the original model GBA isn't too much if you don't already have one. This is what I use when I use the GB Player.