My Retro USB Controllers

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Something I made last summer that my friends thought was pretty cool.  I ordered some USB converter kits from retrousb.com the kits get soldered into the controller and you turn your old legit controller into a USB controller.

Well I like to go overboard and went a step further, I added a USB hub and flash drive and wired it all together inside the controller so I could have my ROMs and saves right on the controller

NES:

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SNES:

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Genesis:

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Here is a link to the full sized pictures if you want to see them

http://s1222.beta.photobucket.com/user/MrPete1985/library/USB%20Controllers

I hope that link works I don't normally share Photobucket pics

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that's pretty cool dude!

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I want a USB SNES controller so bad! I think it's time for me to get my ass in gear and make one. Xbox 360 controller is terrible for Killer instinct :(

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That's just pimpin'

I'd pay you 20 bucks if you'd do that with an N64 controller.

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Love it! Reminds me of a senior project a few people did in college they took an NES controller, added a flash drive and a microcontroller to play all games on a monitor/tv all within the small footprint of the NES controller( might have been a little thicker than normal but it was cool).

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I have thought about doing an N64 controller, there is a lot of free space inside the grips of the controller.

I would have liked to make something that I could hook directly to a display and play the games but that is far over my head.

I've made a few of these, I sold 2 NES controllers on Craig’s list, sold an SNES controller to a coworker, my sister gave a SNES controller to her boyfriend last Christmas, after I showed it to him he told my sister that he wanted one for Christmas, and the Sega controller went to a friend as a birthday present.

I still have a NES and a SNES controller for myself, I have seen another variation of this mod where the person used a USB keyboard PCB instead of a console to USB adapter, I like mine better though because it will come up as a USB controller in the PC

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I'd be interesting in buying a set of these, NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64, if possible.

Hit me up at [email protected] if you'd be interested in selling me a set.

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These are pretty time consuming and expensive to make, but if you can solder then you should be able to make one yourself.

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Very nice man. Great work! I hope they make you as happy as it is for me to see them! 

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If you have the original controllers and you don't want to spend the time modding them, you could check out this project called the blissbox

http://spawnlinux.dyndns.org/Bliss-Box/

You can order one from him, all though it's a bit expensive, or if you know how to solder you can buy the DIY kit. Works on just about every classic controller apparantly, haven't tried it out myself though.