midnight8 Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 (edited) I.m sure its been done before because go d knows I am not very inventive, but was wondering if anyone else has done this and how they did it. I used a pole posistion cartridge with a couple of momentary push switches to make a select and reset button that I could sit next to me cause I am to lazy to get up and push the buttons. Obviously very easy job and the origional buttons still work. Just ran a couple of rca plugs out the side of the 7800 th plug this up with. I didnt really think about it or I should have done the pause button also. Will probably redo with different connectors and maybe something other than a cartridge. Edited November 11, 2007 by midnight8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Nice, it would be nice to be incorporated into a joystick, as long as you don't hit reset by mistake! How did you connect it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 Nice, it would be nice to be incorporated into a joystick, as long as you don't hit reset by mistake!How did you connect it up? I opened up the 7800 and connected a couple of wires to a push button to test before I did the work.. I just found the looked under the buttons themselves on the board and touched the wires to them until I found the combination that made it work. Then I drilled a couple holes in the side of the casing and mounted a couple of rca plugs ond soldered the wires to the bottom of the board. It is very ugly because I suck with a soldering Iron. Then I just soldered the 2 wires from a stereo audio cabme to the push buttons and mounted them inside a pole position cart. I actually wanted to put them in the controller but I only have 2 7800 controllers and didn't want to mess them up. I also never use the 7800 controllers I always use a master system controller on my 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 That would be really cool if it were wireless for those of us with CC2s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bitgamer Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Clever. I always hate getting up to reset games. Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 While you're in there doing the pause switch, turn it into a TV Type switch as well. You could use a SPDT switch with a momentary contact on one pole for this. Push it to the momentary contact and release to pause a 7800 game, or push it to the other contact to put a 2600 game into black and white mode. This actually pauses some 2600 games, so it should come in useful. I have the 7800 sitting within arm's reach when I'm playing. The pause switch, although helpful, is still difficult to reach when the phone rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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