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[Kirk Rietveld]

how would i begin if i wanted to wire up a snes controller to work on a sega genesis?

[Chilly Willy]

I'd buy a new third-party 6-button Genesis controller (like $5 most places) and then put the PCB and cable in the SNES controller, running wires from the places the buttons were to where they are on the SNES controller PCB.

 

Wire the four face buttons and shoulder buttons to A/B/C/X/Y/Z, the DPAD to the DPAD, and start/select to START/MODE.

[R.O.T.S]

Sounds like your looking to play Street fighter 2 or something but want a better controller ,is there no Gen pad around at all that will do the job you want?

[Reaperman]

Generally you would begin by buying one of each and tracing out where the wires go on the IC inside.

Eventually you'd replace the IC in the SNES controller with the genesis unit and its cable.

Try to avoid using controllers with a glop-top inside, or life gets even more miserable.

 

I, on the other hand, would probably just buy a decent genesis controller.

Edited February 7, 2012 by Reaperman