Ok which Duo / PC Engine controller hack would you like to see next...VOTE

[Duo_R]

Ok - so I have done a NES to Duo hack, controller works great. But many are probably left wondering why bother. Well I could give you my reasons (one the dogbone NES is actually a nice controller, and two it is awesome for bench testing  your modded console) but this topic isn't about that. I now want to try something new (and something I haven't seen documented yet). I am going to hack a SNES controller to work on the Duo. The question is should I make it 3 button mode or 6 button mode hack for the SNES.

I know some games used the 3 button function, that might be cool for some of you. Or maybe you always wanted a 6 button controller for SF and the other Arcade CD games. You guys decide! You can post your other idea on what would be cool to use on the TurboDuo, but I am semi-set on hacking a SNES style controller. There is also a 6 button SNES that looks alot like the Duo-RX controller (and I am tempted to hack one of those).....

Thoughts???

[Necromancer]

I vote that you mod a SNES controller for six button deliciousness, but don't use a standard controller.  All six buttons belong on the face, just as was written in the fourteenth commandment (Moses dropped a tablet and commandments eleven through fifteen were lost in the weeds).

[Nintega Turbine Trio-CBS]

*knock knock*

Me thinks you should try to see if it is possible to use a Sega Saturn pad on a PC Engine

[Duo_R]

11th commandment: if thou shalt mod a SNES to Turbo Duo, thou shalt use this one...



 hmm....this would be a heck of a 2nd controller for

I vote that you mod a SNES controller for six button deliciousness, but don't use a standard controller.  All six buttons belong on the face, just as was written in the fourteenth commandment (Moses dropped a tablet and commandments eleven through fifteen were lost in the weeds).

[TR0N]

Bah i rather see a genesis 6 button pad hack for it 

[hoobs88]

The only controller that I have ever used on the NES was actually made by Hudson Soft. It is the Joycard Sansui SSS and it has a headphone jack built into the controller. I have a couple of spares that I would love to have hacked into a Turbo Duo pad if you could write up a walk through on the hack procedure.

[Duo_R]

headphone jack built into the controller. That would be one heck of a hack, don't think that is possible on a Turbo Duo. The NES didn't have audio in the cable, do you have pics of that? But I suppose I could run that headphone cable along the controller cable, and then just extend it to the headphone jack (for the Duo users, the TG-16 didn't have that feature correct?).

Cool idea but I could do that with a SNES controller (have my cake and eat it too).

Sega Genesis 6-button, I am going to have to side with the Saturn vote, but to sacrifice the Saturn pad would be sacrilegious...

[hoobs88]

Here's a photo of Hudson Soft's Joycard Sansui SSS with headphone jack that I would like to get hacked for the Duo.

[Duo_R]

Do you own one? Can you send a picture of the cable end that plugs into the Nintendo? There is a jack that plugs into the AV outputs correct? That looks like that would make an awesome Duo controller. Especially since it has turbo switches!

Here's a photo of Hudson Soft's Joycard Sansui SSS with headphone jack that I would like to get hacked for the Duo.

[hoobs88]

I own 4 of these! I'll post a photo of the plug in end tomorrow. I think it would perfect for the Duo especially since it has the Hudson bee logo.

When I first read about your controller hacks, I thought you might have been designing for a company that made the Playstation to Turbo Duo converters or the Playstation to Dreamcast converters. I'll post photos of these as well if you haven't seen them.

[Duo_R]

Cool - would you mind opening one up and taking a snap of the chipset(s) inside? Chances are it won't be the standard NES chips. There should be a total of 2 since the pad has turbo switches. Very cool, it would be awesome to get this to work exactly how it did on the NES (including audio).

[Duo_R]

found this posting on the web in regards to the Sansui SSS:

Assuming you're replying to me, yes. The controller has an RCA cable coming out of the NES plug (an actual Nintendo-branded plug, even!), which is just long enough to reach the AV jacks on the side of a toaster NES. Within the controller, the audio is amplified, sent through a volume slider, and split to "stereo" for the headphone jack.

Now, I haven't actually tested the headphone jack on my controller, so I can't tell you how good it sounds...

[hoobs88]

Here's another shot of the Sansui out of the box.


Here's the Joypad converter that allows you to use a Playstation controller on the Turbo Duo or PC Engine.



I didn't have enough time to locate my dreamcast controller converter but if I do, I'll photograph that with the inside of the Sansui.

[ceti alpha]

Here's the Joypad converter that allows you to use a Playstation controller on the Turbo Duo or PC Engine.

The question is, why would you want to?  But very cool, nonetheless. 

[Duo_R]

you know if that converter supported 6 button mode I would have bought one. Can you share your insight on how that works? I have never talked to anyone that used the version for PC Engine