What's even the name of this port, BTW?

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What's even the name of this port, BTW? Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:05:30 84cb14 No.14140694

After a lot of consideration, I've come to realise the controllers I like the best are the Super Nintendo one and the Wii Classic controller.

So I've decided to buy a couple of Classic SNES controllers for my emulation of old games and go with my Wii Classics for old games that need sticks. Fortunately those have the same port.

So my question is, what adaptor is good for those controllers? I mean, I bet there are plenty of USB adapters, but some of them surely suck.

Have any experience with them? Good wireless ones some where?

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:08:31 f2e831 No.14140708

You could buy actual SNES controllers and an adapter for that, you know.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:11:23 84cb14 No.14140718

>>14140708

SNES controllers are getting old. I take very good care of mine and still they're kinda stiff here and there.

I've tried the ones that come with the SNES Mini and they're identical, so it makes sense to buy new ones.

Also, forgot to mention I have some Arcade sticks I bought during the Wii era, and I wanna use those too. I'm trying to keep around only the things I'll be using and keep the adaptors, controllers and junk I don't really use in a closet somewhere.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:13:31 058952 No.14140731

>>14140694

I remember the triggers being spongy, eitherwise would be pretty good for a nintendo controller.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:15:23 bb6dc4 No.14140744

>>14140694

In my research, Raphnet Technologies makes quality adapters for a ton of consoles. I originally discovered them during my search for a low-lag Saturn to USB adapter, but those have been out of stock for years.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:16:54 015c99 No.14140752

google for mayflash wii to pc adapter, i've heard good things about them

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:18:01 4eddaf No.14140757

Is there a reason you wouldn't use a mayflash adapter for everything? They make one for classic controllers.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:23:41 34bff4 No.14140797

>>14140694

I think it's just some proprietary Nintendo port.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:24:42 231d67 No.14140804

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>>14140694

I used a PC adapter with two Wii classic controllers for a while. They're pretty good, but lack analog triggers or clickly joystick buttons. They fell short for many use cases so I switched to some DS4 controllers.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:30:42 64af05 No.14140842

>What's even the name of this port, BTW?

This is a 6 Pin fast I2C (400kHz) (Slave Adress 0x52) Wiimote (also called Wii Remote) Expansion Port male connector or just called Wii Connector in short.

Pin Numbering:

1 3.3V

2 SCL (400kHz)

3 Device Detect / Internal 3.3V

4 Not Connected

5 SDA

6 Ground

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:32:42 84cb14 No.14140852

>>14140757

>Is there a reason you wouldn't use a mayflash adapter

I'm not sure I know what those be. Explain?

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:37:04 1eda67 No.14140873

>>14140852

Mayflash is a company that makes a lot of emulation accessory hardware. I personally own a 4 port gamecube controller to USB port that works with PC or Wii U (haven't tested that though) and a Dolphinbar, a WiiMote Bluetooth receiver and IR sensorbar combo.

Both of them work very well and I have owned them for years. Not sure exactly which product of theirs he's referring to, but whatever it is, I'm sure it works well. Search Amazon for "mayflash classic controller adapter" and if there's a product available it should pop up

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:43:19 4eddaf No.14140910

>>14140852

I use this one. Pretty much everything you need to know is in >>14140873

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:43:36 4eddaf No.14140911

>>14140910

Woops forgot link.

https://www.amazon.com/Mayflash-Wii-Classic-Controller-Adapter/dp/B0089O4EB0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448865988&sr=8-1&keywords=Wii+Classic+Controller+Adapter+for+PC

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:45:24 a49b18 No.14140922

>>14140873

I own a couple of Mayflash analog adapters for PC video that i could not get anywhere else and they work well, these adapters are really useful for my emulation on CRT setup, they re a good company to be around

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:52:13 84cb14 No.14140958

>>14140911

Looks good.

Not wireless, though.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:53:36 0765f3 No.14140965

>>14140873

Faggot shit.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 02:57:29 84cb14 No.14140995

>>14140959

>I like the GameCube one better tbh

I don't like the D-Pad, though.

But yes, it is a good controller. I still use my WaveBird, and yes I do have cool adaptors for it. Awesome little thing to this day.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 14:21:41 84cb14 No.14143871

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 14:27:47 063f63 No.14143896

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>>14140694

I assume you're speaking more about using controllers with your PC for emulation, but if you specifically mean use with the Wii (which does have ports of various emulators), there used to be this third party SNES-to-Wii adaptor which I heard good stuff about in the past; unfortunately it's been discontinued and I'm not sure how much of an aftermarket they have at this point, if any. There was also a Horii SNES styled Gamecube controller back in sixth gen, which I would assume would also work with the Wii, but it was only released in Japan, and last time I saw an imported one locally it was like $80.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 15:17:15 84cb14 No.14144055

>>14143896

Yeah, I meant mostly for PC. As I said, original SNES controllers are getting old.

Sadly. But since they're making new ones, I wanna play with those.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 17:37:42 c365d7 No.14144519

Wii Accessory Port

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 18:10:07 edfb0a No.14144642

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>>14144519

Hey, you ain't lying!

You're a true friend.

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 18:25:55 631eb3 No.14144732

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>Nintendo will never make their own USB controllers because they know they will only be used for emulating their games

Anonymous 01/12/18 (Fri) 19:21:15 bb7117 No.14145075

>>14144642

Well, whoever wants and can emu their games will anyway.

Anonymous 01/13/18 (Sat) 06:44:38 5347e3 No.14148766

>>14144732

Kinda like their policy with screws, too.

Anonymous 01/13/18 (Sat) 16:36:01 d3e341 No.14151502

>>14148766

You mean using the idiot child but literally anyone who works with that kind of thing has a screwdriver screws?

Anonymous 01/13/18 (Sat) 17:14:55 efe292 No.14151700

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>>14140842

Nice job, based electronics autist. Proud of you.

Anonymous 01/14/18 (Sun) 18:14:52 c869c8 No.14159637

>>14151700

More.

Anonymous 01/14/18 (Sun) 19:01:05 3ceebe No.14159817

Bit of trivia for you all:

When IEEE was trying to come up with a connector for firewire (1394 or whatever), they actually took massive inspiration - per one of its core engineers - from the Gameboy Link cable. That cable was actually the first mass-produced data cable in the world which had the delicate spring contacts inside of the less-expensive cable instead of the device, as opposed something like an RJ45 or USB A port where over time the connection will become less and less secure due to mechanical wear, with an end user having to replace their device rather than the cable to get that secure connection back.

I personally think OP's connector is a very good one - the layout is large (not an issue for non-portable/home-based devices) looks easy to manufacture, is highly tactile, and asymmetrical.

Anonymous 01/14/18 (Sun) 21:54:09 c869c8 No.14160588

Fuck, all wavebirds are overpriced as shit. That's what happens when Nintendo is sued I assume.