Post by luke on Feb 13, 2006 21:44:28 GMT -5
Last year I got caught up in the emulator craze. I was trying out different emulators and different wonderful games of the past. I started with the NES, I downloaded FCE Ultra and a few ROMs but I couldn’t be stopped! Soon my collection grew to 100 some NES ROMs. So fun to play all of the classics on my PC without the evils of dusty and worn away cartridges. After I grew bored of these games I moved up the systems. SNES, Game gear, genesis and so on.... But the farther I moved up, the more difficult it was to remember all of the controls on my keyboard. When I tried playing N64 games, it was nerve racking and confusing, there were to many keys! I had to find something else. I began my quest for the ultimate game pad!!! Since just buying a game pad at Wal-Mart wouldn’t be that fun and still probably wouldn’t have enough buttons I decided to go a different route.
I started searching for something other than your average game pad. After hours of google searches I came up with it... The schematics and instructions to create a nice adapter allowing me to connect my N64 controller to the PC. At last, this would be much easier than trying to use the keyboard as a joystick. When I finish I would have the ultimate game pad for playing my N64 games!
I went to radio shack and purchased some parts I would need. But one thing I could not find anywhere in town was the dreaded "CMOS 4006" this IC (Integrated Circuit) is now a hard to find item. I will have to wait to get these chips, I will need 2.
I brought my parts to the Amateur Radio club and layed out the schematics on the board. We drew in sharpie where each part would be on the board. I began soldering the parts in their locations. After all of the parts except for the CMOS 4006s we found a parallel cable. After hacking off one end with a knife a great deal of time had to be spent checking which colored wire goes to what pin #. This was a very tedious task. It was done by setting the millimeter to check for continuity. After I identified which pin goes to which wire, I was through. I have nothing more to do until I order my two CMOS 4006 chips.
This puts me where I am today. Waiting to order the chips. In 11 or 12 days I hope to have them so I can start soldering again. I hope to post photos of my finished project...(when I finish it
Not only will this be used for emulators, but with most games supporting joystick/game pads. If you are interested in this project, here are some links I have found valuable.
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arcadecontrols.com/Mirrors/emulatronia/n64pad/imprimir.htm
www.kcb.co.uk/kcb/components.htm
www.halted.com/ccc1073-cmos-ic-s.htm
I started searching for something other than your average game pad. After hours of google searches I came up with it... The schematics and instructions to create a nice adapter allowing me to connect my N64 controller to the PC. At last, this would be much easier than trying to use the keyboard as a joystick. When I finish I would have the ultimate game pad for playing my N64 games!
I went to radio shack and purchased some parts I would need. But one thing I could not find anywhere in town was the dreaded "CMOS 4006" this IC (Integrated Circuit) is now a hard to find item. I will have to wait to get these chips, I will need 2.
I brought my parts to the Amateur Radio club and layed out the schematics on the board. We drew in sharpie where each part would be on the board. I began soldering the parts in their locations. After all of the parts except for the CMOS 4006s we found a parallel cable. After hacking off one end with a knife a great deal of time had to be spent checking which colored wire goes to what pin #. This was a very tedious task. It was done by setting the millimeter to check for continuity. After I identified which pin goes to which wire, I was through. I have nothing more to do until I order my two CMOS 4006 chips.
This puts me where I am today. Waiting to order the chips. In 11 or 12 days I hope to have them so I can start soldering again. I hope to post photos of my finished project...(when I finish it
Not only will this be used for emulators, but with most games supporting joystick/game pads. If you are interested in this project, here are some links I have found valuable.
--------------------------
arcadecontrols.com/Mirrors/emulatronia/n64pad/imprimir.htm
www.kcb.co.uk/kcb/components.htm
www.halted.com/ccc1073-cmos-ic-s.htm