Reddit reviews Classic USB Super Nintendo Controller

I built one for my brother for Christmas. Decided to make it nice and fancy for him so I bought this kit and 2 of these controllers. Ran me about $90 combined. Then I followed this guide. Start to finish it probably took me 2-3 hours but almost all of that was waiting for installs and updates. Maybe 10 minutes of actually doing stuff.

I wanted to give you a heads up because I had a bad experience with a USB SNES controller.

I bought this from Amazon not too long ago. Windows 7 was unable to find any drivers for it. After doing some digging, a LOT of people have had the same problem. This thing has over 100 1 star reviews on Amazon! There's forum posts and YouTube comments saying the same: There's no driver download of any sort. It's useless.

Promptly returned it and got a refund. The price is nice, but it doesn't work.

Good luck!

If you're into old games I'd reccomend setting up Retro Pie on the Raspberry Pi and picking up one of these http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W. The monitors resolution probably wouldn't make a difference running NES games and such.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller/dp/B002JAU20W

and on eBay you can find retrofits of original controllers (basically with a USB adapter in the shell)

> but it's more satisfying to have the original controller in your hand

This is close.

This is for the purest that uses emulators.

I'd probably play old games on emulators or something these days. I still have my old SNES, but the place where the adapter plugs in is broken, so the power cuts out randomly.

I keep it for nostalgia. I think it's fun to keep some of my old toys.

It's... definitely not illegal do "distribute knowledge" of emulators.

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Here it is

That still isn't any different than playing fullscreen with a controller. Also, here's the controller for $7.69. There's a ton of other options too, including wireless.

VisualBoyAdvance is the best one.

As far as hooking up your PS3 controller, it could be done with some work, but I've never used one in connection with an emulator. I use either a 360 controller, the Logitech one that's rather like a PS2 controller, or this PC SNES like controller for NES/SNES/GB games

Now take that nostalgia one step further.

hahahah WHOOPS sorry. Thought you were looking for a Raspberry Pi. I have a crap job that I don't normally devote a lot of brain function to. Here's where I got my controllers: Link to controllers

I use this USB SNES controller

I would suggest you zsnes and this joypad.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W

Well, that depends. Are you willing to pay for the convenience of getting everything you need at once? Then sure it is. If not, then the price seems kinds high to me. $40 for this PI kit, $7 for this HDMI cable, $9 for this controller, and $15 for this 64GB SD card gets you in at $71 + shipping. $80 + shipping with a second controller.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W

I used the same kit to make a retropi machine with success. The LEDs and extra hardware can be used to spruce up the project. Like adding a button to shut down the machine without a keyboard. Price wise that kit is fantastic.

I am not sure about wireless controllers, I used these
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1421177010&sr=1-3&keywords=USB+SNES

I would play them in release order, it gives a good feeling for how the game has progressed over the years.

You can get really cheap like $10 USB controllers. Like This for example, and that will solve your controller issue.

indeed. I think he meant this
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W

The closest thing I found on Amazon. Only $7.99

did think about it, could easily pick up something like this

but i cant hack retro gaming, much better kept to nostalgia imo.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W

I purchased this one earlier this year - http://amzn.com/B002JAU20W
It's complete garbage. D-pad is the worst I've ever used. I'm with the others in this thread that recommend getting an OEM controller and using an adapter.

SNES: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002JAU20W

Nes: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002YVD3KM

N64:http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008L3UUPS

GameCube:http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HS7LJ2G

Here you go

Nope. Not at all.

I guess mine did have a name. Gtron... Nothing on the controller itself. This is the one that I picked up - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002JAU20W/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Long cable. Buttons feel like a standard SNES controller, not squishy or clicky at all.

You're welcome.

or just

Under the conditions you are shopping for, get this

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W ?

I'm looking to set up a 4-player local couch gaming station, and unfortunately getting four Xbox 360 controllers would be way over my budget. Anyone know some games that definitely support plug-and-play of generic USB gamepad controllers?

I'm looking at generic USB controllers like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1451256811&sr=1-2&refinements=p_n_shipping_option-bin%3A3242350011

http://www.amazon.com/RetroLink-NES-Classic-USB-Controller-Pc/dp/B005Y5NO4U/ref=sr_1_4?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1451256811&sr=1-4&refinements=p_n_shipping_option-bin%3A3242350011

http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Classic-USB-Gamepad-PC/dp/B002B9XB0E/ref=sr_1_9?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1451256811&sr=1-9&refinements=p_n_shipping_option-bin%3A3242350011

Wondering if anyone knows what 4-player local multiplayer Steam games would actually support this? (I'm on PC as well)

this usb controller is 8 bucks, and even if you had an SNES to play it on you would be hooking it to a flat panel display.

if you really must play it on an SNES then a flash card might be a good idea it's expensive but it can back up your current games and you can put roms on it.

That... I have no idea.

However, a USB controller based on the SNES design is only like $8 on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W

Commerical adapters exist that will translate an SNES controller to USB. They're not hard to make yourself, either, with a few off-the-shelf parts and a modicum of soldering skill. (Or even a breadboard, if you're a wimp.)

There's also this.

I agree.

here you are sir

Snes:

You got the buffalo which I hear it is the best, but I'm not sure. ~15$

You got the Tomee I have this one and I think its great. I just stick it in the USB and your ready to go. No drivers. ~10 bucks

Then there is Retrolink which I hear is shit. ~10 bucks

and there is another one on amazon but i'm not sure how it is.

N64 controller to USB.

Super Nintendo

Good luck man, I hope to have an emulator rig set up in the future.

I bought one of these for fun, and ended up setting all of the key binds so that I could play it with the controller vertical and hold it in one hand while I played through Phoenix Wright on a DS emulator (which doesn't require too much key interaction to begin with).

DOH! Sorry! Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319708017&sr=8-2

There not perfect snes controllers. But good enough for retro-snes!

Buy this :

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W/

And get your emulator on.

Here are some general thoughts.

• An Arduino should definitely be able to handle all the operations you've outlined, but if your collective coding skills include python or java, the RPi might be worth looking at. The Arduino is programmed in C with some parts of C++.
  
• Don't consider wireless communication; it's not very practical underwater, especially for video bandwidth. Use a tether consisting of a waterproof sheath surrounding your control and video cables, plus a strand of paracord so it's strong enough to pull the robot up if something goes wrong.
  
• Practically, you probably want a 50" tether to be able to reach 30 feet deep and then have some slack to move around.
  
• Have a laptop at the surface on which to view the video over USB.
  
• An Xbox controller may not be the best input device, because it's fairly proprietary and complicated.
  
• Since you'll have a laptop, use that to gather input and send it to the robot over (another) USB. Then you don't need to do build or hack anything for input. Just use keyboard controls, or a cheapo USB gamepad. You can simply use serial monitor to send keystrokes, or write a Processing sketch to capture input.
  
• You will need active USB cables, 15 feet is the max length for passive ones.
  
• You may need the robot to have lights in order for the video to be useful.
  
• You may need a wide angle lens.
  
• It's hard to estimate battery life without knowing about the motors.
  
  *edit: If you put large batteries on the robot itself, it will have a lot more mass and surface area, which will make it slower and it will run out of power sooner. I would keep the power at the other end of the tether if possible. There will be some losses, but I suspect it will be worth it.

it's a start

Same answer here, I've never used an unofficial ps or xbox controller that had analog that felt good at all.

Although, for emulators, they have classic nintendo controllers that go to usb. The one I got worked surprisingly well. This thing. There's also the n64, gamecube, nes, genesis, etc

> all for much cheaper than this nes thing

MSRP of the NEW Classic is $60.

SNES replacement shell, $25

Cheapest Raspberry Pi on Newegg, $37

USb Super Nintendo Controller, $9

So, $60 vs $71. Not "much cheaper, not a fun collectible piece of hardware from a company you enjoy, and takes effort and knowledge to put together.

It's swell that you're into emulation. I am too. Have a rig devoted to it exclusively, two different portable systems for it, etc. It's pretty fantastic. And sure, doing a home project to create your own can be fun, for people who are into doing that sort of thing.

But I'm also not so stupid that I can't understand why someone would want an NES Classic, because the reasons are pretty damn obvious. Sega guy (ironically enough) is on point. It ain't rock science to understand why people want them.

Nintendo needs something like this as a reward.

I openly assume you are buying the console/pc at the beginning of the console generation(this is my way of saying "all other things constant", you need to have a level playing field when doing comparisons like this). Steam natively supports the Dual Shock 4, and KB+M is better at most games(not all) and they are literally cheaper in the fact that I could be using a mouse and keyboard from the early 2000's really easy. PLUS Good luck using a SNES controller on your PS4, point being you can damn near use anything on PC. Congrats about your daughter with her PC, I hope she enjoys it, and I should have worded it "replace 'Xbox' with console" not that you spelled it wrong. Also, I'm not against people who enjoy consoles, I am against shitty companies with their shitty products and shitty fanboys defending said shitty products.