PS to GC Converter

Forgotten Prophet · Post by **Forgotten Prophet** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:40 am

Does any one know how this works?
http://xinga.com/shop/show.php?product=GC2016

It doesn't appear to have any place for a chip to convert the signals is it just changing the pinout? From reading Gamelvr's thread about his GCp I wouldn't think the L and R buttons would work. Does this mean a PS2 controller could be wired to the gamecube controller board directly?

Thanks in advance.

Post by **Gamelver** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:58 pm

hmmm....it very well could be just chaning the pinout, although there's probably a chip where you plug your PS/PS2 controller into.....so if there's a chip, then no you can't wire a PS/PS2 controller directly, although with the converter you could....if there isn't a chip or any components then yes, you can wire a PS/PS2 controller directly to the GC

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Forgotten Prophet · Post by **Forgotten Prophet** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:20 pm

I think I'll order it and see, if it is a chip it shouldn't be too dificult incorporate the chip into a GCp.. But what of the L and R buttons, don't they need to be pressure sensitive?

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:20 pm

Yeah, there would be a chip in the box that you plug the ps2 controller into. And you dont need pressure sensitivity, it just helps.

Post by **Gamelver** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:13 pm

actually, quite a few games ONLY use the pressure sensitive part of the L/R buttons.....games like Metroid Prime 1/2, Zelda WW for the R button, I think RE4, and certainly more games.....so if you do decide to use a PS1/PS2 controller for your GCp, make sure you can still plug in a first player controller to play those games

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dunks0r · Post by **dunks0r** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:49 pm

i have ordered one of these for my GCP, i figured i had a heap of older PS1 dual shocks around and it seems to be easier to mount the ps controller internals ( i opened the GC controller and it looks like a headache.

Plus the PS controller would suit my GCP case perfectly

If it has no chip inside it i will post the pinouts

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Forgotten Prophet · Post by **Forgotten Prophet** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:33 pm

Gamelver wrote:actually, quite a few games ONLY use the pressure sensitive part of the L/R buttons.....games like Metroid Prime 1/2, Zelda WW for the R button, I think RE4, and certainly more games.....so if you do decide to use a PS1/PS2 controller for your GCp, make sure you can still plug in a first player controller to play those games .....

Actually I wanted to add a switch to allow that so it could still act as a console. How would I do that? Connect the port and PS2 controller and switch which one gets power?

Post by **gannon** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:30 pm

fruki · Post by **fruki** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:28 pm

dunks0r wrote:i have ordered one of these for my GCP, i figured i had a heap of older PS1 dual shocks around and it seems to be easier to mount the ps controller internals ( i opened the GC controller and it looks like a headache.

Plus the PS controller would suit my GCP case perfectly

If it has no chip inside it i will post the pinouts )

Have you recieved it yet? does it have chip? plz answer! :S