Two Player One Controllers

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:09 pm

I've seen a lot of questions on this subject about needing switches or connecting grounds but if you have a controller 1 in the case of a portable and wire the same wires to an external port, wouldn't that work besides having the other controller still active?

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:14 pm

If wired correctly, yes. Your just running the controlers in parallel.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:20 pm

for the PSX/PS1, I'd put a switch that goes between grounds so that it doesn't get confused, like I think it would due to the chip inside.

Post by **gannon** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:06 pm

yes, on any controller that uses a chip instead of direct switches for each button you normally need a switch between the ground or power lines. For some reason mm007's snes works without the switch.

electromaster64 · Post by **electromaster64** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:36 pm

I actually ran it without a switch but then decided I would need one because if you accidentaly hit a button on the controller that you are not using the SNES gets confused or something and neither of the controllers will work. And you have to restart it to get it working again.

Post by **gannon** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 6:50 am

not quite, It has been my experience that unless you have a switch, interupting data signals will cause the snes to not respond when 2 controllers are plugged in. That is, unless you press the same button on each controller at the same time.