Gamecube N64 Controller

[Unidentified Assilant]

Is this possible? I want to convert a Gamecube (or PSX) controller into an N64 one. I hate those official N64 controllers and instead of buying one, I'd like to make my own using those great gamecube ones (possibly unofficial), any thoughts or ideas?

[Alchemist]

There's no commercially available adapter, and I bet they use totally different data protocols to communicate keypresses to the respective console. You'd have to build a custom interface between the analogue sticks,and good luck doing anything satisfactory for the C buttons/C stick and triggers, but the rest are switches so you'd just have to wire them up (that'd be A, B, d-pad and start, then ).

[nos_slived]

You could use a GC-to-PC converter, then reverse engineer to convert the output to a usable signal.

[daguuy]

don't know how to use a GC controller, but i've seen a hori controller that looks similar. might be hard to find though

[daguuy]

here's an idea: take out the GC controller chip or whatever and get an n64 controller chip and wire the buttons and stuff to the right spots on it.might need to replace c stick with buttons. i saw a pinout for the chip somewhere but i forgot where

[Alchemist]

You could use a GC-to-PC converter, then reverse engineer to convert the output to a usable signal.

If you're going to go to the hassle of reverse-engineering, why bother with the PC converter in the first place?

here's an idea: take out the GC controller chip or whatever and get an n64 controller chip and wire the buttons and stuff to the right spots on it.might need to replace c stick with buttons. i saw a pinout for the chip somewhere but i forgot where

Not going to work due to the physical hardware differences (there's a reason they're called "analogue" sticks), plus you'd still have to convert the C stick to the C buttons, which would be a nightmare.

[Unidentified Assilant]

Hmm... i have a better idea, make my own controller using a different one (I want the Analog Stick where the D-Pad is)

Please don't say, just replace on a normal N64 controller, or buy one of those superpad things

[Warrior_Rocker]

it wouldnt really be possible to get a pc adaptor for this, since most hardware now adays is software driven, that means a micro controller interface, then you have to engineer a serial to n64 plug, and write software for that, im thinking that u should just learn to deal with the n64 controller?

[daguuy]

here's a picture of what i think might work

find a way to make that fit in a GC controller case and replace the C stick with C buttons (those aren't the right pinouts) very crude drawing but you get the point (oops i forgot the D-pad )

[*o*]

there is absolutely no point in doing that

[daguuy]

there is absolutely no point in doing that

yes there is: make a gamecube controller for N64

[nos_slived]

But if you are going to replace the C-stick with buttons, you may as well just move the joystick over and cut the D-pad off.

[*o*]

but why

[Unidentified Assilant]

But if you are going to replace the C-stick with buttons, you may as well just move the joystick over and cut the D-pad off.

The D-Pad is required for my favourite N64 game sadly enough So it can't take a hike (unless I can convert D-Pad into Analog stick, which probably is possible as some guy managed to convert Playstation D-Pad on a Dual Shock pad so the inputs were converted to Analog Stick, so D-Pad games could be played with Analog Stick)

[daguuy]

but why? i don't get it! it would be to hard! there's no point! why would you replace C stick with buttons?

the point is to put n64 controller guts in a gamecube controller case so it will be like a gamecube controller for n64