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Hello ben love the show, I was wondering about modding old game controllers to make them wireless (nes, snes, Dreamcast, etc). Ive never found any good tutorials online for anything like that. Is that something you've ever done or plan on doing? The Darn cables are just not long enough anymore.

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Catwell over 14 years ago +1

You might want to try looking into wireless RS232 transmitters . Older controllers used a simple RS232 interface. ( SNES used two 4021s inside SNES used two 4021s inside .) Alternatively, you could try…

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0 Catwell over 14 years ago

You might want to try looking into wireless RS232 transmitters. Older controllers used a simple RS232 interface. (SNES used two 4021s insideSNES used two 4021s inside.)

Alternatively, you could try converting the controllers to USB, then use a wireless USB repeater. Those are fairly figured out now. A quick search will find the answers there.

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0 Catwell over 14 years ago

You might want to try looking into wireless RS232 transmitters. Older controllers used a simple RS232 interface. (SNES used two 4021s insideSNES used two 4021s inside.)

Alternatively, you could try converting the controllers to USB, then use a wireless USB repeater. Those are fairly figured out now. A quick search will find the answers there.

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