HOW-TO: Make a Nintendo controller into a PC Joystick

by Phillip Torrone, posted Sep 7th 2004 at 1:00PM

nes to usb controller

Note: A little change of pace this week. Today's HOW-TO is a little special, so we're running it over at Joystiq, our sibling site which is just as obsessed with video games as we are with gadgets.

This week's How-To is for all the PC/Mac/*nix gamers out there who want to use an old school Nintendo controller with their current games, or enjoy using NES emulators and want to take the game play to the next level with an old school NES controller. In this HOW-TO we show you how to build your own PC NES controller, which emulator software we used for PC game play, and where to buy the kit or a finished controller if you'd rather not solder one up.

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