Modded NES and SNES controllers work wirelessly with Wii

Judging by the sheer number of modifications and hacks for the NES that are out there, we'd have thought the limit to the number of things that it's possible to do with the hardware is close to being reached. Apparently not: as this latest mod by a guy called Mark Feldman proves, as long as the games stick around, people will go to extraordinary lengths to get authentic hardware to go with it. Mark's wireless NES controller mod for Wii involves opening up a SNES and NES controller, sticking a wireless transmitter, a microcontroller, and an iPod mini battery inside, and constructing a wireless receiver module with a GameCube cable on the end. Thanks to some sort of black magic -- Mark refers to it as "coding" -- when all this is put together, an off-the-shelf Wii can interpret the control input from the modded controllers, and the nostalgia-fueled gamer can play classic games on their virtual console without worrying about wires, and without a Wiimote-tethered Classic controller. Full details of how to make your NES controller wireless, and how to code the microprocessor so that it'll understand the signals, are available on Mark's site. Before attempting to execute any of the plans, we'd recommend warning friends and relatives that they may not see you for a while. Especially spouses: they tend to get worried when their SO disappears to the basement with a bundle of chips and circuitry.

[Via hackaday]

[superpixel @ Feb 21st 2007 11:04AM]

Oh my, I do want one of these... Time to fire up the soldering iron.

[PeteC @ Feb 21st 2007 11:13AM]

There may be many mods but this has to be one of the best. Come on, I'm sure people would snap these up if he started selling them on ebay.

[Nando @ Feb 21st 2007 11:20AM]

You know, I've never heard the NES & SNES be pronounced "nes" and "esnes." I've always called it "N.E.S" or "S.N.E.S." LOL

Good times!

Great mod!

[Mark @ Feb 21st 2007 11:33AM]

This is definitely the first mod I've seen on this site that I'd buy.

[Paul @ Feb 21st 2007 12:11PM]

esnes, lawl

[Ben @ Feb 21st 2007 12:11PM]

Wow very neat indeed. I wonder if you can use more then one controller at once ... doesn't look like it :-(

Maybe a "future" version ...

[Paul @ Feb 21st 2007 12:26PM]

damn, I have neither a Wii, nor a SNES, but that is one of the most awesome mods I have seen.

Not only does it have a function but it also looks really good. No jagged edges, no loose wires or hanging batteries. He did a great job on that.

[Mr. Gavodime @ Feb 21st 2007 12:26PM]

Wow, that's a really nice mod. I'd be starting it right now if I had a NES or a SNES controller. I guess it's eBay time!

[Dustin Frazier @ Feb 21st 2007 12:28PM]

Wow, that guy sux at Zelda.

[Revoluter @ Feb 21st 2007 2:12PM]

Yeah, now it could transform the nunchaku wii controler to be withouth wires in itself... :)

[Larry @ Feb 21st 2007 2:26PM]

Guy playing Wii on huge ass screen

http://www.ministryoftech.com/2007/02/21/guy-plays-wii-bowling-on-gigantic-screen/

[Graison Swaan @ Feb 21st 2007 6:17PM]

why doesnt nintendo do this?

[Matheus @ Feb 22nd 2007 4:46AM]

Nintendo should have thought about that before.... 2 stand-alone controllers models that would satisfy the purists.

[GeniusKiKi @ Feb 23rd 2007 4:53PM]

最基本的解決之道
還是直接弄一個藍芽手把比較快.. XD
哪間廠商作一個出來吧

[Kizul Emeraldfire @ Feb 23rd 2007 9:00PM]

This is awesome, I happen to have several old NES controllers laying around… I may make one or two wireless ones. :D

Also, the guy in the video pronounces 'NES' and 'SNES' strangely — I've heard it pronounced 'N-E-S/S-N-E-S', and I myself pronounce them as 'Ness' and 'Ess-ness', but I've never heard them pronounced 'Nez' and 'Snez'. O_o