Super Nintendo on the Wii with DIY Controller

I had so much fun finding out how good the Snes9x GX Emulator for the Wii is. I never really got into the Wii hacking scene yet, just keept a little and h following the exploiting status of the wii. So when the Homebrew Channel came out, i installed it. But never really did something useful with it. But this weekend i installed Snes9x and it really rocked. Super performance, no framedrops or broken sound. And the GFX looks really crisp. Nothing compared to the last exprience i had when i hooked a Nintendo Jr. to my flatscreen tv. it looked really really crap. Dont get me started NTSC, composite signal and a tv software scaler..uh..really crap, unplayable. But the Emulator stuff looks really good on the big screen.

After testing Mario Kart i got pissed off the Wii Controllers. You are supposed to use them in the same manner as in Wii Mario Kart. Steer with Up and Down button and accel with the [1] Button. But no R and L buttons. Without them Mario Kart is no fun. After a quick internet research i found a project to connect and orginal Super Nintendo controller via the Gamecube connectors to the Wii. Its a little more complicated than a simple piggy tail, since the protocol used by the Gamecube and Super Nintendo are totally different.The Gamecube uses a more complex protocol so that you need a microcontroller to do the conversion.
Yesterday was DIY sunday, soa friend and me threw this thing together. And it works really good. My friend got so hooked, so he is planing to make some more of the controllers and put them on ebay.

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