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We were talking about this in a sale thread, so to prevent any derailing let's move FGW Converter talk over here.
Basically, the FGW Converter is a board made by Toodles the Great that will convert a Saturn, Playstation, or SNES controller into standard signals for each button and direction. You can then use this for any number of applications. The most basic would be to just wire it to a DB15 connector, and you have an easy to make Saturn/SNES/PSX to Neo Geo controller converter. Or, you can use the signals to go to some other device to make all sorts of converters. Lemony made me an awesome little box that takes Saturn or Neo controllers and hooks into the Wii/Wii U's remote and works as a Classic Controller, which is awesome. On a seperate project I paired the FGW Converter with a Cthulhu to make a box that converts Saturn to damn near everything:
And my favorite part is that you can remap on the fly. This is especially handy on the neo, as the Saturn's button layout isn't well suited for the Neo, but you can change it to suit your taste. I use a different configuration with fighters than I do Metal Slug, for example.
The big catch is that the converter is a bare PCB. You need some skills to put it all together. If you don't feel comfortable messing with these things I'd suggest giving Lemony Vengeance a holla, he's the man when it comes to these kinds of things.
Link to SRK thread:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/145385?threads/f.145385/
Link to purchase:
http://www.godlikecontrols.com/
Basically, the FGW Converter is a board made by Toodles the Great that will convert a Saturn, Playstation, or SNES controller into standard signals for each button and direction. You can then use this for any number of applications. The most basic would be to just wire it to a DB15 connector, and you have an easy to make Saturn/SNES/PSX to Neo Geo controller converter. Or, you can use the signals to go to some other device to make all sorts of converters. Lemony made me an awesome little box that takes Saturn or Neo controllers and hooks into the Wii/Wii U's remote and works as a Classic Controller, which is awesome. On a seperate project I paired the FGW Converter with a Cthulhu to make a box that converts Saturn to damn near everything:
And my favorite part is that you can remap on the fly. This is especially handy on the neo, as the Saturn's button layout isn't well suited for the Neo, but you can change it to suit your taste. I use a different configuration with fighters than I do Metal Slug, for example.
The big catch is that the converter is a bare PCB. You need some skills to put it all together. If you don't feel comfortable messing with these things I'd suggest giving Lemony Vengeance a holla, he's the man when it comes to these kinds of things.
Link to SRK thread:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/145385?threads/f.145385/
Link to purchase:
http://www.godlikecontrols.com/