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JoeAwesome
Professional
If you want a full DB15 conversion, you can get an extension cable from Console5 and a DB15 breakout board from Amazon. If you want wiring already crimped, maybe start with Focus Attack.
Raph_friend
Grand Master
It's a USB controller?
Raph_friend
Grand Master
You can try it with USB2DB15.
theoddtech
Enthusiast
There's also these https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/ud-usb-decoders.3450/
always good to have options!
always good to have options!
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jassin000
I've always preferred direct wire into DB15.
But I can see the attraction to the decoders if you want to preserve these sticks for use with the original consoles.
But I can see the attraction to the decoders if you want to preserve these sticks for use with the original consoles.
I totally agree @jassin000, adapters are space wasters — my UD-USB are for current supergun use, once Axun releases the JJ CBOX with direct USB support. I’m all for that.
InitialNik
Student
The Best way is using a neo geo extensión cable cutting the female conector and soldering all cables in each button.i have adapted lot of arcade sticks to Db15,if i can help you...
Yeah, same here. I was looking for pre-made db15 cables, which were not cheap, then found neo geo extension cables. On mine I was able to open and desolder the unused connector.
I used a leftover 3/4 player breakout board to cleanly connect it inside the controller.
DB15 cables are cheap on Amazon. Like dirt cheapYeah, same here. I was looking for pre-made db15 cables, which were not cheap, then found neo geo extension cables. On mine I was able to open and desolder the unused connector.
I used a leftover 3/4 player breakout board to cleanly connect it inside the controller.
https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-6f...e&qid=1615387450&sprefix=db15+,aps,208&sr=8-4
Neo Geo Extension cables are cheaper. Like dirty cheaper.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-8M-Ext...-Geo-Controller-Joystick-Gamepad/164690942176
Edit: Or even cheaperer on AliExpress:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32945705114.html
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arcadeaction
Enthusiast
Question: why are supergun setups designed with Neo Geo controller ports as standard when a Sega Genesis, Saturn, Playstation or SNES controller would seem to be much more readily available?
Raph_friend
Grand Master
Because DB15 are still on easy access worldwide today, plus, this standard has all the pins that need for discrete signal, used on JAMMA and Neo Geo.
I guess Saturn, Playstation and SNES have proprietary connectors you can't easily get, especially before the internet and easy access to Chinese third party markets, and for all four you'd need a microcontroller to translate the joypad protocol. It can be done, as it is for various superguns or X-to-DB15 adapters, but not as easy as for NeoGeo.
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jassin000
Because this has existed for the past 30 years.
Using the same connectors found in popular retro consoles is a new trend, and while it might make more sense legacy is a thing everywhere.
Using the same connectors found in popular retro consoles is a new trend, and while it might make more sense legacy is a thing everywhere.
What this guy said lol. You can buy DB15 ports and cables all day long worldwide. You can get a loose bag of DB15 ports on Amazon of all places.
Cheap, universal and easy to use
Yeah, same here. I was looking for pre-made db15 cables, which were not cheap, then found neo geo extension cables. On mine I was able to open and desolder the unused connector.
I used a leftover 3/4 player breakout board to cleanly connect it inside the controller.
Just curious if you wired coin and start? They aren’t microswitches from what I can tell.
because Neo Geo Requried no additional electronics to work. you wire the pins of the connectors directly to the buttons. Genesis, Saturn, Playstation and SNES all require additional electronics to decode the signal. so you'd have extra electronics that add complexity cost and lag on the supergun side to encode the signal, then extra electronics that add complexity cost and lag on the controller side to decode the signal. Neo Geo is just wires... simple, cheap, fast.
