@Locutus73
Yes the Snes to Neo adapter will work. Their pinout isn't ideal however the HAS appears to allow button remapping so this shouldn't be an issue. Their pinout has buttons 5 and 6 wired opposite to how they should be if one were to extend the Neo pinout in the same fashion as the standard pinout.
@Frank_fjs
Looks like "Select/Coin" is wired to DB15 pin #2 instead of pin #3 like in the NeoGeo pinout, so this one will need to be manually re-wired on that adapter.
Good pick
@RGB
Really annoying when people break standards.
I wouldn’t talk about standards written in stone in this case. I mean, on one side we have Neo Geo AES DB15 pinout and, on the other side, Jamma pinout… then we have logic, but no written standards. I agree that mapping AES Select pin to Jamma coin pin is the most logical choice, but again, it seems to me that Retroelectronik is not breaking any ISO standard. Again, mapping B5 on pin 10 and B2 on pin 6 pleases my inner OCD having even buttons on the upper row and odd buttons on the lower row, but again… that’s it. They are smartasses and their strange SNES2NeoGeo adapter pinout matches their SuperGun pinout, but I see this more problematic for the Supergun (which has an additional screw terminal for input) than for the adapter. You can use the adapter with their Supergun, with HAS Supergun (through remapping) and honestly, with NeoGeo and platforms with less than 6 button, the worst that can happen is that you have to use SNES L button to insert coins. We can even reprogam the Arduino easily starting from this
https://github.com/burks10/Arduino-SNES-Controller (I'm a software guy, not a hardware one).
I produce my own snes2neo adapters
Interesting. How much? Where do you ship from?
@Locutus73
Re the 8bitdo receivers, how do you use them with a wired usb pad?
Not
with a wired usb pad, but
as a wired usb pad. 8bitdo retro receivers always pair to Bluetooth pads (a wide array including their own, DualShocks 3/4, various Nintendo pads) and act as a retro pad through a custom retro connector (i.e. SNES one); but they have a micro USB port you can use for upgrading firmware and… for connecting the receiver to a PC impersonating a wired Xbox360 pad or to a PlayStation 3 impersonating a wired controller. So, maybe, they can be used with Undamned adapter
So, what are the current options in order to use a wide array of wireless controllers with a Neo Geo? For now I’d say 8bitdo retro receiver for SNES connected to:
- Retroeletronik adapter – PRO: very cheap and ships from Europe (a pro for me at least) – CONS: weird pinout and ugly sandwitch board
- Arcadeforge adapter – I don’t know if they sell it apart from their Supergun; they don’t seem to answer to website contact form
- Undamned USB adapter – will it work?
- Frank_fjs adapter: how much shipped to Italy?
Thank you all in advance.
Best regards.
Locutus73
