about the famicom controller...
Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 13:54
hi guys,
I bought a couple of cheap controllers on Aliexpress: https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/32919127872.html
They work, some way, but with some issues: i.e. when I play snake, the arrow buttons work fine for a while and then begin to fail (and my snake hit the wall...). I opened them to take a look inside and I've discovered there's a chip under a blob of resin/glue/etc. (I thought it was something like an Atari joystick, just a matter of switches).
Had anybody my same experience with this kind of controller? I'm not sure if it's an issue (they're quite cheap and of course a poor quality product) or some lack of compatibility.
I was also wonder if there's a way to remove the chip and connect directly the buttons (like an Atari joystick)... I didn't find a trusty pinout schematic.
I bought a couple of cheap controllers on Aliexpress: https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/32919127872.html
They work, some way, but with some issues: i.e. when I play snake, the arrow buttons work fine for a while and then begin to fail (and my snake hit the wall...). I opened them to take a look inside and I've discovered there's a chip under a blob of resin/glue/etc. (I thought it was something like an Atari joystick, just a matter of switches).
Had anybody my same experience with this kind of controller? I'm not sure if it's an issue (they're quite cheap and of course a poor quality product) or some lack of compatibility.
I was also wonder if there's a way to remove the chip and connect directly the buttons (like an Atari joystick)... I didn't find a trusty pinout schematic.