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[Videogamer555]

First you need a power supply that can deliver 5 volts DC. Then you need a serial cable. I used a 9-pin cable because there's less wires to sort through, but it should also work on a 25-pin cable. Some serial cables have less than 9 wires even though the end has 9 pins on the connector. Just make sure that if you use my driver (which you can download here) the cable you use has access to these signal lines:
Ready To Send (output from the computer)
Data Terminal Ready (output from the computer)
Carrier Detect (input to the computer)

And make sure COM1 is available on your computer, as my driver only works on COM1. Also power must applied to the power pins before running the driver software (+5V to SNES controller pin 1, and Ground or 0V or Common or whatever you call it to pin 7 of the SNES controller). If not, the driver software won't run (yes it detects if the device is active) and will simply close itself uppon being run. Then you'll have to turn the power on and start it again. It runs in the background, and won't appear anywhere. To tell if it's running, open notepad and push some SNES buttons, if it's running, it should print various letters (it works by mapping SNES buttons to keyboard keys). If it's running and you try to start it again, it'll give an error about the COM port being already open and will refuse to start a second instance of the program. To turn off the SNES controller driver, hold down these 6 buttons on the SNES controller simultaneously (A, B, X, Y, Start, Select), or turn off the power supply providing the 5 volts to the SNES controller. And before again using the actual keyboard keys that map to the SNES controller assignments, you must turn off the SNES controller driver.

Here's what each SNES controller button maps to on the keyboard.
SNES X = Keyboard A
SNES Y = Keyboard Z
SNES A = Keyboard S
SNES B = Keyboard X
SNES L = Keyboard D
SNES R = Keyboard C
SNES Select = Keyboard Space
SNES Start = Keyboard Enter
SNES Left = Keyboard Left Arrow Key
SNES Right = Keyboard Right Arrow Key
SNES Up = Keyboard Up Arrow Key
SNES Down = Keyboard Down Arrow Key

Here's the technical info on setting it up, including an ascii drawing of the SNES controller connector for reference.

[Farid]

Can I use this method to use with Nestopia (a nes emulator)?
Is there any other way to supply the power (5V) from the computer itself (for example from usb)?
Thanks.

[madman]

Just buy a SNES to USB adapter and save yourself the trouble of building some half assed adapter that requires an external PSU.

[Farid]

Please someone check these pictures and tell me if anything is wrong :









Is everything okay?

BTW I am sure I cannot find any kind of adapter here, so I don't have any other choice. Please help me to assemble this thing.

[Farid]

I couldn't get it work. Just nothing happens. Help me, plz!