NES controller on a DS

[wraggster]

You can get most of the old NES games for the DS, but they just don’t feel the same. Sure your hands still cramp up, but its just not the same cramp we remember. What is the solution? Put an old Nintendo Entertainment System controller on your DS. [Parker] did exactly that. The method he used is fairly strait forward. He opened the DS, wired extensions onto the buttons he wanted to use to a controller. Instead of making it permanent though, he chose to wire it through the GBA slot. This allows him to plug the controller in whenever he wants to use it. This reminds us of the PSP with a SNES controller we covered back in October.

You can see a video of it in action after the break. You’ll notice in the video, he has also modded his buttons to have LEDs behind them.

In the comments, [tri-edge] points out that you can follow his build in the acidmods forum. There seem to be some other variations as well, including an SNES controller

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/22/nes-controller-on-a-ds/

[carlitx]

Pointless but awesome none the less. I wants it :P

[mappy123]

now an analouge stick would be nice:thumbup:

[rokobungi]

if the mod lets you plug the controller into the gba slot why not get an extra gba slot cover to wire the mod into just to neaten it up a bit?

[gumgod]

That's so awesome :thumbup:

[Abel1337]

I love this!

[nintendopetey]

just another mod that people will go crazy over