# Super Nintendo controller for my PC? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 13, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239 "2003-07-13T21:49:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/1 "2003-07-13T21:49:24Z")
Is there any place where I can buy a Super Nintendo controller that is compatible with my PC? I’ve seen XBOX and Nintendo 64 controllers that are for playing games on PCs, and I read online how to make a regular nintendo controller hook up to a PC, but I haven’t been able to find anything for a Super NES controller. Does anyone know where I can get something like this? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/2 "2003-07-13T22:53:39Z")
[These guys](http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=2877) are considering making an adapter. I think you’d have to register for their forums and vote for it as their next project. Other than that, I couldn’t really find any commercial products that either connect an snes pad to your pc or do a decent job of mimicking the entire snes comtroller. They do make joypads that have the same general layout as an SNES pad, but usually without the start and select buttons. I suppose one of those would do, depending on the types of games you’re looking to play. ---
**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/3 "2003-07-13T22:59:58Z")
You could get a GameCube-compatible [Hori controller](http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=77&products_id=2466) (it comes in black, too) and then get the [PC-to-GC adapter](http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=55&products_id=2143&). It’s a little expensive overall and not quite an SNES controller, but it’s close. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/4 "2003-07-13T23:11:08Z")
[This is pretty close, for $17.99](http://pc.latestvideogames.com/index.php/sop.sf/Gravis_G42021_PC_Gamepad_Pro/asin.B00000K4TX/mode.electronics/bid./op.details/page.8/textquery./sfID.766/sfmode.electronics/). It has extra L and R buttons, is the only difference I can see. I don’t know if you’d need an adapter for hookup. [Same thing in USB for $24.99](http://pc.latestvideogames.com/index.php/sop.sf/Kensington_42111_Gamepad_Pro_USB/asin.B00000K4TQ/mode.electronics/bid./op.details/page.2/textquery./sfID.766/sfmode.electronics/). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Humungus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@The\_Humungus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Humungus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/5 "2003-07-13T23:33:00Z")
i’ve had that controler for a while. it works great. its more of a PS pad, but then again the PS pad is pretty similar to the snes. i wouldnt really recomend trying to find an adapter…alot of them are pretty shoddy ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/6 "2003-07-14T00:06:00Z")
It says the platform is Windows 95 for the Gravis G42021 PC Gamepad Pro (the first one Achernar linked to), so it would work on XP, no? And also, where does it hook up to? I can’t seem to find that anywhere on the site. That’s pretty much exactly what I’m looking for, so thanks for the help everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/7 "2003-07-14T00:32:45Z")
Hmm, not sure if I’d recommend that sort of gamepad. I’ve got an almost identical one, (not Gravis), and the direction pad is really bad; if you don’t push exactly U, D, L o R then Mario will move around all weirdly. Perhaps the Gravis pad is less sensitive though. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/8 "2003-07-14T01:37:56Z")
I sure do hope that you guys own the carts to all of the ROMs you are playing! _cough_ ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/9 "2003-07-14T01:57:22Z")
That’s still illegal though Muad’Dib. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/10 "2003-07-14T01:57:35Z")
Who said anything about ROMs (other than **Trigonal Planar** mentioning Mario, I guess)? Maybe the OP is simply playing a PC video game that would do well with a SNES controller. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/11 "2003-07-14T01:59:19Z")
A lot of game manufacturers release their games for PC platforms in addition to the various game consoles, too. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/12 "2003-07-14T03:08:51Z")
Why are ROMs in this thread seemingly so taboo, but mp3s say, are not? ---
**Author:** ![Antimanics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Antimanics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antimanics)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/13 "2003-07-14T04:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by roadkiller \* > \*\*It says the platform is Windows 95 for the Gravis G42021 PC Gamepad Pro (the first one Achernar linked to), so it would work on XP, no? And also, where does it hook up to? I can’t seem to find that anywhere on the site. > > That’s pretty much exactly what I’m looking for, so thanks for the help everyone! \*\* Gravis’s website has Windows XP drivers for it, so it should work. [Link to the drivers](http://www.gravis.com/support/sup_1037.html) for anyone who is looking for them. I recommend a Logitech RumblePad though. I got a RumblePad for $35 Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Daver914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-nintendo-controller-for-my-pc/188239/14 "2003-07-14T04:13:46Z")
Several small businesses actually do make adapters to let you connect a standard SNES controller to a PC serial port. I bought one of these a couple of years back, and I have to say that when it worked, it worked great. I used it on and off for a couple of months, but because of the poor driver support for Win2K (all the drivers are third-party), I gave it to a friend who uses Windows XP. He’s been using it ever since and apparently it works like a charm. Now that I’ve switched to XP, I’ve been meaning to ask for it back… But enough about that. Here are some links that can help you: [http://snespad.emulationworld.com/adapter\_sales/](http://snespad.emulationworld.com/adapter_sales/) [http://dmtwww.epfl.ch/~cdreier/](http://dmtwww.epfl.ch/~cdreier/) Though on second review, these are both from the same guy. Oh well. Good luck!