Console Repair/Mod Center
Let me start off by saying that this may not be in the right forum. I have a few things going on here. I could see it as homebrew, a console modification, a WTB request, etc. If you're a mod and you think this would reach the target audience better in another forum category, please let me know or go ahead and move it.
First, I'll give a quick background. In the last year, I made a trade to acquire a TurboDuo. I don't have many games for it, but I'm not a huge gamer, anyway. I'm more of a tinkerer/hacker/maker/coder type. I've been doing hardware projects for some other consoles recently (Neo Geo Pocket, Atari Lynx, etc.) and if you want, you can see some of my stuff at
Lately, my daughters and I have been playing the Duo. They mainly want to play Bonk's Adventure/Revenge at the moment, but I'd like to find some multiplayer games for us. The drawback here is that I only have the 1 controller, and buying a TurboTap and extra controllers is not going to be cheap. I started looking at building my own TurboTap, which I think I can do fairly easily.
The downside is that to prototype it properly, I may need to get a real TurboTap and maybe some controllers. Prototyping it may end up costing more than just buying one, but that's less interesting.
So, why am I telling you all this? I need some input.
First, if anyone has a broken/worn/ugly/etc. TurboTap that they'd want to let go for cheap, please let me know. I am also very interested in obtaining some cheap controllers (again broken, worn out, dirty, faded, etc is fine).
Next, I want to address the "Genesis" part of the title. I wasn't sure if I should put that in there, but I thought it might get some people to read this far.
TG-16/PCE controllers seem a bit expensive. There are other controllers out there, like Genesis ones, that are pretty affordable, not to mention the fact that many of us would already own a couple. If I'm playing a multiplayer TG-16 game, maybe I don't care if the extra players have an authentic TG/PCE controller. If they're using a Genesis controller to play Bomberman, that should be fine.
So, I'm thinking of making the "Poor Man's TurboTap" (working title) have one PCE connector and 4 Genesis connectors. What do you think? Would you want something like that? I'm sure a lot of you already have a Tap and controllers, but what's your take on this? Is it blasphemy to hook a Sega controller to beloved NEC? Is it cool to add extra options? Would you want to own something like this?
So, if you have opinions, please respond. If you have hardware that you'd like to donate to the cause, please let me know!
First, I'll give a quick background. In the last year, I made a trade to acquire a TurboDuo. I don't have many games for it, but I'm not a huge gamer, anyway. I'm more of a tinkerer/hacker/maker/coder type. I've been doing hardware projects for some other consoles recently (Neo Geo Pocket, Atari Lynx, etc.) and if you want, you can see some of my stuff at
http://www.youtube.com/cfc2ngpc - Invalid ID
or http://www.flashmasta.com/.Lately, my daughters and I have been playing the Duo. They mainly want to play Bonk's Adventure/Revenge at the moment, but I'd like to find some multiplayer games for us. The drawback here is that I only have the 1 controller, and buying a TurboTap and extra controllers is not going to be cheap. I started looking at building my own TurboTap, which I think I can do fairly easily.
The downside is that to prototype it properly, I may need to get a real TurboTap and maybe some controllers. Prototyping it may end up costing more than just buying one, but that's less interesting.
So, why am I telling you all this? I need some input.
First, if anyone has a broken/worn/ugly/etc. TurboTap that they'd want to let go for cheap, please let me know. I am also very interested in obtaining some cheap controllers (again broken, worn out, dirty, faded, etc is fine).
Next, I want to address the "Genesis" part of the title. I wasn't sure if I should put that in there, but I thought it might get some people to read this far.
TG-16/PCE controllers seem a bit expensive. There are other controllers out there, like Genesis ones, that are pretty affordable, not to mention the fact that many of us would already own a couple. If I'm playing a multiplayer TG-16 game, maybe I don't care if the extra players have an authentic TG/PCE controller. If they're using a Genesis controller to play Bomberman, that should be fine.
So, I'm thinking of making the "Poor Man's TurboTap" (working title) have one PCE connector and 4 Genesis connectors. What do you think? Would you want something like that? I'm sure a lot of you already have a Tap and controllers, but what's your take on this? Is it blasphemy to hook a Sega controller to beloved NEC? Is it cool to add extra options? Would you want to own something like this?
So, if you have opinions, please respond. If you have hardware that you'd like to donate to the cause, please let me know!