So after reading up on which v3.3 GameSharks have parallel ports that worked, I wanted to see if mine contained the necessary chips to do so. Turns out it does, and it even has the LED counter installed with transistors and capacitors.
The only thing that seems to be missing is the SN74HC164D 8-BIT PARALLEL-OUT SERIAL SHIFT chip, wow that's a mouth full.
My question is, could I buy a replacement from digikey, have it soldered on and have the LED display enabled again?