Need help converting NES controller to arcade stick

[Penguin]

I need some help with a project I am working on. Wondering if anyone knows how I would go about doing this. I have an old Donkey Kong Cabinet that I stripped and am popping a tv in to play nes games on it, and I'm trying to figure out how to hard wire a nes controller onto the arcade controller. I figured a NES advantage joystick would work, but im not quite sure. Any help would be appreciated. thanks!

[madman77]

You're using a NES inside an arcade cabinet with a NES controller...why would you have to convert anything?

[Penguin]

You're using a NES inside an arcade cabinet with a NES controller...why would you have to convert anything?

I want to take the NES controller and connect it to the controls of the cabinet, so i need to hook the controller buttons and directional pad onto the cabinet original joystick and buttons.

[InsaneDavid]

I want to take the NES controller and connect it to the controls of the cabinet, so i need to hook the controller buttons and directional pad onto the cabinet original joystick and buttons.

You just answered your own question but flip around what you said. You need to the arcade buttons and joystick onto the NES pad controls. Open an NES controller up and you'll see how pressing a button makes the controller work. Remove the coating over the leads for the buttons and solder your connections in.

[selfdestroyer]

This is what I did..

Here is the NES controller opened up:
http://evolvingconsole.com/pics/arcadestick/nin_01.jpg

Here it is with the wires soldered on:
http://evolvingconsole.com/pics/arcadestick/nin_02.jpg

Here it is with the DB25 connector I put on to match the pinouts of my Arcade Stick:
http://evolvingconsole.com/pics/arcadestick/nin_02.jpg

Hope this helps.

[Penguin]

This is what I did..

Here is the NES controller opened up:
http://evolvingconsole.com/pics/arcadestick/nin_01.jpg

Here it is with the wires soldered on:
http://evolvingconsole.com/pics/arcadestick/nin_02.jpg

Here it is with the DB25 connector I put on to match the pinouts of my Arcade Stick:
http://evolvingconsole.com/pics/arcadestick/nin_02.jpg

Hope this helps.

Thanks, but the last pic is the same as the second one. :P

[selfdestroyer]

http://evolvingconsole.com/pics/arcadestick/nin_03.jpg

Sorry ..

[77punk]

ive done this as well. good tips guys. please post pics when your done.

[Penguin]

Tyvm for the pics destroyer, they should help a lot.

[Penguin]

Here is how the machine looks now that it is finished. :)
Thanks for the tips guys the controls work great!

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5984/finishedri1.jpg

[andreasit]

I am doing the same projekt right now. I have checked the points i need to soilder and so on, but im not sure if it is correct point or if i have missed anything. I tried to open the images in this post but they didnt show anything. So could anyone re-upload the pictures? I would be VERY grateful!