4 Smart Joys

asfan42069 · Post by **asfan42069** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:24 am

Can ZSNES handle four smart joys? what if they are all on one 4 port usb hub?

SJ = smart joy

I tried to make it as clear as possible...

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:00 am

It should work with ZSNES. Try using USB gamepads if you want to test it.

asfan42069 · Post by **asfan42069** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:40 pm

If anyone has any usb gamepads, preferably with the capabilities to set it up how i want, please try it for me! i dont want to spend money on 4 smart joys (78.15 with s/h) and then not have them work! thanks

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:00 pm

There's this one website that sells 4 player multitaps that just use 1 usb port. Or at least there used to be. Can't remember the url.

asfan42069 · Post by **asfan42069** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:06 pm

hmmm do u know if all 4 controllers (assuming they are plugged into the multitaps) worked in ZSNES?

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:20 am

Do gamepads work well when connected through a hub? I've never tried that, but manuals for a couple of my older ones said never go through a hub, (or maybe it was a un-powered one)

Omega9 · Post by **Omega9** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:23 am

I tried plugging my PSX controller into my PC but it just won't fit.....

smkdan · Post by **smkdan** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:27 am

Only problems I can think of are if they draw too much power (If they had something like force feedback...but these are snes controllers), but the power supply shouldn't make that a problem I guess.

For controller 'bandwidth'? USB offers 12Mbps for 1.1 and 480 Mbps for 2.0 (?!). I got no figures to quote but I'd imagine it'll only be a few bytes worth of transfer from each controller?

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:29 am

Omega9 wrote:I tried plugging my PSX controller into my PC but it just won't fit.....

Of course it won't fit, because the computer doesn't support PSX controllers.

You need an adapter for it. You can buy one for $10 at radio shack.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:42 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
Omega9 wrote:I tried plugging my PSX controller into my PC but it just won't fit.....
Of course it won't fit, because the computer doesn't support PSX controllers.

You need an adapter for it. You can buy one for $10 at radio shack.

Checking a couple of his previous posts, I thought this may have been humor. But, I have been way wrong before.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:15 pm

I'll send you this thing for $25, it plugs into the parallel port, and you install drivers called ntpad I think and it works in xp. it makes 4 snes controllers show up as separate gamepads in windows, and all 4 work in zsnes.