That looks interesting. I've read good reviews of their USB-SNES adapter and I found this comment in a forum thread at Penny Arcade forums:
The Gtron adapter can connect NES, SNES, Genesis and N64. I don't know if it works for Atari or Master System controllers, or anything else that uses the DE9 connector.
The build quality isn't as good as the Mayflash adapter, and unlike that one, there doesn't seem to be any way to remap the d-pad to the analog stick, so you can't use the d-pad for games that normally use the analog. There's a switch on it to select between NES/SNES/GEN and N64. That is, NES, SNES and Genesis input is active all at the same time. That might useful for some alternating-play games that only use one controller (or playing Dong Dong on WarioWare).
The button mapping is straightforward:
N64 A = GC A N64 B = GC B N64 L = GC L N64 R = GC R N64 Z = GC Z N64 Start = GC Start N64 D-Pad = GC D-Pad N64 C-Pad = GC C-Stick N64 Analog = GC Analog
SNES A = GC A SNES B = GC B SNES X = GC X SNES Y = GC Y SNES L = GC L SNES R = GC R SNES Select = GC Z SNES Start = GC Start SNES D-Pad = GC D-Pad
NES A = GC A NES B = GC B NES Select = GC Z NES Start = GC Start NES D-Pad = GC D-Pad
Gen A = GC A Gen B = GC B Gen C = GC X Gen Start = GC Start Gen D-Pad = GC D-Pad
This means Z and L are messed up in (most?) N64 games on the VC. On Zelda, for example:
GC L = N64 Z GC Z = N64 C-Up GC D-Up = N64 L
This means that on the adapter, L is is mapped to Z in game, Z is mapped to C-Up, and so on. The C-buttons are also mapped directly to the C-stick, so there's no way to use them as buttons in SNES games or anything. On the plus side, Brawl lets you set the C-stick to jump, so you can re-create the SSB controls on the N64 controller exactly. The adapter didn't come with any instructions, so I don't know if there's any way to change layouts, like on the Raphnet adapter.
It seems like A and B are reversed on Genesis games. (Edit: I only tried it with Shinobi III though) Which makes sense, because they were probably swapped on the GC controller to preserve the layout.
NES and SNES games work perfectly with their respective controllers.
I'm hoping someone does a CC-USB adapter as I'd like to use my CC Pro on the Mac for emulation. There's a dual-port one, but it uses Windows software, so I'm uncertain as to whether or not it would appear as a HID controller to the Mac.
I can't see myself playing too many N64 games on the VC so I think just a SNES controller to Wiimote would be ideal for me. I think I'd rather the PAL or NTSC-J controllers with the coloured face buttons but there is something about having those concave X,Y buttons on the NA version.
The downfall of the Wiimote for me is the super small buttons & D-pad (The d-pad on the gamecube controller too). Playing New Super Mario Bros Wii and Mario Kart Wii hurts my hands after not too long. Too bad NSMBW doesn't support the classic controller at all though.
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I bought 4 of them thinking I would be able to relive some of the classic games from the older systems. Unfortunately they all suffer from a delay between the time you press the button and when the game registers the press. The delay is about half a second, which means that most games aren't playable using these devices. I tried 2 different NES controllers and a SNES controller with the same results on two different controller adapters. If someone figures out a way to fix them please let me know because I would still love to use them
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