Super Smartjoy and UK SNES controller

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Super Smartjoy and UK SNES controller

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Hi. Are the UK PAL SNES controllers compatible with the Super Smartjoy USB adapter? Will they work on my computer? I live in the US. I'm asking because I've read that the UK controllers only work with the UK SNES systems.
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Post by blackmyst »

Nope, all snes controllers are compatible with all snes systems, and with the super smartjoy.
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Post by badinsults »

Any snes/sfc controller will work on any snes/sfc console. There are no region incompatibilities.
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Post by Skeud »

badinsults wrote:Any snes/sfc controller will work on any snes/sfc console. There are no region incompatibilities.
Wrong, Japanese and US controllers won't work on many EU SNES.
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Post by I_am_dumb »

So UK / Japanese snes pads will work on US consoles, but not the other way around?
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Post by blackmyst »

Frankly I don't know what that guy is talking about, I've never heard about any snes controller incompatibilities, and I can't find any info that would hint to it. Either way, you don't have to worry about using a european controller with the smartjoy, I use it myself.
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Post by badinsults »

That is because there are no incompatibilities. This guy is full of shit.
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Post by KingMike »

Could've sworn I heard one other report of EU controllers being incompatible with US/JP consoles. But I can't confirm.
(though I can confirm JP controllers work on a US system)
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Post by I_am_dumb »

^ So would this also mean SFC pads would work on a Snes -> USB adapter?
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Post by KingMike »

If a US controller works, yes.
Though I believe official SFC controllers have a really short cord (if I remember the measurement, it was like 3 feet vs. 8 feet).
Not sure if that'd be a concern on a PC, though.
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Post by FirebrandX »

I have a PAL controller and will test it on my SFC. I can also confirm the SFC controllers are REALLY short. When I plugged in my SFC for the first time recently, I went to grab the controller and I nearly yanked the console off the shelf. I was like, "WTF?? 3 feet??"
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Post by FirebrandX »

OK, confirmed the PAL controller works perfectly fine on the SFC. My guess is they are all universal.
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Post by Deathlike2 »

You could've edited the post instead of double posting. :P

It's just a friggen controller... there's absolutely no need to regionalize it. :P
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Post by FirebrandX »

Sorry, sometimes a post edit is missed and people don't know to check the thread again when the number of posts is still the same.

I'll make sure to edit next time though.
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Post by Gil_Hamilton »

Deathlike2 wrote:You could've edited the post instead of double posting. :P

It's just a friggen controller... there's absolutely no need to regionalize it. :P
To be fair.... Sega DID region-lock the Dreamcast's gun. 3rd-party guns worked no matter the region, but the official Sega-branded gun wasn't US DC-compatible.

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Post by I_am_dumb »

Srsly, only 3 feet of cord?

What happened to "Hey kids, don't sit too close to the tv!?"
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Post by sweener2001 »

consoles were toys

they weren't tucked in with the vcr, they were pulled out and placed on the floor in the middle of the room

gamecube is actually the same way. unless you had a wavebird
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Post by Gil_Hamilton »

sweener2001 wrote:consoles were toys

they weren't tucked in with the vcr, they were pulled out and placed on the floor in the middle of the room

gamecube is actually the same way. unless you had a wavebird
Or an extension cord.
*waves hand*

Dreamcast has pretty short controller cables too.


But yeah.... it's either a collision of japanese VS western tastes, or someone failing to learn the lessons of the Atari era.

It should be noted that games were considered adult entertainment back then, but controller cables were still very short. So it's not because games are toys so much as someone thinks you want the console in easy reach while you play.
Which made sense on the 2600, where you needed the console buttons to play... except when you had 4 people trying to play a paddle game and not enough room for them.
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