Step 3: With all of the controller’s original buttons and rubber membranes in place, you can pop-in 8BitDo’s replacement circuit board, making sure it’s seated properly.

A custom ATMEGA328P-powered board polls the controller’s SPI serial shift register in much the same way the original SNES would have. It then takes those button states and sends them out over ...

8Bitdo's DIY Mod Kits let you replace the guts of your legacy and Classic Edition NES controllers with a Bluetooth-capable board that works with PCs, Macs, smartphones, and the Nintendo Switch.

I don’t do this whole Nintendo Wii thing, but I know that if I downloaded some games on the Virtual Console, I’d want to use an actual SNES or NES controller to truly add to the retro-gaming ...

Like the Super Miniboss, 8bitdo’s SNES Classic gamepad takes almost no effort to set up. I had no problem syncing the wireless adaptor to the controller itself; it’s very much plug-and-play.

Even for those of us who are fans of retrocomputing, it’s fair to say that not everyone plays their old-school games on real old-school hardware. The originals are now fragile and expensive, … ...

The 8BitDo SN30 Pro controller is designed with retro gaming in mind. It has a great D-pad and cool aesthetics inspired by classic Nintendo consoles.

The SNES (or Super Famicom, depending on where you're from) controller is probably my favorite console controller. Unfortunately, the proprietary connector makes it difficult to use with newer ...

8BitDo’s Mod Kit replaces the circuit board in the original controller with a Bluetooth-compatible version, letting you reuse your original hardware without having to track down an official ...

8Bitdo's DIY Mod Kits let you replace the guts of your legacy and Classic Edition NES controllers with a Bluetooth-capable board that works with PCs, Macs, smartphones, and the Nintendo Switch.