This Controller Board any Good?

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This Controller Board any Good?

Post by Warrior_Unit » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:12 am

Hey so i wanted to make a GBZ and on amazon i saw this board for the inputs and was curious: has anyone got one and if so is it good?
here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/Button-Gameboy-D ... ywords=gbz

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Re: This Controller Board any Good?

Post by RetroRocket » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:35 am

That same image is used everywhere, assuming this Amazon person is a reseller. You can find them on eBay for a few dollars cheaper. Prerunnerseth's are also about the same for similar functionality.

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Re: This Controller Board any Good?

Post by rodocop » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:24 am

I've used similar boards, on three seperate occasions. They work fine, they can be wired directly to the Pi zero's GPIO pins, or to a teensy. I've only used the PreRunnerSeth ones though. But they are essentially the same thing.

This is the one's I have used.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Gameboy-DMG-01-4 ... SwcL5XNLRF

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Re: This Controller Board any Good?

Post by RogerX » Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:38 pm

For 2-day delivery with prime shipping, $9.99 is pretty reasonable. I bought a bunch of similar common-ground boards a year ago on ebay and they were $10/each shipped, too. They work fine, as a no-frills drop-in for buttons.
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