Alternative (possibly) to buttons and PCB

[Bitcrusher]

Hi guys

First off, I'm sorry if this is a dupe post, but I've looked through the different pages manually, as "buttons pcb" are apparently both too generic searchword, so they refuse to yield any results.

I've decided to try to make a GBZ, with my very limited soldering skills, but this would definitely be a good project to improve my skills on
I'd like to do it without sacrificing any original Gameboys or NES controllers, meaning I'm going to buy a GB replacement case etc.
Also, I'd like to try to make it PAL SNES themed, so I'm going to gut a clone SNES controller.

Searching for "retro usb snes" on many China shops, incl. Aliexpress, you can get USB powered SNES controllers like these for around $3 USD, incl. shipping.


I've opened one up, thinking it could be used as a donor for both the input PCB and the buttons (which are slightly larger, as see in the last image)
So here's the images, that I hope some of the more wire/solder savy people, can say if this is a viable replacement?



Comparison of SNES button, next to a GBC button - one will most likely have to expand the existing buttonholes.


I hope someone can answer me this + perhaps provide an alternative to the button/pcb list on the wiki

[Helder]

GBC and DMG which is the Original Game Boy have different sized buttons, the old DMG is similar in size to the SNES buttons. Also did you buy a Game Boy Color case or the DMG case?

Start and Select are too far apart and so you need to cut that pcb in 4 pieces, @Chiz tried something similar with a similar pxb but it didn't turn out too well.

[Bitcrusher]

Sorry, I should have gone more in depth on that button comparison (I just wanted to go to bed, it was like 3 am ).
I've got an GBC, which is where I got the button from.

I've bought a DMG replacement case, that I want to build a GBZ in, it's still in transit, so I couldn't compare to the DMG buttons.
I know the GBC is smaller than the DMG, I just didn't think that they had actually also made the buttons smaller.

[Popcorn]

This is the same controller I'm using and I used those buttons too. Chiz is also using it and he had it working for a while on as a native USB gamepad using the PCB in his GBZ, but then accidentally fried it when resoldering. Check his pi2 thread in the show-off thread for details.