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[Strider]

We all love retro games, but gaming on an emulator or playing an NES styled fan game just doesn't bring the nostalgia factor than holding the original NES controller in your hand... UNTIL NOW.

Just the other day, I stumbled onto a website titled RetroZone and was immediately giddy with excitement. On this site, you can purchase for a small fee of $34 your very own NES USB gamepad for your home PC. But there's more! They also have USB versions of SNES, Genesis, Atari, and Vectrex controllers available, not to mention converters for other controllers you'd like to use!

Now, being the hardware mod whore that I am, I was wondering how to do this myself. Well, RetroZone took care of that part easily, as you can purchase the KITS to make your own retro gamepads! With just a little time and soldering, you'll be gaming retro style in no time!

BUT THAT'S STILL NOT ALL! They also have reproductions games for sale, original titles, NES game development tools, AND MORE! This site gets Strider's Stamp of Approval. Bravo, guys!

[alastair jack]

Awesome. I don't like the USB snes one though, it doesn't have the pretty coloured buttons.
By the way, it's hard to notice links - it looks the same as normal text.

[Strider]

Yeah, I've noticed that too.. COLOR SWAP TIME!!

Also, you could just buy the retro kit and the Super Famicom version of the controller. That'll net you the multicolored buttons you want.

[Rue]

I'm tempted to get a Snes, or Genesis controller but my PS2 styled one honestly does well for any game. Still a neat find though.

[Speedy]

Okay, seriously, Zeak should start getting actually active so he can tell you about these things.

I learned this website from him like years ago. XD