Replacement joystick cables

[channelmaniac]

Anyone have a good source for joystick replacement DB9 cables?

 

I need ones with more wires than the Atari 2600 ones... They only have 6 wires (up, down, left, right, fire, and ground) where I need 7 to fix some Sega controllers (up, down, left ,right, button 1, button 2, and ground).

 

Seems all I can find are extension cables for $8 each plus shipping from Canada but they don't even list the # of wires inside.

 

Thanks!

 

RJ

[BigO]

Sega Genesis controllers seem to me to be the best source for such cables.

 

You can make your own and/or buy 9 pin cables, but they almost all have the "ears" or whatever the tabs with screws/holes are called.

Edited February 28, 2010 by BigO

[channelmaniac]

Sega Genesis controllers seem to me to be the best source for such cables.

 

You can make your own and/or buy 9 pin cables, but they almost all have the "ears" or whatever the tabs with screws/holes are called.

 

 

Yeah, the molded cables have longer ends on them and the DB9 computer cables don't so they won't fit in the joystick ports on the Master System.

[zylon]

Try finding someone selling controller extension cables at a bulk rate or cheasy 3rd party genesis controllers.

[Almost Rice]

You should be patient on ebay and a case of Genesis cables will eventually appear. I got mine a few years ago when someone unloaded their case. I guess they got tired of selling one at a time.

[+Ransom]

Aren't the standard 2600-era controller extension cables 9-pin so that they would work with either joysticks or paddles?

[Clint Thompson]

I'm looking for the exact same thing to no avail and found this thread. Seeing as it has been almost 6 years, has anyone found a steady source for the DB9 Female cables/connectors without the metal shielding?

[galax]

How about Genesis extension cables? e.g. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/301633599618

[Osgeld]

genesis extension cable

 

its what I use on my NES to atari controllers, I buy them 20 at a time which puts them in the 3.89 price range each (free snail mail postage from china) or 10 at a time for 4.10 each

 

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/free-shipping-6-Feet-Controller-extension-cable-for-sega-megadrive-2-genesis-2/32278597163.html

 

edit: they have all 9 wires btw

Edited March 24, 2016 by Osgeld

[Rolo]

I'm using standard ebay or Amazon Chinese DB9-extension cables. All 9 pins connected. I'm usually buying ten or so and suggest a price to make them a bit cheaper, but cables are expensive components.