babrasch Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I was at a thrift store yesterday and I picked up a controller made by a toy company named Rokenbok. When I got home, I went to put it in the Genesis to see if it would work, but then I noticed that I completely overlooked that the plug is a male 9-pin, not female. I was looking at male to female converters, but most of them looked to be screw-ins, not made for the Genesis. I'm posting from mobile so I can't paste a picture, but if it would help you see if it was worth the hassle to get a converter, look up 'Rokenbok Sega Genesis controller' on Google Images. Would this more than likely end up working? Because it is a comfortable controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Popp Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Based on the pc I was at a thrift store yesterday and I picked up a controller made by a toy company named Rokenbok. When I got home, I went to put it in the Genesis to see if it would work, but then I noticed that I completely overlooked that the plug is a male 9-pin, not female. I was looking at male to female converters, but most of them looked to be screw-ins, not made for the Genesis. I'm posting from mobile so I can't paste a picture, but if it would help you see if it was worth the hassle to get a converter, look up 'Rokenbok Sega Genesis controller' on Google Images. Would this more than likely end up working? Because it is a comfortable controller. Based on the pictures, it doesn't look like it's made for the Sega Genesis. Does it say "for use on sega.." etc? Looks like a remote to some toy. Also, it's probably not worth finding a converter because I'm sure the pinouts are completely different. Edited July 22, 2015 by Jeremy Popp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thekng123 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 i checked amazon for rokenbok controllers and none of them said they worked with the genesis. this is a remote to a toy and not for use with the genesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oge Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 It does not work onto a Sega Genesis. Wiring it to a Male DB9 Connector (and plugging it into your Genesis) will only damage your console.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) also be wary of any really light weight unmarked controllers that have 9 pin plugs that are really for nes plug and play units there is even one that looks just like a genesis controller rokenbok is an activity center totally incompatable Edited September 3, 2015 by bohoki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ave1 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Those lightweight controllers can be easily wired up to a cut-off cord of an NES controller if you like the idea of using them to play your NES games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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