Turn your NES controller wireless with a $20 mod kit

Turn your NES controller wireless with a $20 mod kit

If you still enjoy playing your classic NES, SNES or Genesis consoles, a new $20 PCB is available that can turn the controller wireless with a couple of simple modifications. That way you can sit back from your system and enjoy your classic gaming from the comfort of your sofa far from your massive flatscreen that no designer of the original console ever imagined you'd be gaming on.

that amount of a full PCB with a Bluetooth wireless transmitter and battery. To upgrade your controller, you simply unscrew it, pop out the original PCB, put in the new one and you're off and running. You can charge up the internal battery with a mico-USB cable and there are even new LED indicators to show you how much charge is left.

The upgraded PCB offers compatibility with a number of devices out of the box, from Windows systems with Bluetooth support, to Raspberry Pis, to the Nintendo Switch. The only downside is getting it to work with your original system will require a receiver. Those are more common on some platforms than others, so depending on your chosen system you may have to hunt around for it.

If you like your retro games emulated though, this new PCB upgrades makes it possible to use your classic hardware without any adaptors necessary.