I'm wanting to hook up my Raspberry Pi to the big screen in the living room. I'm assuming it's as easy as plugging into the HDMI. But my couch is a good 15 feet from the TV. Is there a way to mod some NES controllers to make the wireless? I can't find any wireless ones that plug into USB ports.

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Posted by NotGrammarKnotsi

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 11:45 am to Dale Murphy

Why not go blutooth ?

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Posted by nwhsallstar2000

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 11:49 am to Dale Murphy

Here ya go

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Posted by Dale Murphy

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 12:52 pm to nwhsallstar2000

That's a SNES controller. I prefer the original NES.

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Why not go blutooth ?

I guess I could if there's no lag involved. I'd have to youtube how to do that though since I'm technologically illiterate.

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Posted by Dam Guide

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 1:25 pm to Dale Murphy

Look up 8bitdo controllers on Amazon, they make both NES and SNES looking wireless controllers. Their NES controllers come with SNES buttons so you can play a lot more emulators than just NES.

I highly recommend getting a SNES version though. Those square bastard controllers are much better as a memory than to actually play with them.

retropie on an SD card and install kodi as an addon and you got a film/tv watching box too.

SNES Version

Looks like the NES version is out of stock is a third party seller
NES Version

SNES Version with joysticks for playstation emulation

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Posted by CarRamrod

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 1:29 pm to Dam Guide

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Look up 8bitdo controllers on Amazon, they make both NES and SNES looking wireless controllers. Their NES controllers come with SNES buttons so you can play a lot more emulators than just NES.

I highly recommend getting a SNES version though. Those square bastard controllers are much better as a memory than to actually play with them.

retropie on an SD card and install kodi as an addon and you got a film/tv watching box too.

and i cant get mine working. with the internal BT chip on the Pi i have. OR it is the emulator build not connecting correctly.

I need to just start over from scratch and get it running

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Posted by Dam Guide

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 1:33 pm to CarRamrod

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and i cant get mine working. with the internal BT chip on the Pi i have. OR it is the emulator build not connecting correctly.

I have 4 rpi3's installed with this setup and set up a ton for friends. Never had an issue with 8bitdo.

The one thing I found is you have to set it up wired and wirelessly for it to work both ways. If you just want wireless use, set it up with a keyboard and it won't work wired.

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Posted by CarRamrod

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 1:44 pm to Dam Guide

what emulator are you using? send me a link and ill try it out again soon. iTHINK im using retro pie. i really dont remember it has been so long.

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