I found some strange famiclone controller in my house: it has a 3.5mm jack on the back. The photos of the board: http://imageshack.us/g/155/imgp2876y.jpg/ I have the board and the case without buttons (nothing special, some genesis clone controller with a hole for the jack). Some comic thing: the name of the console (written on the controller case) was "STAR GAME CONSOLLE". Yeah, they mispelled console xD It has a Micro Genius famiclone port. Do you know for what reason there is a 3.5mm port on it? MarioInside
I'm guessing it's because controller 2 on the original Famicom had a microphone built into it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System#Game_controllers
Some Zipper gamepads had this feature: There was a sound-jack on the joypad to get the game music with ear-phones. The controller plug had a chinch plug for the red a/v-jack on the side of the NES. I think it is a good idea to have the gamesound in earphones from the gamepad. I'd like it. :Rock:
Some Micro Genius clones (and probably others) actually output the game audio from the controller port and have a headphone jack on the controller, I guess this is for something like that.
I know EXACTLY what that is... This is an ENDING MAN 2 or a Terminator 2 Famiclone controller board. A super cheap single chip mostly PAL famiclone found everywhere in Asia. The early models had a headphone jack built in to make them look a little more complex. Later verions had that jack removed to cut down costs even further or due to lack of use. I have seen some models with only the metallic ring part of the jack but with no actual connector on the board. :banghead: Those clone masters will do anything to make a really cheap product even cheaper. ! Here I a pic of one, there is an endless list of versions of this thing.
