Snes controller on a PC using the Parallel port

Now that you can connect the controller to your PC, you will need to install and configure the drivers required to make it work.

Windows 95/98/ME

~~Download DirectPad Pro 5.0 from this site: www.ziplabel.com~~. This will allow you to use your controller with games which use DirectX.

Important!!: Direct pad pro is not available anymore on ziplabel.com. However, you can download it here.
This is the exact file I download from ziplabel when it was still available. It contains the shematics for all interfaces supported by Direct Pad Pro.(psx, snes, nes, sega, atari...)

Here is a page containing instructions on how to install direct pad pro.

Windows 2000 et XP

Use psxpad. Despite it's name which suggest it is for PSX controllers, it also supports snes controllers.

http://www.psxpad.com/index_e.php

Here is a page containing installation instructions for windows 2000 and another page with instructions for windows XP.

Linux

This adapter is supported by the Linux kernel. If you use the kernel and modules that cam with your distribution, it is very possible that the module is already available.

Try as root:

# modprobe gamecon gc=0,1,0,0,0,0

If you have a rescent kernel, try:

# modprobe gamecon map=0,1,0,0,0,0

The first parameter is the parport id, and the 5 others are the types of each controllers connected to it. Read the file Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt that comes with the kernel source for more information, and how you can connect more than one controller one the same port.

ZSnes Dos version

Zsnes Dos version also supports this adapter. You just need to go somewhere in the menu and choose "Snes controller on lpt1" or something similar(I dont remember exactly).

Please note that this is only true for the DOS version of zsnes. The windows version uses DirectX(So you must use Direct Pad Pro or PSXpad). The Linux version uses the input layer /dev/js* or /dev/input/js* (so you must use gamecon).