X68000 Adapter Guts

x68000 Genesis/Mega Drive Adapter

When I got my x68000, I was really wanting to play the ports of Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition and Super Street Fighter 2 on the Sharp x68000. The official adapters can fetch some decent cash on eBay and Yahoo Jp Auctions so I decided, after some research, to make my own. I found that there are different schematics for 2 button games versus 6 button games. My first adapter was a 6 button controller adapter but with the knowledge learned from that project, I wanted to make another that allowed switching between 2 and 6 button modes.

Bill of Materials

  • 1x 9 pin D-Sub male connector (solder or crimp pins)
  • 1x 9 pin D-Sub female connector (solder or crimp pins)
  • 1x 9 pin D-Sub housing (pick one)
  • Wire
  • 1x very small 3PDT switch (small enough to fit within the D-Sub housing)
    • I ended up using a 4PDT switch since I couldn’t find a 3PDT small enough and I clipped the legs to shorten them. (Alcoswitch ASE4204)
  • 1x dremel, drill, or something to make a hole in the D-Sub case for the toggle switch
  • 1x soldering iron and solder (if using solder connectors)
  • 1x crimper and 9x male and female pins (if using crimp connectors)

Schematic

x68000 Adapter Schematic

Completed

x68000 Adapter Finished

Street Fighter Button Mapping

x68000 Adapter Street Fighter

For this to map correctly in Street Fighter you’ll need to use the following:

Street Fighter CommandController Button
Kick0C
Kick1A
Kick2 B

5 thoughts on “x68000 Genesis/Mega Drive Adapter

  1. Hi there, leaving this here because the x68000 Game Settings page doesn’t have a comment or submission form- I recently discovered that to enable mt-32 music for Metal Sight, you have to hold down the ‘Help’ button while starting the game. Thanks for hosting that page btw, it’s a pretty helpful resource 🙂

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