NGC 2 Player Cable Setup Guide - GrechTech/RetroRosetta GitHub Wiki

NGC cable assembly

GameCube Controller Pinout

  1. If recycling a cable from a broken controller, or if using an extension cable, cut the cable 10-40cm from the plug.
  2. Strip 3-5 cm of the outer insulation sleeving from the cable
  3. Isolate the inner wires from the cable and strip 5mm from the 5V, GND and Data wires, which are usually white [Pin 1], brown [Pin 3] and red [Pin 2] respectively. Cut down the remaining wires or terminate them with insulated tape
  4. Crimp each wire with a female Dupont crimp in line with the Crimping Guide

NGC 2 Player connection diagram

NGC 2 Player connection guide

  1. Place the jumper caps on rows 2, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19
  2. On row 20, place the jumper cap across the two central pins (20B & 20C) of the row
  3. Connect the red wire [Pin 2] of the Player 1 cable to pin 6B
  4. Connect the green wire [Pin 6] of the Player 1 cable to pin 6A
  5. Connect the yellow wire [Pin 3] of the Player 1 cable to pin 19D
  6. Connect the red wire [Pin 2] of the Player 2 cable to pin 8B
  7. Connect the green wire [Pin 6] of the Player 2 cable to pin 8A
  8. Connect the yellow wire [Pin 3] of the Player 2 cable to pin 19C or leave disconnected
  9. Connections should now resemble the diagram