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250GTE · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Location: Washington State

I was going through a box of stuff and found my old Dreamcast. I was thinking about hooking it back up to play a few retro games and wanted to see if anyone had ever extended the wire on a video game controller such as a N64, Dreamcast, GameCube controller? If I could extend the wire on the controllers, maybe 10 feet, I could put the Dreamcast off to the side of the room and just keep the controllers under a coffee table.

If someone has done this before what kind of wire did you use? I was wondering if something like Cat-5 would work. If anyone has done this, are there any issues with extending the wires on video game controllers such as a limit on how long you can extend these wires?

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject:

Check Ebay they use to sell controller extension cables. I had a couple when I had my Dreamcast up and running.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:32 am Post subject:

Just found one NIB. It's 6 feet long. Made my InterACT a Recoton company. They're the ones that made all the wireless speakers and headphones in the 1990's.

The date on this box is 1999.

Just like these: http://cgi.ebay.com/2-x-Controller-Extension-Cables-For-SEGA-DREAMCAST-NEW_W0QQitemZ250504098816QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Accessories?hash=item3a53353400#ht_2103wt_859

2 for $6.99! There's an extra 12 feet for you.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:34 am Post subject:

Or how about a pair of BLACK controllers with a 6 foot extension cord?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-black-Sega-Dreamcast-controllers-extension-cord_W0QQitemZ260491334627QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Accessories?hash=item3ca67e53e3#ht_500wt_1101

250GTE · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Location: Washington State