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I thought I would relate an experiance I had with a few new adapters I got. GC Controller Adapter for PC and Nintendo Wii 4-in-1 Virtua Retro Adapter . The first allows you to plug in the second. It looks like amazon isn't carrying the 4 in 1 anymore but you can probably find one, or 2 , on ebay. EDIT: I actually can't find this item any more. Too bad as it is the only one that I can find that combines these systems. If you can find any, I suggest you cop that. I can confirm that the GC adapter is recognized and installed automatically, even though it comes with drivers. The 4 in 1 adapter plugs into one of the 2 GC ports and allows you to plug in 1 SNES, NES, Genesis, or N64 controller per adapter. It is meant to work with the Wii, it doesn't work right for n64 games through the Virtual console (The rest are fine), but it does work great for PC! Just get 1 GC adapter and 2 4-in-1 adapters and you get 2 NES, 2 SNES, 2 Genesis, and 2 N64 controller ports from 1 USB slot! Possably the most usefull combination of adapters that I've seen available. This is a great and cheap way of freeing usb slots on your PC and emulating these systems with their original controller! Way cheaper than buying all the adapters separatly. Notes: The GC wavebird wireless controller does work with the GC adapter. No special installation instructions, except calibration of the axis in windows. I noticed this is important because the 2.4GHz wireless picks up a little interferance and jumps aroung slightly. A quick calibration and that is taken care of. The genesis port only recognizes original Genesis controllers (d-pad, start, and 3 buttons), not the six button kind. I thought the 6 button would be great with mame, but It doesn't recognize the top three, dang it!