Description
A short pigtail adapter that turns the USB-C cables you already own into a retro console power lead. One end plugs into your console; the other is a USB-C socket so the cable, and how long it is, is entirely your choice.
Use The USB-C Cables You Already Have
Most of us have a drawer full of USB-C leads. This adapter puts them to work: run any USB-C to USB-C cable from your charger into the adapter’s socket, and the console is powered. No new cable to buy, and nothing extra to find room for.
It also leaves the length up to you use whichever lead suits your arrangement, and swap it whenever your setup changes. The adapter simply stays on the console.
Use a USB-C to USB-C cable: a USB-A to USB-C lead cannot negotiate Power Delivery, so it will not run the console. Prefer everything in one piece? Our USB-C Power Cable for Retro Consoles is a single 1.8 m lead in these same five versions, plus a 1.2 m lead for charging the Wii U GamePad.
Which Version Do I Need?
Pick by the connector your console takes. If you are powering several systems, add one of each select a version, set the quantity, add it to your cart, then come back and choose the next.
5.5 2.1 mm, centre positive 9V
- Nintendo: NES Frontloader (NA/USA), NES Toploader (NA/USA), Famicom, AV Famicom, Famicom Disk System, Super Famicom (Japan), Super Famicom Jr. (Japan)
- Sega: Master System, Genesis Model 1 / Mega Drive Model 1, Sega CD (Model 1 and 2), Game Gear (PAL and Japan)
- NEC: PC Engine, PC Engine CoreGrafx, PC Engine Shuttle, TurboGrafx-16
- Atari: Jaguar, Jaguar CD
4.75 1.7 mm, centre positive 9V
- Sega: Mega Drive Model 2, Genesis Model 2, Genesis Model 3, 32X, Game Gear (USA), Nomad, JVC Xeye
- NEC: PC Engine Duo-R, PC Engine Duo-RX
- Sony: PS One (the small redesign, SCPH-1xx), PlayStation 2 Slim (SCPH-7xxxx)
Nintendo GameCube 12V
Fits DOL-001 and DOL-101.
Nintendo Wii 12V
Powers the console itself; it is not a charger for controllers or accessories.
Nintendo Wii U 15V
Powers the console itself. The GamePad has its own separate charger and is not covered by this adapter.
Choosing A Charger
Each version asks its charger for a different profile, and this is the specification to check before ordering. Total wattage on the box is not the measure plenty of high-output chargers skip 12V entirely, or offer it only at reduced current.
- 9V versions: any USB-C PD charger offering a 9V profile. All three of our chargers do, on their USB-C ports.
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