Products

Take your Gamer-Pro or 4-Play to your favorite console. Imagine using any controller on any console or maybe just extended the ability of your Gamer-Pro/4-Pay to USB 2.0 or even XINPUT! The Bridge has an intuitive AI built in that auto maps the button layouts for your easy of use. When you plug it in, the adapter will know what controller is in use and what console is being used. There are alternative maps, turbo features, and button rotation modes or you can just plug it in and play, letting it figure out the mapping for you. In many case the Bridge will let you use odd controllers like paddles, tablet, and wheels. Mix and match to your linking and just gamin in way you always dreamed of.   TECH: The Bridge uses LLAPI to communicate with the adapter. It supports any adapter that uses LLAPI. Since LLAPI is open source any product can use this adapter’s ability to game on consoles and USB devices. Of course LLAPI will need to be integrated into any adapter that chooses to communicate with the Bridge, but it costs only curiosity and time. We encourage anyone to get in touch with us about adapter you want to use with the Bridge. The protocol is very easy to use, only requires 2 wires, at least a 12MHz chip, and we already have source code written in c to do it.

A MiSTer based card bring all Bliss-Box logic with an advanced LLAPI protocol to bypass USB. Read more about it on our support page under BlisSter. Or stop by our store front. 

The MiSTer is a small community of people sharing love and respect for older hardware and wanting to keep enjoying these older systems. We have produced a board for the MiSTer that performs as well as any of the current USB board options and extends a few new features and options that will come to be rather attractive to many MiSTer fans.

This board has the Bliss-Box chips (that adapt almost any wired controller to USB)  integrated on-board. Though USB is not the only option. A main attraction to the BlisSTer is a thing we call LLAPI (Low Level API). With some help from a developer Jamie AKA Rysha, Many cores were written to take advantage of the LLAPI. This board allows you to communicate with a controller at it’s own interrupt level. Your MiSTer cores, while used with the Bliss-Box, will allow any controller to be used the way it was intended to be used on the console itself. It even auto maps the buttons! The LLAPI even has the ability (although not implemented yet) to directly communicate with memory packs or rumble motors in the very same manner the console does. Although that is a bit ahead of its time, it has the ability to do it. These core are now updated and maintained but the legendary Ricardo over at ultimate mister.

REV3 is the latest version and a join effort from the top seller of MiSTer product in the world. Ricardo also has taken it upon himself to head up the LLAPI core developed. Cores are going out faster then people are aware of them.

4-Play, Gamer-Pro, Gamer-Pro jr., and the all new upcoming GPA are Bliss-Box’s bread and butter adapters. The original hand bad Bliss-Box started the controller crave in 2007 and lead to  4-Play ( no longer in production) and the formation of Bliss-Box. The successor to the 4-Play (Gamer-Pro) sold as a single player device. All the power of the 4-Play in a much smaller product.  Read more about that here  The GPA is simply the GP but advanced… There is also a Gamer-Pro jr. that is for the Do it yourself minded person.

These adapter convert retro controllers to USB. Whether you have 1 or many controllers that you want to  use on a PC or other USB device, this is a great option. 

These adapters are the first adapters to support such a wide variety of controllers. The list of supported systems continues to grow! We hope to add more and more to our already impressive repertoire. It even works on almost any modern operating system, including Windows, OSX, Linux, Android, and even PS3, Nintendo Switch and Xbox original ! And when coupled with the Bridge, allows just about anything.

They also support n64 memory card transfers to and from the real console and emulators. Just like the original Adaptoid with even more features.

 

 

 

 

 

The greatest advantage of owning this adapter, is that you’ll never need to buy another retro controller USB adapter again. In addition to the controllers it already supports, it can be easily updated to support new ones. We can even design new adapter cables should the need arise. The design has been based on the concepts of adaptability, authenticity, and value since the very beginning.

 

Combo Fix – The adapter adds two things to the Gamer-Pro. It adds a capacitor for smoother Atari controller action, and a short for PSX to support rumble. This can be used with all Bliss-Box adapter and boards. the Gamer-Pro and Jr both bennifit from these options.  The BlisSter beneifits from the Atari paddle fix, and the Gamer-Pro Advanced already has this on board.

Level Shifter – This is simple for anyone wanting to use the GPA, GP, GPjr, or 4-Play on the Mister over the User port. Using the adapter over this port is exclusively for LLAPI. If you just want to use it as USB, this adapter is not required.

BreakOut Board – If you are in to the D.I.Y world, this adapter is a nice way to expose the HDMI connector. Create for arcade setups!.

 

There are many miscellaneous options, please visit our store front to find the right option for you.

Bliss-Box has research the construction of the cable design very thoroughly. Many tests for compatibly, resistance and durability have been made.  Our cables are no more then wires from connector to connector and the pin outs are open to the public. We want to support the ‘do it yourself’ nature of older hardware. This also lends it’s self to counterfeit knockoffs that other companies will make. This has already happened and you can read more about it here.

One of the original ideas for the Bliss-Box adapter was to be modular. If a connector goes bad it will not cost you the price of another adapter as you can replace the cable. Or, maybe you just do not need them all. As mentioned, you can use your own, or buy from another company. We can not extend outr warranty or guarantee that they work but you do have options.

The original adapter had 16 cable types.

Thew Bridge is planned to also have many types of cables. And we plan to manufacture many other types of cables to come. there cables may requires components in side.

There are many Cable options, please visit our store front to find the right option for you.

The APC ( Advanced Port Connector) is nothing more then a cable switch box. It has up and down selectors and requires a 12 volts power. It has 1 input and 8 (not available yet)  or 16 ( limited supply) outputs.  Because of the way the HDMI ports are being used, they will not work with a normal HDMI switch box.

The Advanced adapters (i.e. GPA) are the new evolution of Bliss-Box adapters and the follow up to the 4-Play, Gamer-Pro, and Gamer-Pro jr line up. The first production adapter (4-Play) was constructed in 2015 as a follow up to the original “Bliss-Box” hand made models.  A lot has changed since then and the Advanced Series uses a chipset that is a bit faster. Also the early adapter had a firmware controlled USB interface whereas the Advanced Series is hardware.

---

What does this mean for you? It means you can Go to any level, jump higher, stay bigger, and live forever. Wait… you get the idea. It’s better 😉 The main thing to keep in mind with the GPA is that it was designed to be a replacement. This means it will work along side the early version and communicate in the same fashion. You do not need to make new Retro Arch map files, or worry about button layouts. You  do not have to download new software or learn new features. It just acts the same, only better. The GPA will use its own firmware but is flashed with the API Tool or new stand alone flasher.

New GPA advanced features.