>>11834882yes the wire is just shorting the controller so the cpu thinks the button has been "pressed"
anon if you have a home console like a nes or snes please take a controller apart and try inputting buttons while the system is on
heres a controller
its the same idea do you see the pads? practice on that first
>>11836724>>11836709dude what the fuck happened? :c
>>11836816thats burn in
anon, let it cycle\rest for 48 hours and try again
also it might not be cooked these older pcb can be v finnicky
dont give up
can you elaborate on what happened when you
'shorted' the coin input to ground?
you touched it for less than a second right? like the amount of time you would be pressing a button for mario to jump?