This article shows you two ways to connect several generations of Xbox controller to both consoles or Windows PCs. Instructions apply to Windows 10 and up and Xbox 360 consoles and later.

This is [Tom]’s effort of upcycling his original Xbox controller to work indistinguishably from a stock Xbox 360 controller ... that released with the console in 2001. It wasn’t a popular ...

[Ryzee119] would much rather take the insanely complex route, and has recently completed work on an add-on board that let’s you use Xbox 360 wireless controllers on Nintendo’s 1996 console.