Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
PC Gameport Party + MIDI Switches for Vintage PCs | DIY PCB Build & MIDI Selector Overview
In this video, I showcase my custom-designed PCB: the PC Gameport Party, a plug-and-play board for vintage PC gameport (DB15) setups. Whether you're into retro gaming, DOS flight sims, or MIDI music production, this board is designed to simplify your setup by replacing messy cables and enabling full gameport functionality—joysticks, MIDI Out, and MIDI In—with the flip of a switch!
I also demo my MIDI selector switch boards—perfect for routing between multiple MIDI devices like Roland MT-32, SC-55, MT32-pi, or even a Mac Plus running old-school Cubase.
Buy it at jcm-1.com's store (Joe's Computer Museum):
PC Gameport Party: jcm-1.com/product/pc-gameport-party
2x2 MIDI selector: jcm-1.com/product/2x2-midi-selector
3x3 MIDI selector: jcm-1.com/product/3x3-midi-selector
Read more on this DOS days blog post about Sound Blaster and MIDI compatibility: dosdays.co.uk/topics/pc_midi.php
PC Gameport Party is open sourced, gitHub repo (gerber files): github.com/Mu0n/PCGameportParty
Check out CHARLIEtheCAT with his fast cakewalk 4 skills: youtube.com/watch?v=KAS44h-AK8E
Music used:
Blue Mood - Robert Munzinger
Stairway - Patrick Patrikios
Wish You'd Never Left - TrackTribe
Sharp Edges - half.cool
PC Gameport Party + MIDI Switches for Vintage PCs | DIY PCB Build & MIDI Selector Overview
In this video, I showcase my custom-designed PCB: the PC Gameport Party, a plug-and-play board for vintage PC gameport (DB15) setups. Whether you're into retro gaming, DOS flight sims, or MIDI music production, this board is designed to simplify your setup by replacing messy cables and enabling full gameport functionality—joysticks, MIDI Out, and MIDI In—with the flip of a switch!
I also demo my MIDI selector switch boards—perfect for routing between multiple MIDI devices like Roland MT-32, SC-55, MT32-pi, or even a Mac Plus running old-school Cubase.
Buy it at jcm-1.com's store (Joe's Computer Museum):
PC Gameport Party: jcm-1.com/product/pc-gameport-party
2x2 MIDI selector: jcm-1.com/product/2x2-midi-selector
3x3 MIDI selector: jcm-1.com/product/3x3-midi-selector
Read more on this DOS days blog post about Sound Blaster and MIDI compatibility: dosdays.co.uk/topics/pc_midi.php
PC Gameport Party is open sourced, gitHub repo (gerber files): github.com/Mu0n/PCGameportParty
Check out CHARLIEtheCAT with his fast cakewalk 4 skills: youtube.com/watch?v=KAS44h-AK8E
Music used:
Blue Mood - Robert Munzinger
Stairway - Patrick Patrikios
Wish You'd Never Left - TrackTribe
Sharp Edges - half.cool
