An apparatus includes a game port interface and a bus. The game port interface includes first and second game port portions. The first game port portion is on a first integrated circuit and interfaces to an I/O bus. The second game port portion is on a second integrated circuit and provides I/O terminals to couple the game port interface to a peripheral device. The bus couples the first and second integrated circuits. The bus is for serially transferring game port information between the first and second game port portions.