Lacerta Posted September 20, 2010 Posted September 20, 2010 Hai! As i'm currently waiting for coinops to finish downloading, finding a good arcade stick for the ol' xbox is quite hard, nothing left in stores, all google search always give xbox360 info... Only other stick i have are my 2 neogeo sticks but i have no desire to open them and try to mod it with a xbox pad pcb... I was thinking maybe buying some old ps1 (like the famous namco) or ps2 (like the neogeo replica) along with a PS to xbox adaptor but i'd hate to throw money in old hardware to realize it won't work So what do you guys use or know what should work? Thanks (also sorry for my english )
ace9094 Posted September 20, 2010 Posted September 20, 2010 look on ebay for a "Xbox Gamester arcade stick" or X-Arcade stick and buy the adapter or make one See http:\\www.Slagcoin.com
Lacerta Posted September 24, 2010 Author Posted September 24, 2010 thanks for answering. sorry btw, i did not post'n'run but when i got the xbox out and powered it to install coinops, had the damn error 7 screen... Guess the hard drive don't like not being used for months. and not even one IDE hdd left in the house, everything is SATA FFS. Buying a ide hdd in 2010 is just wrong but i'll do it For the stick, well that gamester seems like a cheap option honestly. Forgot about the x-arcade now that's nice but they seem heavy and only suitable for sitting on a table, not laps...Actually i forgot that i still had an official dreamcast stick, but finding a DC to XBOX adapter isn't that easy...
cba.gy Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) DreamCast maple bus to XBOX USB is gonna be very hard to find !In fact, see how you go finding a live unicorn on ebay. You will have more luck. Edited September 24, 2010 by cba.gy
dcm2284 Posted October 8, 2010 Posted October 8, 2010 I use an xarcade stick with an adapter. I also replaced the stock buttons it came with to instead use HAPP pro parts which were a lot better than the grimy ones that it came with when i bought it used.
Lacerta Posted December 1, 2010 Author Posted December 1, 2010 (edited) up Just thought as i opened the thread i ought to show the end (for me lol), also got the IDE hdd btw, just in time for EPiC :] So a xbox 'hackpad' was so much cheaper than buying a dedicated xbox stick (granted you own any other stick already...), just some wire and a db-15 male connector were needed. That way a neo-geo stick can be plugged, works perfect, and the pad still works like nothing happened. Of course, only 6 buttons in total (ABXY & start/back) can be used by the neo-geo stick, but no big deal, only so few titles make use of more than 4 buttons... The black and white buttons have been connected though, so if a 6button stick ever comes my way everything will be ready^^ The NG stick has such tight controls, it even works amazingly well with platform games. Playing donkey kong country wit htit feels way better than the xbox pad some pics (before applying the epoxy ) Edited December 1, 2010 by Lacerta
RedCapsMan Posted December 4, 2010 Posted December 4, 2010 Damn. Is that your first controller hack? My first didn't look nearly that good. Now that you've got the db-15 on there you could hack a bunch of SNES, NES, or any old retro controller. I've always just soldered directly to arcade switches and left the xbox controller pcb in a project box. Nice work.
RedCapsMan Posted December 4, 2010 Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Thats not my work. Mine were messy but solid and currently in the hands of friends across the country now! If I didn't use my wii for easy emulation I'd be interested in making more. But, been there, done that. There are some nice relatively cheap wii/gamecube adapters available for the retro stuff. If there was MAME for the wii that was worth a damn maybe I'd make a Wii Cab. Edited December 4, 2010 by RedCapsMan
PhilExile Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 I did something just like this too. Maybe I'll post some picts tomorrow. If you mod the X-Arcade, it works really well too.
Lacerta Posted December 6, 2010 Author Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) Thanks guys ! Yes PhilExile post some pics please I think it looks okay, after that i used some epoxy glue to attach to db15 connector to the pad. And cut some black electrip tape around it to cover up. Doesn't look bad imho I need to do the 2nd pad but it's just so annoying to do, even more when using same wire color for all pins And i need to buy one of these pcb holders because i got nothing to hold the db15 connector while soldering to it, and that thing weighs like a feather. RedCapsMan you're tempting me with the snes controller... Edited December 6, 2010 by Lacerta
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