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Converting a PS3 controller into an arcade stick
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Jack Burton:
You don't.

When doing a pad hack you usually just leave the analog controls alone and use only the D-pad and buttons.

In some instances it's necessary to short the wires on the analog stick to disable them.  You have to do this on some Xbox 360 pads.

But overall it's a non-issue.

Now, as far as getting the analog stick on the controller pcb to function as an analog arcade stick, I have no clue.

orchidius:
I'm mostly interested in a N64 pad-hack. Try playing any N64 game without the stick :s
Jack Burton:
What N64 games would you say are cab worthy?  The only ones I can think of can be played with only the D-pad.
orchidius:
The N64 is the only console I really owned during my whole childhood, so it has a great nostalgic value to me. And I like almost every game I every played on it, but that's just me ofc. :) And so the question remains...
Jack Burton:
Well I can tell you that playing most N64 games on a cab is not going to be any fun.  Even if you could figure out some way to use an analog arcade stick it would have nowhere near the finesse or feel of an N64 analog stick. 

They do make little analog nubs for some non-arcade applications that might be interesting to look at, but it would be a pain in the ass to get them to work.

The way I would go about it is to install an Ultimarc Ultrastick 360 into my cab and use it to play N64 games via emulator. 

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