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Probably a stupid question but.....
DataWest:
Is there any way to add an xbox 360 to my not yet finished mame cab? I think this is a stupid question, but is there any way to wire my controls with an adaptor to plug into the xbox? I know you can wire a hacked controller easily to a CP, but obvisouly I can't re wire my CP every time I want to go from MK9 to MAME. I also assume straight USB into a 360 doesn't work.
Any ideas?
Donkbaca:
How far along are you in terms of cab building? Do you have your cp wired?
You need a KVM with USB and sound. 2 mad catz sf 4 pads, an xbox 360 VGA cable, a female to female VGA adapter, a female to female 2.5mm I believe, sound adapter and a RCA to 2.5mm adapter.
Buy 2 mad catz sf4 pads and solder them. Ditch your iPac or key wiz or whatever, the 360 pads are recognized as joys in windows with drivers you can get from MS. You CAN wire up an iPac and the joysticks together, that is what I am doing, but this just adds complexity.
Connect pads to controls, plug controls into kvm. Plug KVM into computer and connect the xb 360 to the KVM with above mentioned adapters. You are good to go
armi0024:
You can wait for the Akishop PS/360, or you can go for www.etokki.com for a PS/360 controller, however, remember each controller does one set of joysticks and buttons...
Donkbaca:
The akishop pcbs are good because there is no soldering, but I think the main selling point is that they can hook up to a PC, 360 and a PS3.
If you have at least mediocre soldering skills, get these
http://www.vpgames.com/p-3724-mad-catz-xbox-360-street-fighter-iv-controller-sf-4-turbo-fightpad-assorted.aspx
they are 23 bucks a piece, common ground. All the inputs are digital so no fooling around with getting the shoulder buttons to work, and on top of that, there is a switch that lets you set the dpad to be the dpad, the left joystick, or the right joystick. Mind you, if you set it to the left joystick, it will still be digital and not analog, but its a nice option if you ever want to play something like Limbo in your cab, where the movement is set for the left stick, and you can't switch it to the dpad.
You could buy these and solder them yourself. If you do, and you need help, PM me, and I can send you a nice diagram of the solder points.
That's the way I went...
DataWest:
--- Quote from: armi0024 on May 13, 2011, 04:02:05 am ---You can wait for the Akishop PS/360, or you can go for www.etokki.com for a PS/360 controller, however, remember each controller does one set of joysticks and buttons...
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Thanks I actually bought one of these from you all, http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/147-arcade-controller-to-usb.html so I am going to be using it for P3 and 4.
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on May 13, 2011, 11:49:25 am ---The akishop pcbs are good because there is no soldering, but I think the main selling point is that they can hook up to a PC, 360 and a PS3.
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I think its awesome to be able to go PS3 or 360 with them. I'm gonna go with this for 2 reasons, 1. no solder skills at all. 2. having the PS3 functionality is awesome.