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Xbox 360 and Mame Cabinet...Possible?
fibreoptix:
Okay first post. Just discovered all this "Build your own Arcade" stuff 2 weeks ago. Ipac, KVM switches and all these arcade supply stores... so exciting!!!!
I'm gonna do it... in the spring. But! until then over the winter I'd like to get a game plan down. The design/Wood working part I got down. No problems there.
So this is what would be awesome.
1 Arcade Cabinet that houses a Mame system (pinball buttons, trackball all that jazz) and an Xbox 360 controlled by one Control panel for both systems (trackball mame only). Is this possible? What I have been reading is no... Microsoft will not allow xb360 pads to be used on a PC.
But what if I hook up an Ipac as you normally would, hack a 360 pad with the wires going directly to the buttons. Could that work?
Well Fed Games:
--- Quote from: fibreoptix on September 09, 2011, 10:30:25 pm --- What I have been reading is no... Microsoft will not allow xb360 pads to be used on a PC.
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There are folks here who know all about what you want to do, and have done it themselves, but I can can confirm that wired Xbox pads (or in my case, I have a couple 360 arcade sticks I want to use for projects, one Hori EX2 and one HRAP) are great for PC.
fibreoptix:
--- Quote from: thefearsomefearful on September 09, 2011, 10:54:59 pm ---There are folks here who know all about what you want to do, and have done it themselves, but I can can confirm that wired Xbox pads (or in my case, I have a couple 360 arcade sticks I want to use for projects, one Hori EX2 and one HRAP) are great for PC.
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When you say "wired Xbox pads" do you mean the XBox 360 or Xbox 1?
So your saying just get a Hori and convert it into a full control panel?
Donkbaca:
It is possible, that is what I did on my cab
fibreoptix:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on September 09, 2011, 11:34:39 pm ---It is possible, that is what I did on my cab
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So let me get this straight... Im right?
Just to be clear.
1. Hook up PC controls using an Ipac4 or Ipac2 (whatever)
2. Then hack 2 or 4 Xbox controllers bypassing the Ipac straight to the buttons.
That's it? Do they need to share a common ground?