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--- Quote from: NoBonus on May 05, 2004, 01:43:35 pm ---Why not just hack a PC gamepad?

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Ok, which PC gamepad?
which ones work well and which ones don't?

I'm still trying to find out if an anolog control is easily hackable...
Serpent:
Can you use PC gamepads witth psx and dc? The best pads to hack are cheap pads, not official. Generally, those thrid party pads with transparent case and with no extra functions are the best. They all have enough points on the pcb where to solder. You'll have to look for ground and solder a cable that you'll daisy chain on every microswitch. For the rest of functions, solder different cables and guide them to every microswitch. For my panel I use this method you can see in the photo, so as to make it stronger and safer in case I need to change anything.
NoBonus:

--- Quote from: ash21 on May 05, 2004, 02:08:05 pm ---
Ok, which PC gamepad?
which ones work well and which ones don't?

I'm still trying to find out if an anolog control is easily hackable...

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Any PC gamepad.  They use the same sort of wiring setup as any console controller. As far as an analog controller goes, I do not think it is cheap or easy to hack an analog controller.  My solution is to simply incorporate an analog PC flight stick or joystick intact (maybe mounted nicely, but not hacked) for analog controls on a PC.  This will not let you play analog games on a PSX per se, but it should work on a console.  One could even attempt to reshape or swap the stick out of the analog stick for added arcade like play, but the base and wiring of the analog joystick would need to remain the same.  Of course, if you are looking for the a set-up similar to the arcade, this is not the route for you.  
ray_slup:
This maybe a stupid question but how do you exit mame
when you use a game pad hack?
I've tried joytokey but it does not regester in mame.
I use mame32 (haven't found a frontend i like yet) so maybe that's the problem.
It works within the menu but not once the game is loaded.
 :'(
NoBonus:
I thought this was for a standalone control panel; you would use the keyboard to exit MAME
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