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| RetroJames:
oops, might have. yes pics wuld be cool if you can. |
| quadmasta:
That Xbox controller may just be the answer. It's got the exact same number of buttons and types of control sticks that the PS2 has. Also there's an adapter available that lets you play your PS2 with your Xbox controller. In the MAME aspect, there's also a Xbox to USB adapter commercially available. From what I know about Xbox controller modding, there's the exact same number of wires in a Xbox controller cable as there are in a USB cable and they correspond with the same colors (Xbox controller is a USB based controller with a built in USB hub) so in the BYO spirit we could fashion one ourselves :) |
| versapak:
There is a PS2 version of that controller also, so no conversion will be necessary, other than to play on PC. I will get some pictures of its insides up tonight. It is definitely one MF to take apart. heh |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Hiub1 on January 27, 2005, 07:01:03 pm ---Tiger-Heli: It seems that Sean is able to use a computer to some extent from his posts on here. --- End quote --- Sean uses a computer with voice-recognition software, so his abilitly to press rapid button games is questionable (no offense intended) --- Quote ---If you think about it, all the games you mentioned are either turn based or strategy games, and they do not require very fast actions or movements. --- End quote --- Not sure which games you mean, the PC games I mentioned were Simulations. MAME seems easier for me to control and seems like it would logically be easier for Sean to master. The PS2 games I was referring to (I didn't list them) are sports games - NFL 2K5, (not sure of the other titles, NBA 2K something, MLB 2K something, Strike force bowling, several car racing games). Of these, most require almost all the buttons on the controller for some actions. Bowling requires the least, but it still uses the left analog stick, d-pad, start, and two buttons. --- Quote ---Building on your theory, it would be possible to use a 4 port DB25 switch to switch between 4 key configurations. This wouldn't be the best way to go about doing this, but at least it would allow us to have 4 custom maps for the buttons. It would not be too hard to implement either, but it does have its limitations. --- End quote --- That's an idea, although it seems like the project may be leaning toward that FPS controller now . . . |
| versapak:
Sorry it took me so long to get this up. The RED tags are the control remapping buttons, and the YELLOW tags are the actual controls. Other than the fact that it is not all on one tidy PCB, it looks like it would be extremely easy to hack for arcade controls. Follow this link for the high res view: http://ldgonzales.home.comcast.net/fps_master.jpg [EDIT] Upon further inspection, it looks like all the extension PCB's could be removed, as all they are is something hard for the controllers buttons to press against. Could easily just put the arcade buttons to the wires going to them instead, so I guess it would be one tidy PCB. :) |
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