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| countchocula8:
hey guys, i'm interested in making a control panel for both mame and console gaming. is it possible to have one panel serve as both without having to disconnect anything (see illustration below)? i plan on connecting 1 set of wires to an i-pac2 and another set of wire to 2 hacked playstation 2 gamepads (1 per player)...i'm interested in playing dreamcast mostly so i dont know if it's better to hack dc controllers instead or to convert from ps2 -> dc. the main reason i would want to go with ps2 is because of the wide availability of ps2 converters to the different consoles, leaving myself some options for future gaming. has anyone here tried this setup? can even be done??? any suggestions as to how i can better address this topic? again, i want to have a single CP that would play both console and mame without going through the hassles of disconnecting and reconnecting every time i switch between the two. thanks guys. you're the best! |
| Marky_1979:
very good question i would love to do this. What console you gonna use with your cab? |
| daveg2000:
Im in the process of figuring this out also, I've mounted a dreamcast in the cabinet... there is a post around here somewhere that talks about soldering a diode on the hacked dreamcast wire, so you dont wreck the IPac.... but both supposedly do work according to that post. I dont have time right now to look for it.. I'll do some searching later tonight... This is the way I was thinking about going. |
| Marky_1979:
what if your not using an ipac i have a hagstrom ke72-t encode that im gonna use can it still be done? |
| screaming:
Why not just wire a couple USB ports and mount them around your CP somewhere? Then you could plug in any joystick you wanted with the appropriate controller->USB converter. I think that's what most people do. It's a little more expensive in the long run since you need to buy the adapters ($15?) but it's worth it since you'll have any configuration you need. -sab |
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