Hacking ACT Labs Arcade REX Joystick

[DCZX]

Hi,

I'm just starting an arcade cabinet project. I bought the book "Project Arcade" and am excited. I'm planning to base it off of a Dreamcast and PS2 setup.

I have 2 old Arcade REX joysticks from ACT Labs. I was wondering if anyone knew if these are easily hackable or worth hacking into my arcade controls. I want to buy new sticks/buttons and build it into the machine.

They don't work especially well in fighting games, a "hadoken" is somewhat hard to pull off. However, I'm wondering if they would work better with a HAPP arcade stick.

thank you for your replies. 

[AmericanDemon]

Personally I have never seen one.  However if you were to take photos of the PCBs and such inside the housing then we would be able to tell ya pretty fast. 

Good luck.

[Tiger-Heli]

This might or might not help:  http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_powerramp.shtml