pac-man joystick with xbox pad

[jmbrissie]

successful hack of xbox pad so i can play classic games on the xbox. looks like crap but it was a good experiment that ive been playing all nite and totally kicks it. maybe i will make a real console out of it this weekend.

[Zeosstud]

I am building a bartop that will most likely use a modded xbox for the engine.  Glad to know the older, bigger, xbox controllers are moddable.  I am thinking I will do it like I used to do game pad's alongtime ago.  Set the left joystick to the digital pad, wire up the A B X Y Black White buttons, then wire the right joystick in parallel using the A B X Y buttons.  That way I only hack up one controller.  Who knows, just now putting the silly thing together.  Like the start you have on yours, glad to know it controls well when its done.  Were you playing Mame on the Xbox or one of the Arcade Ported Original Games?

Zeosstud

[jmbrissie]

cool.
i am playing the namco museum 50th anniversary version on the xbox.

fyi, you will need to remove the metal coating from the pcb contacts so the solder will bond your wires to the pcb.

[theCoder]

I take it you pulled the stick from the controller and mounted it to the plywood?  How did you do the ball top stick?

Thanks

[Kremmit]

Just so you know, that is not a Pac-Man joystick.  You've got a Wico Leafswitch stick there.