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Arcade controls to XBOX?
Pixelhugger:
Anybody have any ideas on using arcade controls on an XBOX? Specifically how might one hack an Xbox controller to use a Happs analog joystick? Could the pots be swapped? Or would the mechanics be incompatible? The rest (except for the analog triggers) seems easy. I'm dying to incorporate my XBOX into my MAME cabinet, but I REALLY want a dedicated control panel to play it. Somehow plugging XBOX controllers into my cabinet just defeats the purpose. Am I hoping for the impossible? I know nothing about potentiometers :(
zmo:
Have you seen some of the projects where people would hack a computer control.
Well open up an xbox controller and solder the buttons to the controller.
Ex:Wire a push button to the contacts where the a button is.
If someone could post a link that would help.
Here it is.Not an xbox hack but you could figure out how to hack one from this.
http://wrongcrowd.com/arcade/sony.shtml
Why don't you guys ever edit yor posts?
In most places it is againdt the rules to double post.
Oh well.
NY_in_TX:
Not exactly what you are wanting, but it is another option that shows it can at least be done.
http://www.xgaming.com/xbox.shtml
Maybe you can just buy the Xbox adapter for the Xarcade(I've seen it at Fry's) and hack that into something you can use.
zmo's method may be the best. Crack a game pad open and start hackin...man I've lost a bunch of stuff to that method.
ny
Dave_K.:
--- Quote from: Pixelhugger on April 02, 2003, 07:41:33 pm ---Anybody have any ideas on using arcade controls on an XBOX? Specifically how might one hack an Xbox controller to use a Happs analog joystick? Could the pots be swapped? Or would the mechanics be incompatible? The rest (except for the analog triggers) seems easy. I'm dying to incorporate my XBOX into my MAME cabinet, but I REALLY want a dedicated control panel to play it. Somehow plugging XBOX controllers into my cabinet just defeats the purpose. Am I hoping for the impossible? I know nothing about potentiometers :(
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Hey guess what? There is this great site called BYOAC which answers all your questions. Go here, and then click on the "Game Consoles" section.
http://www.arcadecontrols.com
In short, if you want to pay over $100 for a single happs analog controller, sure, you can hack it to the xbox potentiometers. Otherwise there are instuctions for hacking a digital 8 way.
Hellfromabove:
I have asked this question twice in the past and got an answer the second time around. Go buy a Madcatz X-Box controller and hack that. They are real easy to hack, it shouldn't take you that long. I just finished hacking one for myself last Friday and I am going to put it to use once I make another arcade panel. Thanx.
-See Ya!!!