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Paul Marschall:
I know this isn't a computer made joystick, but i cant seem to find a good forum to ask this question too.

I need to know what controllar to buy, and if you know of a good website that demonstrates how to hack it.

thanks,
Wendigo77

planetjay:
What's cheap?  ;)

toilet:
Hey,

If you don't plan on doing anything with the analog sticks, you should think about picking up a PS1 controller. They're compatible, and if all you need is the dpad, start/select, and 8 buttons it's the best choice.

3rd party cheap ones are the easiest to modifiy. Don't try modifying the Sony ones, they have this carbon film over the contacts that you can't solder over without some serious scraping.

Paul Marschall:
A ps1 controllar sounds nice, but aren't ps1 controllars not compatable with the ps2. I'm almost sure they aren't.

Jakobud:
PS1 controllers ARE compatible with the PS2.  However, the difference between the Dual Shock 2's and the PS1 controllers is that the Dual Shock 2's have all analog buttons.  Every button and both joysticks are analog (except the directional pad...I think...don't quote me on that).  On the PS1 controllers, all buttons were digital. So to answer your question, you can still use a PS1 controller on a PS2, but you lose analog use for the games that need it.  An example is Metal Gear Solid 2, you can peek around corners using the shoulder buttons.  Because the PS2 controllers are analog, the harder you press the shoulder button the farther Solid Snake peaks around the corner.  Now with a PS1 controller you can still use the shoulder button to peek around the corner, but there is no analog feel to it.  Only digital.  Yes. No. On. Off. 1. 0.  Nothing inbetween.  So you can still play the game, but you lose a little bit of the experience by using the PS1 controller.  But the advantage for you is that the PS1 controller would be WAY easier to hack.

Jakobud

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