PS2 arcade stick won't work in a PS2, but it will work in a USB converter.

[Jack Burton]

This baffles me. 

I have a Hori Tekken 10th anniversary arcade stick that had the cord mangled.  I purchased another cord from a member or shoryuken.com and installed it.  Great, the stick works on my computer via my PS2 to USB converter.

However, this afternoon when I was going to play some Gradius V, It did not work in my PS2.  I don't understand, this stick designed specifically for this console. 

What could make a stick that works via a USB converter not work when it is actually plugged straight into the console?

I am thinking that perhaps the USB converter is supporting enough power to the stick that may be missing when it is plugged directly into the system.

What do you guys think?

[daywane]

Posable that that game needs a PS2 pad and you have a PS1 pad.
I have a few games that will only work with a PS2 pad.
I have a pile of PS1 pads and only 2 PS2 pads.

I had to mark them with a sharpie to tell them apart.

[Jack Burton]

This is a stick commercially produced by Hori specifically for the PS2.  It's not a custom stick.

Also, it doesn't work in the PS2 bios screens, where if it worked anywhere, that would be it.


I've tried with two different PS2's and a PS1 with the same results.