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dmworking247:

Hi all,

I recently posted a thread about hacking cheap USB controllers to use instead of keyboard hacks or 'proper' keyboard encoders.

To prove the concept, as well as play around with a few ideas I had for desktop control panels, I've built two 'proof of concept sticks'.

So without further ado:

Playstation 2 controller (can also be used on PC with a $5 PS2-to-USB converter). Has rumble motors!





USB PC controller (this one was specifically designed to compliment my Alien Bartop).



HaRuMaN:

Very cool, I especially like the Chun-Li artwork.

Which PS2 controller did you use?

Ginsu Victim:

What sort of joystick is that? I never like the look of those.

Nice CP though. Very slick.

dmworking247:

Those joysticks are "MCA" Joysticks, which would probably be the most common joystick used in Australian arcade machines. They're actually quite good and very sturdy, but I don't like the absence of a dust skirt.

I used these simply because I salvaged them out of arcade cabinet restorations I've been doing, and these were 'proof of concept' sticks. For any further sticks I make, I'll likely use Sanwas.

pmc:

Damn that white one is really nice. Is that box plastic or wood? Gorgeous finish and fantatstic artwork.


--- Quote from: dmworking247 on September 29, 2008, 09:48:51 am ---Has rumble motors!

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How does that work? Does the whole box rumble? Or just the stick?

-pmc

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