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HeadRusch:
I think there are a few DC games that wont let you use the D-bad instead of the mini-stick, but I can't remember what those are now... :P

the only one I'd be concerned with are the many driving games, and frankly, I'd just pony up the cash and buy a DC wheel for those...or get a cheap PS wheel and a PS to DC converter and try that way....

crashdmj:
So the mini-stick can't be assigned to say a joystick? So it's un-usable unless you physically mount it to the CP?

Dave_K.:
You can interface a digital 8-way joystick to the DC's analog stick.  How to do this depends on the pad.  The original pad uses hall effect sensors.  All you do is connect the joystick direction to the correct sensor leg.  3rd party pads which which use potentiometers can also be hacked, but its more difficult (you either ground out one side, or tie it to the input voltage).  I'm not exactly sure how you'd wire this configuration up (both gnd, and + on the same joystick).

Obviously interfacing a digital joystick to an analog control means you don't have the same level of finese with games which require analog (it means every direction is 100% in the direction).  But at least it would mean all games would work.

More info can be found in the Game Consoles section:
http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_consoles.shtml

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