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Title: Could I do this with a PS1 hack?
Post by: blueoakleyz on October 30, 2004, 08:22:34 pm

Attach more than one arcade button/joystick to a single solder point on a circuit board?

For example, I have an 8 way joystick and a Ms. Pacman 4 way joystick hooked up to the same circuit board? Given that I solder two wires into the same solder mound on the solder point of the PCB and so I can just alternate like if I want to play Mortal Kombat I use the 8way but then for the Ms. Pac-Man I use the other joystick?

Title: Re:Could I do this with a PS1 hack?
Post by: crashwg on October 30, 2004, 08:28:29 pm

Yes.

Alternatively you could wire the second joystick to the first one to avoid having multiple wires attached to the same point on the PCB.

Title: Re:Could I do this with a PS1 hack?
Post by: blueoakleyz on November 01, 2004, 09:42:06 pm

I'm wondering if I should wire (simultaneously) the Ms. Pac joystick to both player 1 and player 2 circuit boards, for games like Ms. Pac-Man on namco museum that will FORCE you to use a second controller if plugged in, or if I should just unplug the 2nd controller whenever I want to play a 2 player game....which is more hassle I THINK