Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: wagtratos on October 02, 2002, 05:51:07 pm
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After seeing the limited possibilities the keyboard-hack could offer I thought to build my two-player arcade control hacking 2 digital PSX pads and plug them in the LPT port using the Direct-Pad drivers.
If I am right this setup should give me 28 independent inputs to use. I am aware that maybe I
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I used the directpad pro circuit for attaching 2 psX controllers for use with console emus. I want to warn you that the circuit and driver behaved very flaky with the 3rd party controllers (Mad Katz) I originally planned on using. I had problems getting them to calibrate , register button presses and other wierd problems. This was even with external power and different lpt ports. I switched to using the 2 original controllers from my PS1 and this works perfectly.
I would recomend hacking the circuit into the extention cables, Then plug in your pads you want to hack and do some serious 2 player game testing before cutting up your pads. I use mine mainly for single player NES emulation. I don't know how these will behave playing 2 player fighting games with each player cramming all the buttons down. It was under win98se that I had troubles, Under XP I use a program I think it was called dpad2k the install was in japanese but it allowed me to use any controller with no problems.
My C-panel has 30 inputs using an I-pac but some of them are doubled up like my 4-way stick is connected to the same Ipac inputs as my P1 8-way and the pinball flippers are the same as other buttons.If you need more buttons you could always do a simple kb hack for all your Non-gameplay buttons and use your gamepad hack for your game controls. You should also consider hacking a couple USB Ms sidewinders game pads this should make for an easily removable C-panel.
good luck
slug54
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After seeing the limited possibilities the keyboard-hack could offer I thought to build my two-player arcade control hacking 2 digital PSX pads and plug them in the LPT port using the Direct-Pad drivers.
If I am right this setup should give me 28 independent inputs to use. I am aware that maybe I
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if you're hacking psx pads.... I think you can spend some $$ and buy those PSX -> USB converter things....
snaaake uses it and if I didn't remember wrong, he said it works fine....
well... it will costs about $20 or so ??....
but then you can actually use your hacked psx stick to play both PC and PSX games....
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Probably using USB pads things would be a lot easier, but I guess I wouldn't end with the same inputs/price ratio. ;)
I'm sure the I-Pac is a far better solution, and maybe I'll use it in a future project... but for now, since it's my first atempt to build arcade controls for my PC I'd like to keep costs as low as possible.
Here where I live I can buy so called "original" (I doubt it) digital PSX Pads (not the analog, dual-shock ones) for less than US 5 dolars. These seems to work very well with all "variations" of the DirectPad-Pro drivers.
Well, I'll give it a try them... all I need now is some free time! :)
Thanks everybody for the great feedback!
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well... it will costs about $20 or so ??....
The Kiki Joy psx->usb converter is supposed to be one of the best ones (most compatible with various 3rd part pads) costs $9.95 at Fry's.
http://shop2.outpost.com/product/3052389
-Dave
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snaaake uses it and if I didn't remember wrong, he said it works fine....
Well....
The one from levelsix.com works perfect.Analog and digital all together.Means...analog stick and directions and different inputs.I have another one that you can only use either analog or digital(directions).
And CDVISION had some problem playing street fighter with some converter..I used to have one of the crappy onces too.
GO with this one > > > http://levelsix.com/products/playstation/PSXPC_Adapter.shtml