Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Consoles => Topic started by: whatzcrackn on August 23, 2007, 06:46:19 pm
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Just bought a x-arcade control panel and want to use it on some consoles too. I know they offer adaptors but they cost to much. Is there another solution. Do they make usb to console adaptors?
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You might be able to get by with a PS/2 to console adapter from Ultimarc to work, if they have the same keyboard button layout, but they cost more than the proper adapters.
-- Just buy one Console adapter and then connect a cheap ($6) secondary converter (like a Playstation to Gamecube / Xbox converter (http://cgi.ebay.com/PLAYSTATION-2-to-XBOX-or-GameCube-Controller-Converter_W0QQitemZ120152954364QQihZ002QQcategoryZ41059QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)) for other systems. ... that's twelve bucks if you need both players - about $32 plus tax shipping or whatever total...$11 per console.
p.s. get a job! J/K
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I can tell if you add a six foot extension cable on some consoles. Increasing the X-Arcade to two stages of packet repackaging? The delay on that has got to be noticeable at that point.
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I can tell if you add a six foot extension cable on some consoles. Increasing the X-Arcade to two stages of packet repackaging? The delay on that has got to be noticeable at that point.
Exactly. I should not suggest this over the official connectors. In fact, to eliminate this lag entirely, controllers hacked directly to buttons and joysticks are still the best.