arcade controls to megadrive

[thunder-rolling]

Hi,
The sega megadrive machine stills gets a lot of play here. I got the idea of wiring some arcade controls to it.
What would be the best way to go about this? Hack a megadrive controller? Does anyone have any experience with this?

[Hurray Banana]

Hacking is reasonably straightforward as you long as you are ok soldering.

Luckily old pads aren't hard to find which is good as you may end up cocking up a few while you practice.

I've hacked PS2, Saturn and Dreamcast pads to use the machines in my machine. Make sure you secure the cables with something like hot glue from a glue gun. This will relieve the strain from the solder joints.