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Author Topic: arcade controls to megadrive  (Read 1274 times)

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arcade controls to megadrive
« on: July 09, 2007, 05:56:47 pm »
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?

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Re: arcade controls to megadrive
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2007, 10:35:48 am »
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.
Cheers Eric

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