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Well, for anyone who may be interested,...........................
Twin Stick
(I hope I did this right, I don't want to get banned!)
I've started on replacing the PCB of the Sony Playstation Twin Analog Joystick with the PCB of a Mad Catz Dual Shock controller. I'm going to use the Mad Catz Dual Analog Controller because the "steering" feature allows the left analog stick to act as the digital pad, and the right stick to act as X, triangle,circle, and square! I've mapped all the contact points within both controllers, and feel that once I can get up to Radio Shack and pick up a couple supplies my dream will be a reality!
Why would I screw with perfection you ask? Well the simple reason is that the S.A.Joystick is sooo cool looking! But it only works with a handful of older games,......
It also doesn't appear to work with any PS2 games, doesn't rumble, and is generally obsolete!
So I kicked around with which controller to use, and discarded several "flashier" ones before settling on the Mad Catz Dual Shock as my best bet.
1) Compatible with my Playstation
2) Compatible with my Playstation 2
3) Compatible with Dreamcast, Game Cube, and X box through the use of adapters.
4) A minimum of features to cut/drill holes for integration into the housing.
Opening the housing of the SA Joystick, my first realization was the absence of an R3 and L3 button, or rumble motor mounts. I know Radio Shack has suitable buttons, and I have a Dremel to make nice, neat holes. No problem there.
The Rumble mounts will needed a creative solution and a little alteration. FIMO.
The main buttons press directly onto the PCB, so I'll have to retain it and hack it by issolating the buttons circuit traces from the original PCB. At least until I can make a suitable replacement.
But it works great! How do you make one???
Well, I'll have a page on my lame ass website in a couple weeks to with a walkthrough and pics if anyone's interested.
Here's a link:
The Gamemasters Realm