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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:04 pm    Post subject: Want to know how to mod a control pad? Reply with quote

Hey guys, tomorrow ill be modding a SNES control pad so you can plug it into a standard USB port and use it with emulators.

ill upload details on how to do this hopefully tomorrow (depends if i get it finished tomorrow)

so be sure to check out the mods section for the guide!

-brad


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Okay i managed to finish it but its having a few problems at the moment...

ive made heaps of these in the past using parts from a USB control pad, but this time im doing it with a usb numeric keypad which i can by from my local 'cheap' shop for $5 each, hopefully ill have it working tomorrow and ill post details...
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Okay ive finished the mod but it didnt quite work for me... Crying or Very sad

basically i pulled apart the keypad, and control pad, i figured out where everything needed to be connected, so i connected it all up (and cut tracks where needed) put it all together and tested it. i opened notepad at first and checked every button, since the internal workings is a number pad, when i pushed different buttons it would just come up in notepad as number eg up is 1 down is 2 etc...

so it all worked fine, so i loaded up snes9x and setup the controller and assigned each button accordingly. all that worked!

i played super mario kart and it worked fine.

now the problem came with playing games like super mario world, where you push multiple buttons at once eg push left, b and a (run left then jump) it wouldnt let me push three buttons at once.)

so basically it was a bit of a failure Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad

oh well, back to the old way of doing things!

heres some pics for you all of the process:







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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Goint to have a go at making a DC arcade stick (using arcade parts) over the next few months, fingers crossed that it works!!
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gmintyfresh wrote:
Goint to have a go at making a DC arcade stick (using arcade parts) over the next few months, fingers crossed that it works!!


sounds good, be sure to let us know how its going!
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