Modifiying a Dreamcast or PSX Arcade style stick for Neo Geo

Hi

Can anyone point me to some website showing how to modify a Dreamcast or Playstation arcade style stick for use with the Neo Geo? Thanks!

Although probably not impossible (as in NOTHINGS impossible really...) The Neo Geo is one of the few gaming systems that uses +5v as 'common' for its input device. Nearly ALL the other systems will use ground as common so therefore you'd be unable to convert them...

...On the other hand, if you were to take a Neo Geo joystick and remove the PCB and joystick cable intact - you could probably transplant them into another stick (especially a roomy one like the Dreamcast arcade stick) all you need to do then is hook up the buttons to the PCB - connect GND/Common to common and NO (normally open) to the button connection. The fact that they are receiving +5v on the common won't matter because arcade sticks use microswitches which will work because they are *just* switches and nothing special! One point to make here is that if you are talking about an MVS system, the JAMMA (or MVS) connector is capable of being adapted to use 'normal' controllers, if this is the case check out: <a href="http://www.chads.arcade.btinternet.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.chads.arcade.btinternet.co.uk</a>

Of course, question is if you already have a Neo Geo joystick to be able to hack for parts why would you sacrifice it to build yourself another one if that one works perfectly well anyway???

Pobster
PS. Sorry about the waffling on, I'm English so I'm entitled to waffle

I was planning to make my own supergun and use a hacked dreamcast or PSX arcade style stick.... any ideas

Hacking a dreamcast stick for a supergun should be pretty simple... I remember doughboy posting pics of his own.

Paul, what the hell are you talking about??? <img src="graemlins/shame.gif" border="0" alt="[Shame]" />

It is incredible easy to mod a DC arcade stick) (and some other ones) to make it work with Neo, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO SACRIFICE ANY NEO CONTROLLER!!!. Paul, please don't say things you are not sure about in this forum as they can be misleading to newbies.

You can use GND as common, as the Neo will think your controller is an old Neo stick and it will work OK.

Check the links in this thread:
<a href="http://www.neo-geo.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=002329" target="_blank">http://www.neo-geo.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=002329</a>

Yeah, the fact that the newer Neo controllers use +5v as common doesn't mean you can't use ground as common for other controllers (as with the old style stick)...

Yeah, you are right... Doughboy's pics link is available in this thread:

<a href="http://www.neo-geo.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=002240" target="_blank">http://www.neo-geo.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=002240</a>