Is it worth to mod neo geo x into aes stick?

Liquid Snake · Feb 1, 2016

Just wondering as i got one in the box......

madman · Feb 1, 2016

Plenty of other threads around here about modding NGX sticks.

RAZO · Feb 1, 2016

How does it compare to the original?

shadowkn55 · Feb 1, 2016

RAZO said:
How does it compare to the original?

The ngx stick is total garbage. I bought a pair at release hoping to be able to convert them into standard issue aes sticks but it was a complete bust.

fenikso · Feb 2, 2016

shadowkn55 said:
The ngx stick is total garbage. I bought a pair at release hoping to be able to convert them into standard issue aes sticks but it was a complete bust.

Yeah, the quality isn't there. You're better off getting actual Neo sticks, than dicking around with the neo x ones. They look nice enough but are made cheaply.

Xian Xi · Feb 2, 2016

For one they aren't 1:1 like Tommo said they were. Basically think of it as a bootleg Chinese version of the beautifully made Japanese AES old style stick. If it was 1:1 we could at least scrap them for the casing.

ShootTheCore · Feb 2, 2016

Xian Xi said:
For one they aren't 1:1 like Tommo said they were. Basically think of it as a bootleg Chinese version of the beautifully made Japanese AES old style stick. If it was 1:1 we could at least scrap them for the casing.

Wow, even the joystick casing is garbage? I haven't tried one, but I would have thought at least the casing would have been worthwhile for an innards swap. Such a pity - every time I try to find something redeeming about the NGX I come up short.

Xian Xi · Feb 2, 2016

The best mod for the NGX stick is to swap in an old style stick assembly but only do that if the assembly is a spare. Never take it from a working old style stick to put into an NGX stick.

wyndcrosser · Feb 2, 2016

I did it at lunch, I have a guide here somewhere with pics. As XX said they aren't great,but aren't terrible if it's all you have. I'd swap the buttons and joystick too. Which ends up making it more expensive than an AES stick.

Liquid Snake · Feb 2, 2016

Well.....most likely i will donate my ngx stick.......

madman · Feb 2, 2016

When I posted this question some people said it felt almost exactly like the original stick even though I mentioned it seemed light and cheap. Now all of a sudden its a POS (not saying it isn't, just saying people defended it recently).

Metlcub · Feb 13, 2016

A friend had the NGX, and I thought the NGX stick was, ok. But no where near the quality of the AES stick.

GohanX · Feb 13, 2016

madman said:
When I posted this question some people said it felt almost exactly like the original stick even though I mentioned it seemed light and cheap. Now all of a sudden its a POS (not saying it isn't, just saying people defended it recently).

They're both shit, but the original is slightly less shitty. For casual gaming it's fine.

Day_Man · Feb 14, 2016

Its as if the people who made the NGX stick went to the local Drugstore picked up one of those cheap atari flashback plug and play models and based the build quality of that joystick.

Shuri · Feb 14, 2016

It's the crappiest feeling joystick I have ever used. It feels broken out of the box

fenikso · Feb 14, 2016

Meh, I use them from time to time on my computer to play emulators. They are completely useable, but a huge letdown from what they were advertised as.

GohanX · Feb 14, 2016

fenikso said:
Meh, I use them from time to time on my computer to play emulators. They are completely useable, but a huge letdown from what they were advertised as.

That sums my thoughts up nicely. It's a perfectly serviceable usb stick if you can find one cheap. I've certainly used worse, like pretty much any pre-sf4 console stick released in the us.

jbeedham · Feb 29, 2016

What about the PS3 Neo Geo Stick? Any better?

Newsdee · Feb 29, 2016

I'm trying to make some of my arcade USB sticks to run on a Neo. There used to be an adapter by undamned which deserialized the USB into db15. People have also made projects with a Raspberry Pi but I'm sure there's a lighter option. The Arduinos could be an interesting approach...

xsq · Mar 3, 2016

Newsdee said:
I'm trying to make some of my arcade USB sticks to run on a Neo. There used to be an adapter by undamned which deserialized the USB into db15. People have also made projects with a Raspberry Pi but I'm sure there's a lighter option. The Arduinos could be an interesting approach...

or you could just straight wire the buttons/sticks to DB15 (as long as they are common ground)... no de/encoding necessary.

aaluis · Aug 19, 2016

xsq said:
or you could just straight wire the buttons/sticks to DB15 (as long as they are common ground)... no de/encoding necessary.

Hi xsq, are you sure you just need to stright wire the buttons/sticks to DB15 ? Is that easy to convert the NGX stick to use it in an AES OR MVS with joystick ports?

Thanks in advance.

DanAdamKOF · Aug 19, 2016

It is pretty easy, I've done it on other console sticks. You should probably wire up NG's VCC and GND to the original PCB if you're keeping the original console's PCB intact so you have the original console's board at the same potential as NG when using it on NG (sometimes this causes random inputs and such, if not connected). If you're gutting it of its original PCB then no need to worry about that.

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