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[Sew]

Finally decided to tackle the weird convex d-pad on the drum controller. It's a very quick and messy hack job, just did it to kill some time while we had a power outage this afternoon.

Original d-pad and membrane removed:



Trimmed down SNES pad and membrane in place:



I had to do some filing to open up the + hole a little. A fiddly task, and the result was not very sexy. For some reason this photo is a little darker than the others :/



End result: It doesn't have quite the pivot of the original pad, so the action feels a little flat. Much like a SNES pad really. I need to tidy up some burrs where I've snipped and hacked the plastic, and the up movement is missing about one in every ten hits. So I might have to fine tune the membrane position on the PCB.

Had a quick bash at Pacman though, and it was pretty ace.

 

[SouthernDragon]

So, let me guess.

This isn't available for PS3.

:/ I really needed an extra controller for downloadable titles. Not everyone is a fan of the arcade stick.

 

[Azure Phoenix]

So, let me guess.

This isn't available for PS3.

:/ I really needed an extra controller for downloadable titles. Not everyone is a fan of the arcade stick.

No, but it works with the Cross Battle Adapter Plus so if you have one of those you can use it with the PS3.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Sew = Genius!

I'll try to copy your effort on my rockband pad, maybe I'll finally have a decent d-pad.

 

[sixteen-bit]

So, let me guess.

This isn't available for PS3.

:/ I really needed an extra controller for downloadable titles. Not everyone is a fan of the arcade stick.

There are a few good options on PS3. Top dogs among them are the Saturn USB and Hori Fighting Commander 3.

Dualshock/Sixaxis is fine too.

 

[Diablohead]

Hello dpad watchers, just want to leave some feedback on the madcats street fighter pads, picked some up today in a sale and I really like it, there is some weight to the controller but it's not too heavy, the rubber grip which I was thinking would be a tiny little strip along the side actually covers most of the rear, the buttons feel great and the dpad of course works well, I am impressed with it after years of official xbox 360 pads for most of my games.

Played some HDremix, took me a few fights but I was pulling off most moves without effort.

Scott Pilgrim the game also feels good, reminds me of playing old beat em ups on my megadrive using a pad like this

Sonic & knuckles also feels super, not that I had a problem in the past but again it feels like playing with a megadrive controller, a good one that is, the playsega saturn pad sega gave away a while ago was some chinese knock off 10 for a penny in quality model and was utter shit.