It's a N64 Controller with PS2 controller guts in it's shell.
Since it uses PS2 stuff, I figured it belonged in here instead of the N64 forum. When I first started this project I didn't quite know what I was thinking, trying to fit these guts in that shell, I got so fed up trying to get them in there. I almost took the original N64 controller guts, scratched them up like I did in the Genesis to DC controller mod, and wire it to a PS2 controller. I should have done so, but seeing I made it this far I decided to complete it as is. I'm mainly doing it since I have a PSX to USB adapter so I can properly emulate N64 games on the PC without buying an adapter. I'm using guts from a third party Pelican controller I found for a dollar at thrift shop in order to make this work, as official PS2 controllers are beyond my experience to work with.
I have done much rewiring to controller guts in order to accommodate the space provided in the N64 controller shell. The pictures are self explanatory of the progress I made in rewiring, cutting, etc...The biggest one having replaced the capacitors with small ones of similar ratings to save space. (Either that or cut big holes in the controller shell) I dug them out of an old DSL modem I had laying around surprisingly
. You can see the difference in sizes in the pictures. Yes, these smaller caps are capable handling as much strain as their bigger cousins, I tested them and they work fine even after an hour of 'Testing'. Sad to say, but the start button is being left out of the design right now, there just isn't any room left for me to work with, so I'll have to press down on the analog stick for start. And because of the crappy way I chopped stuff off in the beginning, the second control stick from the board, although severed, still wants to move, so I have to configure PJ64's control settings with a different PSX controller.
Yeah, it's hard to tell from the pic I put up but the analog stick isn't very pretty looking right now,
seeing as I cut the original control stick in half and glued it to the stick on the pot, but it feels like and is just as functional as the original analog stick. I'll fix this when I have another pot and spare control stick box to more properly recreate a N64 look. I can do this by mounting a REAL controller pot to some bread board and putting that on the bottom of the box instead of disfiguring it to suit the needs of that crappy half plastic analog stick I used for the mod.So, what are your thoughts on my crazy controller mod?
Should I continue working on this Frankenstein of a controller?