joystick

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:16 am

At chalenge, which is a technology camp my friend went to, they were throwing away some joysticks, so he picked some up, and gave me two. they have some crazy adapter that you need to buy an adapter for. Im only going to buy one adapter, and use the other one for something else. now the question. The joystiq uses pots to sense how far it moves. i was wondering how i could connect it to a gamecube or an n64 controller?

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:26 am

Well it all depends on the value ofd the pots. If they have less resistance than the ones in the n64 or GC controllers you won't get a lot of range of movement. However if they're stronger than the original ones, then you will only have to tilt the joystick a small amount to get the full range of motion. But if they're the same (or very close), all you'd have to do is desolder the stock pots and connect the replacements to either the original points or directly to the controller IC.

What do you mean by "some weird connector"? It's not a PC Game Port connector is it? Could you post a picture if you're not sure?

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:29 am

its the pc game connector, i saw an adapter at radio shack and im waiting for it to go on sale. oh, sorry for the stupid post, i thought the n64 and gc joysticks used those special infared thingys like in mice