Worst joystick mod ever.

[NFG]

So I brought four or five of these giant sega sticks with me from japan, and while going thruogh a recent urge to play my Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (EX +a +++ zOMFG) PCB I dragged one out to play on.

Well, this one had been modified to work with a neo pinout.

I thought I had done the mod, and wondered why I had picked such a weird button layout.

And by weird, I mean batshit insane.

Turns out the previous owner had done the mod, not me, and instead of just wiring up two DB-15 connectors and some cables, he had taken the PCBs from the neo sticks and put them in this giant joystick.

What the HELL was that for?  Why is there a complete NeoCD pad PCB inside this thing?  It's as pointless and unnecessary as anything I can imagine!!

So yeah, Mr. Retardo, wherever you are, you suck with the mods.  Thanks for the good laugh.

[Matarick]

You need to take pics and post it up on Something Awful or 4chan.  That modder is the meaning of the word FAIL

[ulao]

coudl it have been this thing?

http://www.instructables.com/id/S5DEBTEF25MEEC6/

[ken_cinder]

Dammit I read this thread before, and never actually looked at the pics in the Wiki.

Those things use the same control panels as Astro City/Versus City cabinets use.
Lawrence, are you able to source those control panels from anywhere?
I have a Sega Versus City cabinet, and I would REALLY like to replace the control panels with original ones, rather than fabricate my own, as they are something like 1/16th sheet metal.

[NFG]

Yes, they do use the same panels as the Astro/Blast/Net City cabs.  Same as the Egret 2 and 3 also, IIRC.

They're not that hard to find in Japan, since many cabs came with custom ones and the old stick/button ones were removed.  Both Seimitsu still sells 'em new last I checked.

None on Yahoo auctions right now, I checked.