PCFX arcade pad?

780racer · 04/30/2016, 04:25 PM

Was there ever one for the PCFX? and does anybody have one they may want to separate with? I like arcade sticks, and figured I would ask.

Thanks guys

Ryan

shubibiman · 05/01/2016, 06:11 AM

No. The PCFX was such a failure that there was no third party accessories whatsoever.

SignOfZeta · 05/01/2016, 08:52 AM

To play digital comics with? You're hardcore.

PunkCryborg · 05/01/2016, 11:08 AM

yeah... not much reason for one to exist. If you really wanted one you'd have to pad hack a PCFX controller into like an existing stick but really wouldn't be worth the effort IMO

johnnykonami · 05/01/2016, 12:32 PM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/01/2016, 08:52 AMTo play digital comics with? You're hardcore.

It's easier to pull off some of the more difficult to do menu selections with one.

CrackTiger · 05/01/2016, 03:54 PM

It would be nice if someone could make a guide showing which wires to connect to get an Ave Pad 6 working with a PC-FX controller plug. Just to have a decent d-pad for the games which need it.

elmer · 05/01/2016, 06:47 PM

Quote from: guest on 05/01/2016, 03:54 PMIt would be nice if someone could make a guide showing which wires to connect to get an Ave Pad 6 working with a PC-FX controller plug. Just to have a decent d-pad for the games which need it.

I think that you're going to actually need a circuit board for that ... the impression that I get from the PC-FX docs is that the joypad port is clocked-serial and not nibble-based like the PC Engine.

I'd love to be wrong on that, but I don't think that there are enough pins on it to do the full 2-way communication that it supports if it were using anything other than serial shift-registers.

A real hardware-guy could probably figure it out pretty quickly.

780racer · 05/02/2016, 04:56 PM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/01/2016, 08:52 AMTo play digital comics with? You're hardcore.

In every way.

I just was wondering. I may need to get a mouse. Because the D pad is garbage. Idk. It was just a thought.

SignOfZeta · 05/02/2016, 05:13 PM

Do you remember what mice were like in 1994?

Stick with the pad.

xcrement5x · 05/03/2016, 01:45 PM

I still have a bag of mouse balls from old PC mice somewhere actually.

Duo_R · 05/03/2016, 03:00 PM

For most games does the standard controller just work fine? I recall playing Blue Breaker and the controller seemed fine to use. Don't remember it being terrible.

CrackTiger · 05/03/2016, 07:58 PM

Quote from: elmer on 05/01/2016, 06:47 PM
Quote from: CrackTiger on 05/01/2016, 03:54 PMIt would be nice if someone could make a guide showing which wires to connect to get an Ave Pad 6 working with a PC-FX controller plug. Just to have a decent d-pad for the games which need it.
I think that you're going to actually need a circuit board for that ... the impression that I get from the PC-FX docs is that the joypad port is clocked-serial and not nibble-based like the PC Engine.

I'd love to be wrong on that, but I don't think that there are enough pins on it to do the full 2-way communication that it supports if it were using anything other than serial shift-registers.

A real hardware-guy could probably figure it out pretty quickly.

Time to figure out a d-pad(Genesis 6-button or Saturn?) replacement + shell mod then.

thesteve · 05/04/2016, 02:19 AM

Quote from: elmer on 05/01/2016, 06:47 PM
Quote from: guest on 05/01/2016, 03:54 PMIt would be nice if someone could make a guide showing which wires to connect to get an Ave Pad 6 working with a PC-FX controller plug. Just to have a decent d-pad for the games which need it.
I think that you're going to actually need a circuit board for that ... the impression that I get from the PC-FX docs is that the joypad port is clocked-serial and not nibble-based like the PC Engine.

I'd love to be wrong on that, but I don't think that there are enough pins on it to do the full 2-way communication that it supports if it were using anything other than serial shift-registers.

A real hardware-guy could probably figure it out pretty quickly.

that reminds me........4bits=nibble

780racer · 05/04/2016, 06:55 PM

Quote from: thesteve on 05/04/2016, 02:19 AMthat reminds me........4bits=nibble

I actually laughed when I saw nibble in earlier post and through the same thing steve. lol

Arkhan Asylum · 05/04/2016, 08:05 PM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/01/2016, 08:52 AMTo play digital comics with? You're hardcore.

I loled so hard.

elmer · 05/04/2016, 08:16 PM

Quote from: 780racer on 05/04/2016, 06:55 PM
Quote from: thesteve on 05/04/2016, 02:19 AMthat reminds me........4bits=nibble
I actually laughed when I saw nibble in earlier post and through the same thing steve. lol

OK ... I'm old! It just makes sense ... a nibble is half a ~~bite~~ byte ... that's how I learned this stuff!

OldMan · 05/04/2016, 08:17 PM

Quote..4bits=nibble

Actually, half a byte is a nibble

It's just most bytes are 8 bits now.

thesteve · 05/04/2016, 09:25 PM

i learned this back in the 80s, but had long forgotten it