Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
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Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
As good-condition pads are becoming a little harder to find than they used to, and we can't just keep stealing Player 2's buttons forever, I've made this post. It addresses modifying the (terrible) new replacement pads one finds on eBay or Amazon to be good and responsive the way they are supposed to be.
http://mikejmoffitt.com/wp/?p=201
I hope some of you can find this useful.
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
Fine grit sandpaper might be worth a try for a more 'flattened' surface. I'd be concerned taking a dikes to those and end up getting a more uneven surface.
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
This was my initial idea, but these pieces of shit are very easy to tear from just the side-to-side action. The diags are small precise ones, and with a stable hand they will get the intended shape. An even surface isn't extremely important so much as getting rid of that center of the mound.infiniteneslives wrote:Fine grit sandpaper might be worth a try for a more 'flattened' surface. I'd be concerned taking a dikes to those and end up getting a more uneven surface.
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Is it possible to use heat in some way to soften/melt the plastic and remould it into a flat surface, e.g. using a small/flat metal sheet, heating it up somehow, then applying it evenly to the surface of the pad so that the little "centre mound" flattens out?
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
Curved pads are for controllers with button pressure sensitivity (PS2 and XBOX). No wonder you're having a hard time finding old style rubber mats, PS2 and XBOX became retro the mats for them became common on the internet...mikejmoffitt wrote:As good-condition pads are becoming a little harder to find than they used to, and we can't just keep stealing Player 2's buttons forever, I've made this post. It addresses modifying the (terrible) new replacement pads one finds on eBay or Amazon to be good and responsive the way they are supposed to be.
http://mikejmoffitt.com/wp/?p=201
I hope some of you can find this useful.
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
So I was spot on with either ignorance or cost-saving measuresl_oliveira wrote:Curved pads are for controllers with button pressure sensitivity (PS2 and XBOX). No wonder you're having a hard time finding old style rubber mats, PS2 and XBOX became retro the mats for them became common on the internet...mikejmoffitt wrote:As good-condition pads are becoming a little harder to find than they used to, and we can't just keep stealing Player 2's buttons forever, I've made this post. It addresses modifying the (terrible) new replacement pads one finds on eBay or Amazon to be good and responsive the way they are supposed to be.
http://mikejmoffitt.com/wp/?p=201
I hope some of you can find this useful.
It's all about this:
Koitsu, that is definitely worth trying. I haven't the tools where I am right now so I must resort to this prehistoric method, but it seems to work very well.
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
You might find this interesting.... While the PS3 still is using pressure sensitive buttons the XBOX360 abolished that concept so Microsoft is using flat rubber pads once again.mikejmoffitt wrote:As good-condition pads are becoming a little harder to find than they used to, and we can't just keep stealing Player 2's buttons forever, I've made this post. It addresses modifying the (terrible) new replacement pads one finds on eBay or Amazon to be good and responsive the way they are supposed to be.
So I was spot on with either ignorance or cost-saving measures
Koitsu, that is definitely worth trying. I haven't the tools where I am right now so I must resort to this prehistoric method, but it seems to work very well.
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
I don't know of any games off the top of my head that utilized this feature :\l_oliveira wrote:You might find this interesting.... While the PS3 still is using pressure sensitive buttons the XBOX360 abolished that concept so Microsoft is using flat rubber pads once again.mikejmoffitt wrote:As good-condition pads are becoming a little harder to find than they used to, and we can't just keep stealing Player 2's buttons forever, I've made this post. It addresses modifying the (terrible) new replacement pads one finds on eBay or Amazon to be good and responsive the way they are supposed to be.
So I was spot on with either ignorance or cost-saving measures
Koitsu, that is definitely worth trying. I haven't the tools where I am right now so I must resort to this prehistoric method, but it seems to work very well.
Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
I think there were only two xbox titles that used the pressure values of XYAB: Metal Gear Solid 2 and Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
I'm sure some racing games used them for acceleration/brake
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
Just to mention one that isn't a racing game:mikejmoffitt wrote: I don't know of any games off the top of my head that utilized this feature :\
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Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
Try a lighter or gas stove, a pin, and a pair of plyers?mikejmoffitt wrote:Koitsu, [trying to melt the pads] is definitely worth trying. I haven't the tools where I am right now so I must resort to this prehistoric method, but it seems to work very well.
Or try wrapping some wire around the tip of a soldering iron (so that when some of the rubber adheres to it it won't ruin your tip)?
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I just use a really cheap tip
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That doesn't sound like it'd work well at all -- the resulting surface wouldn't be flat. That's why I proposed heating up a small sheet of metal and then using it to flatten the rubber. Alternately (just thought of this), but still pretty ghetto -- a heated razor blade might work, if you have a steady hand.lidnariq wrote:Try a lighter or gas stove, a pin, and a pair of plyers?mikejmoffitt wrote:Koitsu, [trying to melt the pads] is definitely worth trying. I haven't the tools where I am right now so I must resort to this prehistoric method, but it seems to work very well.
Or try wrapping some wire around the tip of a soldering iron (so that when some of the rubber adheres to it it won't ruin your tip)?
Re: Replacing NES / Famicom controller pads these days
You could heat up the razor and then press the button against it rather than trying to cut with it. Razors are cheap, perfectly flat and very thin so they heat up fast. You could probably heat the blade with a soldering iron laying on it.