Ever since Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram was announced for Xbox 360 i’ve thought it would be really cool to make my own twin sticks – especially when the Hori sticks were announced to cost $300! I milled around online and in shops looking for old 2-axis 2-button joysticks which could work, but without any other real idea how to make it a reality I only designed a faceplate and resigned the project to the bin.
Until now.
Nosing around the boards at gamefaqs I came across a link to this post – a worklog in which a guy had modded 2 NES Quickshots to work! Immediately enthused I started collecting together bits to try and build my own:
Utility box from Wilkinsons – this will act as the base. £4
2 NES Quickshots from eBay – ones covered in paint so just as well I plan to repaint them! £12
A 2006 Mad Catz 4716 Pad from CEX – hopefully with the old PCB for easy trigger hack £10
Current Cost: £26
I’ll be keeping a worklog with updates to show the progress of this little project so keep checking back! In the meantime here’s a mockup of how I hope them to look when all done, enjoy!
Fingers crossed!
Related posts:
- Virtual On Twin Stick Project – Worklog 2
- Virtual On Twin Stick Project – Worklog 1
- Virtual On Twin Stick Project – Worklog 3
- Virtual On Twin Stick Project – Worklog 6
- Virtual On Twin Stick Project – Worklog 4
Mrisa August 9, 2009, 2:29 pm
Hehe used to work at CEX you’ll be lucky if that Mad Catz pad works at all!
I only heard of virtual on when i was playing the various gundam games in Japan and my mate told me that is what they are based on, got the demo of it off XBL and didn’t grab me that much, also played some on a cab at a games expo the other week..I should love it..yet somehow i find it just meh >_<
Great idea for a project though!! Ganbattekudasai!
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