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[courtesi96]

I can't stand the standard controller and finding pro-controllers is extremely difficult.

I was curious if anyone had a "base" started schematic for building an Atari Jaguar joystick from parts?

Or perhaps even better a Y connector that lets you connect the controller to one port, and then use another consoles joystick to play with?

Most of the games I'd be playing wouldn't make heavy use of the key pad anyway.

[danny_galaga]

Most people who make a joystick controller (I'm assuming you mean like an arcade joystick?) just hack an atari controller as far as I'm aware. Just a matter of soldering wires to each button contact and connecting a corresponding switch or joystick. The main difference between hacking a jaguar to say a Megadrive controller is that the Jaguar makes much use of something like the matrix setup on keyboards. So instead of finding a common for all the switches, it's far easier just to have pairs of wires for each switch. Nothing to think about in that case. No wiring diagram necessary for that (",)

The hard part with the Jaguar is what to do with the keypad. You could either have 12 small buttons (lots of work) or graft the whole keypad section, with buttons onto the front of your controller. Or just leave the keypad out if as you say you wont be using it.

[Zerosquare]

 courtesi96, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:36 PM, said:

I was curious if anyone had a "base" started schematic for building an Atari Jaguar joystick from parts?

http://www.jagware.o...p?showtopic=819

[Tyrant]

 Zerosquare, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:20 PM, said:

 courtesi96, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:36 PM, said:

I was curious if anyone had a "base" started schematic for building an Atari Jaguar joystick from parts?

http://www.jagware.o...p?showtopic=819

Well yes, indeed. One of these days I might actually get round to finishing and selling some.