Games
[ Jul 9 2024 ]
Joystick Modding: Hori Fighting Stick SS
I love me some joysticks. I’ve got a large collection of the silly things, and I like to poke at their guts, tinker with the setup, and swap parts when the urge strikes. This time I put new Seimitsu parts in a 1994 Hori Fighting Stick SS.
Games
[ Jun 21 2024 ]
Rediscovering: Old joysticks
In 2024, joystick maker Seimitsu’s catalogue starts at part number LS-32. In the 80s, they made a rotating ‘loop lever’ joystick, used in SNK’s Ikari Warriors arcade games, which was the LS-30. But I recently found a joystick that has a lower part number than that, and it doesn’t seem like it exists on the internet. Which is interesting!
Games
[ Mar 6 2024 ]
Great Selloff – Hardware
I’m admitting, finally, that I’ll never play with my treasures as much as I’d prefer, and letting the next person take part in their history. Videogame hardware ahoy!
Games
[ Jan 15 2024 ]
3D Printing: 8-way gate for Hori VX Sticks
A 3D printable octo-gate for Hori’s XBox 360 or PS3 VX sticks.
Games
[ Jan 11 2024 ]
3D Printing: Replacement Hinge for Hori Joystick
Hori makes some amazing joysticks, but the convenience of a storage compartment in some of them is marred by the their fragility. I whipped up a tiny device that replaces the outside hinge post of a Hori RAP V stick.
Games
[ Jan 8 2024 ]
KEIKOU Control Panel
I bought a New Astro City cabinet that needed a lot of work on the control panel. I stripped it down, got the rust off, primed and painted it, then added a custom dark overlay and installed Seimitsu’s KEIKOU (fluorescent) buttons and Bulett knobs. It’s hard to photograph but it looks gorgeous in person.
Games
[ Jan 7 2024 ]
8BitDo Retro Keyboard: Famicom Style
I picked up a Famicom keyboard back in Japan, and always wondered about converting it to a PC keyboard. But then, 8BitDo released a pair of mechanical keyboards, one based on the NES colour style, and one on the Famicom. They ticked every box.
Hardware
[ Jan 4 2024 ]
Retrofitting a NeXT Cube: Take Two
You might remember the first time I tried to shove a mATX PC into a NeXT Cube…
Hardware
[ Jun 8 2023 ]
A Shitty Review: Costco’s Presenza Bidet
In Australia a Toto washlet costs more than $2000. Costco sells a Chinese-made bidet for $400. But the latter is, in a word, shitty.
Games
[ May 29 2023 ]
Taito Egret II Mini Joystick
Taito’s Egret Mini II Console has an optional joystick, and it’s a modern wonder. New and excellent mechanism, and solid construction.
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