You read that title, Carg made a fight stick! Made one! By himself! In woodshop class! What do you do in woodshop class, huh? Swords? Pssshh! I made a functional video game controller!
One question I seem to be asked a lot is "does it work?". Of course it works, why would I be going around with a non functional controller with a joystick buttons? I guess it is kind of surprising that I managed to make this, but still. If you ever want to annoy me, just ask if my fightstick works. Or when I'm going to beat Battletoads, either one of those.
As for how I made this, it's basically just a box with some wires and holes inside of it. I ordered the buttons and joystick off eBay for about 40$, which came with a small circuit board that all of the wires connected to. I didn't even have to solder them, they just plug right in. It's supposed to only work on PC, but I haven't tested it on other consoles. It probably wouldn't work, but there is a thing I found online that would let me connect it to PC, PS2, PS3, and even Xbox 360. I plan on hopefully getting that for this someday, when I finally manage to get Marvel VS. Capcom 3 so I can use this to play it.
thats preety awesome that you did by yourself, i would make one but i would rather not wait 3 weeks for them to come in, well at least now you have a even bigger advantage in fighting games.
ReplyDeleteHey Craig, does it work? I typically see you using it as a pillow so I just wanted to be sure you didn't just want a wooden pillow.
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, it's interesting how you made it and how it actually works properly.
Wooden pillow is it's main function, the whole "Video game controller" thing is just a secondary use. Teachers THINK it's just a controller, but in reality, it's a pillow in disguise!
DeleteI KNEW it!!!
DeleteThat is very interesting that you made it yourself and that it works must have taking a long time with trial and error to make it work.
ReplyDeleteFunny and incredibly creative blog. I particularly like how you use strikethrough text to give us some inside jokes / asides. I fear the battletoads! Fresh Prince references! Heheh.
ReplyDeleteI just have a few questions:
1) Does your fight stick work?
2) When are you going to beat Battletoads?
3) How was Marvel vs Capcom3?
Constructively:
- Some spelling / grammar issues. ( its vs it’s, a few run-on sentences, “get’s”, “rythem”, “cheat cheats”, “Xbox’x”, etc.)
- Only 4/5 posts published since the project began.
“The console has just been sitting on a couch for about a year now.” You have a place on your couch dedicated to a broken down console? Not moving it in so long, that’s a mark of a lazy-boy! Get it!!!!!!!? :P
Great stuff!
Thanks, it would be really appreciated if you could sometimes point out stupid mistakes like the whole couch thing. Sometimes my brain just derps, and I accidentally write something stupid like that without realizing it.
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