Official Sanwa Modification Thread

Tech Talk
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So they don’t have octogon restrictors for Seimtisu sticks? Meh I’ll stick with the JLF sticks I got then. I don’t like the fact that the levered switches get bent after a while…

The mojority of the reviews or opinions that I read is that Sanwa is better. I wanted to do an all Seimtisu sitck, but do they make sticks without the levered switches? If not then I’ll just get the clear buttons that Seimtisu makes and use a Sanwa JLF with the octogon restrictor.

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DJ-VAN
Seimitsu produce joysticks with the 5-pin connector, yes.
Also, my favorite is Sanwa :).

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Nah I meant that the Seimitsu sticks use micro switches that use a metal leaf spring to hit the micro switch which eventually get bent after a while.

But yeah I agree. I’m very happy with my sanwa sticks :wgrin:

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I showed a buddy of mine these pics, and he said that i had to drill a hole in the bottom metal plate. Is that true? It doesn’t look like it in the pics, but he says there is a hole under the “ls-32-01” sticker.

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starboy
It is indeed a hole (30mm) under the sticker:
http://arkadesticks.com/Seinam8.JPG
http://arkadesticks.com/Seinam9.JPG

If you look closer to this pic:
http://arkadesticks.com/Seinam6.JPG
you see I had to shave off a little bit from the bottom of the shaft to. But when the mod is done it is a very nice feeling when playing with it, it sits in perfect hight to :).

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Right, thank you for your information, it’s very greatly appreciated. I just got a namco stick, and I don’t know if i’m just going to sell it w/ all namco(stock) parts, or keep it and mod it.

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i’ve got a few noob questions:

is this (JLF-TP-8YT) the best sanwa stick i can get??
should an octagonal gate be easy to obtain??
can convex competition(us) buttons work with a sanwa stick??
what are the best sanwa buttons?? preferably with a click.

where can i buy it all??

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TheRealNeoGeo can get all of that stuff for you no problem. Visit www.akihabarashop.com

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TheRealNeoGeo can get all of that except US parts. He only supplies Sanwa and Seimitsu parts. To answer your questions:

  1. JLF is the flagship stick of Sanwa. Probably the most popular and common overall.
  2. Octogon gate is easy to get from TRNG and easy to install (only available for JLF or Flash1)
  3. You can mix and match any arcade parts.
  4. The very best Sanwa buttons are OBSN-30RG (or OBSF-30RG). I’m not exactly sure what you mean by “click.” If you mean like US buttons, Sanwas don’t click. They are smooth and very sensitive. A minor brush of the button activates it unlike US buttons that you have to depress and “click” for them to register.

~Paik

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thanks guys, this helps alot.

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The Real NeoGeo, really nice pics!
I got some questions:
1- where did you get this pic, the “high speed response”, I want that! :slight_smile:
http://arkadesticks.com/namcoback2.JPG

2- did you use glue to fix the cables on the pcb?

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vkuwabara

  1. Those are custom made stickers. I have only 2 left now…

  2. No, first I solder then I use hot glue so it stays firm whatever happens.

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This is my latest project, prepared for Evo West. The Nakiworld case was completely gutted, which in and of itself took about an hour…but was well worth it, as the original hardware is absolute junk. The design of this unit is not all bad, though, and one nice thing is once the on/off/battery unit is removed, there remains a small hole perfect for passing the connector cord through. Once this was accomplished, the original stick’s mounting had to be cut, and the remaining plastic nubs sanded flush with the bottom of the control panel. I then removed the Sanwa stick’s metal mounting plate and drilled the control panel to match the Sanwa mounting. This control panel consists of two platic pieces. The top-most piece needs to be completely drilled through. I chamfered the bottom-most piece, to accomodate the slight convexity of the Sanwa mounting screws. I hacked a PS1 PCB (no version marking or anything…I think it is pre-PS2), which turned out to be less work than most web sites indicate (just scrape the contact material off the board and solder to the underlying metal). Snap-in Sanwas were used for attack buttons, screw-in Sanwas were used for the start and select buttons and happ plugs were used for the unused holes (just cuz I had extras lying around). A couple motherboard washers and a hard drive mounting screw mounted the PCB nicely, on an existing mount. I referenced the Hori stick control panel (which denotes what buttons are what; square, circle, X, triangle, R1 and R2 are used and are plug ‘n’ play with all SF games), to get the button layout right. This thing works flawlessly. :slight_smile:

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Awesome mod. I’m glad to see someone didn’t buy into the “must have a dual shock” in it.

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anyone have an octagonal gate for sanwa JLF for sale or know where I can order one ??

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[quote=TheRealNeoGeo]

Sanwa (JLF-TP-8Y) mod:

http://arkadesticks.com/namcoback1.JPG

TheRealNeoGeo, do you have a closer pic of this? thanks
(use for my agetec hack)

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Phobos
Not of that picture but I have .jpg and .psd of what I printed out. Here you go:
http://arkadesticks.com/namcojlf.jpg
http://arkadesticks.com/namcojlf.psd

/Per

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Thanks alot Real.

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ey… i need a new stick… i’m likin’ sanwa’s way too much . i’m not the type to do it myself . my ideal stick is like a byrdo.org stick with plastic instead of metal or wood. so i can ding it around and not feel bad. i’ve had like 5 big mas sticks. so i’m tired of lugging anything around. help a brotha out? like tell me if any of you guys can do that for me and toss me a price.

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Is the green agetec sanwa? if so, this is my first project i am about to atempt.

i want to add a ps2 port to my agetec so i can use it for both DC and PS2. can anyone explain to me how or link me to any resources?