Works fine for me without a passthrough for PS2 stick
I’ve been using mine for two weeks now with a Hori T5 anniversary PS2 stick with no wired xbox controller needed and no dropped inputs or lag detected. Works every time whether I start the 360 with the converter plugged in or even if I plug it in after the fact. I bought mine off Ebay and I definitely recommend it to anyone with vintage PS2 sticks/pads. Gonna pick up another one for my bro who is a diehard ps2 pad player.
I’m really starting to doubt this convertor.
I’ve been playing on xbox the past few days and I feel like nothing is working but, I don’t know if it’s because of the difference in the consoles or the convertor. If it turns out the be the convertor, I’m turning my ps2 stick back into a 360 stick.
Alright, got mine in today and have been playing around with it.
First off, it should never need a passthrough. If you open it up, the Xbox security chip is on there plain as day. Original legit one, not the Datel duplicate from the PaeWong stick.
MC Cthulhu in USB, and PS3 Cthulhu wired to it: Doesn’t work. I’ll see what I can do about that.
MC Cthulhu in PSX mode: Works, as long as you plug in the Cthulhu after the converter is plugged in and the 360 is powered. It’s not 100% perfect in picking it up though. I just tested 10 replugs in a row, and 9 times it worked, and one time it didn’t and had to be replugged. Up+Select does activate Guide.
Now for the bad news. When I say it works, I mean it works as well as any digital controller does. When you plug in a DS2 or DS1, the inputs are mapped exactly how you would expect them to be; Dpad is the POV hat/360 Dpad, Left analog is the X/Y/360 left analog, right analog is the Y and X axes/360 left analog. However when you plug in a digital controller (original PSX pad with no analog sticks, or any board that emulates one, like pretty much EVERY SINGLE DAMN ARCADE STICK EVER MADE FOR PLAYSTATION), the mappings are a little…weird. All 8 directions and neutral map to the POV hat just fine. Cardinal directions (U,D,L,R) and neutral do not map to the analogs at all. Diagonals map funky:
Direction pressed: Left analog position: Right analog position:
Up left - left middle - middle up
Up right - middle up - right middle
Down right - right middle - middle down
Down left - middle down - left middle
At a guess, I think this is done for DDR pads. The digital PSX controller protocol can handle normally impossible directions, like a simultaneous Up and Down. Perhaps the 360 versions of DDR allow you to use both thumbsticks the same way, so you can Up one thumbstick and Down the other to show an Up/Down DDR step?
If the game you want to play on a 360 game that uses the dpad and only the dpad, no problems at all. If it also accepts inputs from the left or right analog sticks, there’s a chance it will act funky if you’re using a digital PSX controller like the MC. Please understand, this isn’t a fault of the MC. Digital based PSX controllers, including the HRAP/HRAP2/T5/Namco/Whatever will all experience the exact same problem.
But, the good news is that with some work, that problem can be overcome by the MC. Three things I can do:
#1 would be the easiest. If anyone has any recommendations on PS3 sticks that work well with it, and possibly would be willing to loan one out, I’ll do my best to get it done. Otherwise, I’ll look into the SIXAXIS protocols, but that’s going to take some time.
How about lag? The directions all work fine on the PCB I’m using it with.
Maybe you can get a HRAP3 USB stick from a friend and test it. AFAIK the hrap3 works with ps2 games on ps3, so it would be a nice replacement for MCCthulhu.
someone has to have some sort of hori for Toodles~
just grabbed the standard version for use with an hrap2, so we will see how it goes assuming I can find an xbox eventually.
Just found another one thats PS2 to Xbox360.
http://img.focalprice.com/lpic/201006/GB054W.JPG
Anyone try this one? I’m tempted to buy it and see how well it works
The headset jack on that one is a nice touch. It’s PS2 only though.
Ok so from what I gather, even though the pro has some issues, for people who just want to use A PS2 DS controller on 30, this converter is fine?
If this is the case than this may be the keeper but can I use two of these items on same console? ( I recall reading that trying two at a time doesn’t work)
Also I was hoping to use the ps3 port to attach another converter (May flash wii classic to ps3/usb)
This does not work with the MC cthulhu with psx cord. I don’t know about the ps2 part since I dont have a ps2 controller on me but that’s what I found out. I just lost 8 bucks essentially ._.
I’ve got two of those right in front of me, works fine with an MC.
Pro-tip: Plug in converter to console, then plug in PSX cable to converter.
Of course, the converters are still as ugly as sin, but there’s not much I can do about that 
Does anyone know if that white one just posted changes the x and o buttons around for no god damned reason like the other one? Yes I’m STILL salty.
that’s good enough
I did that earlier. I got nothing. Just did it now, still got nothing. But I did get it to work with a ps2 controller, 9/10 of the time.
Maybe its a version specific thing. Let me double check mine is at 2.0, back in a bit.
Flashed to 2.0 and it works even better now; 9 outta 10 when left plugged into the converter.
kamekaze, update your cthulhu firmware.
Just in the interest of full disclosure, I’m testing the convert hooked up to a PC, and its working great in both PS3 and Xbox360 modes.
Updated firmware as you said. Still does not work. And yes i tested my psx cord on a psx and ps2, worked fine. I’m just gonna try swapping out the psx cord for a ps2 cord on the chip
Edit: after swapping the cord out it worked perfectly.
Tested it on HRAP3…does not work. It wont even recognize it. Tried everything couldnt get it to work.
However, played about 100 games of Halo 3 using both sixaxis and a dualshock 3, works perfectly with no lag. Love playing halo with the sixaxis, I just cant use the 360 controller’s sticks for some reason.
I did try to use a DS2, but for some reason, occasionally it would stop firing mid clip. Wierd.
Ok, so I finally got mine in the mail. Unfortunately it does not work with my pelican universal arcade stick. It did however work with my blaze twin arcade stick, albeit it would only accept 1 at a time (i tried to use a multitap ps2->usb converter on it, the blue one you can find for cheap. didn’t work.). I also tested the stock sony ps3 controller and it did work! although it buggs out if you turn on the ps3 first, and it takes a little time for it to re-recognize it to work. I’d imagine if you use those cheap komodo ps3 controllers to build an arcade stick that’ll work too. I might buy one to see if they do.
Also wanted to add that it does not work with the PS3 madcatz SE =T. Was really hoping it would work.
So…thinking of getting one or two of these things. Need to confirm, though: Is it 100% on PS2 controllers? Getting mixed messages. If so, is eBay the cheapest place to get it? Are there fakes/subpar runs to watch out for?
Thanks.