~6 yr.'s after MarkMan rebooted MadCatz’s peripherals I’m getting my first MadCatz TE/SE… It’s a PS3 TE-S a shell of its former self.
No ball top
No restrictor plate
No plexi glass
No pushbuttons
Paid $25.00 for everything else shipped disassembled. I have vinyl wrap for the control panel, ball/battops, Kuros/OBSFs. Only thing I’m lacking is a JLF restrictor plate.
Doesn’t toodles make a superior restrictor gate? And who sells it?
Plan to throw in the back of my car and eventually dual mod for 360 or a brooks converter. And keep an eye out for a used Hayabusa unless I end up liking the JLF.
Damn, what?? Awesome deal. And here I was planning on selling an SE shell here for $40 shipped…
I am probably the biggest fan of the TE-S shells. It’s got enough room on the inside for all manner of PCBs and it’s deep enough for Sanwa OBSF-30RGs, but it’s still thin and wide enough to play comfortably on your lap. They’re the best-looking (established fact and not up for debate), with no dumb upward slope like with the Hori RAP (are there any candy cab panels that slope upward?), and have the most customization options with Art’s Hobbies. I plan on modding a second TE in the future because it was just so much fun the first time.
Most candy cabs have a slight downward slope towards you, old cabs like the SFII have big slopes, I think the only cabs that don’t are ones like the Vewlix(what the TE is modeled after) Sega Lindbergh, Namco Noir etc
Toodles makes a circular restrictor insert, not the whole plate, it’s available at godlikecontrols.com. The type of 8 way restrictor profile (square, octagon, circle) you choose is ultimately subjective.
just found a ps2 slim with a dualshock2 pad in a trash container next to my living place.
pad seems to work (tested it on pc via adapter), ps2 goes on but the cable to
connect it to a tv/monitor is missing so i cant say if it works or not…thats what i call a find
Ill try octagonal, I’ve used square gate on every stick I’ve owned and woukd like to try another flavor. The diagnol inputs are probably a lot stricter though.
Now I’ve got one that’s “not” good enough, so I won’t feel bad about modding it.
Works, no box, a few scratches on the top side of the case, no rust anywhere that I can see other than the bolts which are rusted to sheeeeet but I’ll probably just get some nicer ones from @Toodles ( hope they fit :s )
Since these come apart so much easier than the Saturn HSS-0136 ones, I’ll also take a high rez scan of the panel to share in SRK land when I disassemble the stick =)
Last week I got a purple PS2 Saturn controller for what I thought was a good deal (a little over $90 shipped), and it worked great on my PS2.
I tried it on my PlayStation TV via iNPiN adapter and it didn’t work, which I thought was strange. Then I tried it on my PS2 again and it didn’t work there either! I thought I must have fried the controller or something, but then I took a look at the pins in the controller plug and I noticed one of the pins was pushed in pretty far. I had to use tweezers to get the pin back up again.
Trying it on the PS2 again, it worked, but it still wouldn’t work with the iNPiN. I figured it was just such a tight fit on the iNPiN that some pins would get pushed down. So I ordered some PS2 extension cables hoping it would be a workaround, and today I’m playing Capcom Classic Collections Reloaded on the PSTV with a Saturn pad like God intended.
And with this most expensive controller in my possession, I’ll start daydreaming about an FGW Converter + MC Cthulhu + UD-USB Decoder combo for the Saturn pad on everything. B)
Somehow managed to snag this on Kijiji amidst the PS360-pocalypse. Got it for 60 flat, which I think is a good price considering I didn’t have to worry about converting from USD and tacking on customs fees.
Now all I need is an Imp and my Xbone Atrox will be set!
After checking out and NOT finding any amazing deals at an indoor swap meet, I went into the Goodwill in the same shopping complex and saw a PSOne with the Sony LCD attached.
Original screen protector with the tape was still on it and it only had minor dirt and yellowing.
Was $7. Didn’t have a power cable, so I called my local game store and they had one. Went down, traded in an extra Wii power cable for $5 credit, and got the PSOne power cable for $5
Total spend = $12 cash after Wii power cable trade in
PS- Wipeout 3 is one of the best racing games of all time and has one of the best soundtracks of all time
