Venom arcade stick PS4/PS3

Yeah, the plexi sits flush but I still have to do work on the button cut outs.

I agree.
I just receive my samurai shodown artwork and it’s AMAZING!
A HUGE thanks to Ruckage!
I’ll suggest him to all the people who need an artwork for their fighting stick!!!
I’ll post a picture of it as soon as possible!!!

Nice! Look forward to seeing it! My Sanwa parts arrived the other day but I’m not going to start the project until I get a custom artwork don’t want double back on work.

Here we go!!

@String_of_Asgard
That’s come out really nice. Thanks for posting the photo, it’s great to see the finished stick.
Did you have any trouble installing the art (I hope my instructions helped)?

Hi all! Here’s what I ended up, with the art printed and cut by ruckage:

And for the sake of comparison with the obvious inspiration:

Needless to say I am way more than happy about what ruckage did with the art!

That’s sick!

Thank you and thanks again to ruckage :wink:
Besides the art, what I really do enjoy (and wasn’t sure about before trying it) is the osbf-24 button with a black border and yellow plunger to replace the PS button at the top!
I was also considering trying to repaint the plastic case in white, but a virtua stick look-alike in a black suit turns out to look so neat I can’t even imagine to change it at all now :smiley:

Another huge thanks to Ruckage for the help. The quality is amazing. I couldn’t be happier with it.

https://i.imgur.com/dJHgdBg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/l3o9Hz9.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/U1LXYFl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mOYkvFd.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/iJDQ5gw.jpg

Wow! Great result with the art colors matching the buttons!

May I ask who’s the character from the art?

It’s a custom outfit for Eliza from Tekken 7

Also thank you for the compliments.

A PSA for anyone wishing to mod the multiplatform version of this stick (Xbox/PS4/PC). The front panel is not removable and is part of the plastic enclosure. Looking at it now, I should’ve probably realized that since there are no screw covers visible on the front panel. I figured I might as well post this since I couldn’t find any teardowns/pictures of this version’s internals.

https://i.imgur.com/Ezx4k1j.jpg

All the connectors are clearly labeled in the PCB. Might check the SOCD cleaning (PS4 version was apparently L+R = L and U+D = U according to an earlier post) at some later point and edit my post to reflect that. I should’ve actually checked the PCB’s exact model, not sure if it’s some commonly found variant. I would have purchased the PS4 version instead just to ensure moddability but they were sadly unavailable at the time and I really just bought it to check if stick is for me or not. I only really opened it to check if I could mod it into a hitbox which sadly seems impossible or at least prohibitively difficult.

Are you sure the front plate is not maintained by magnets? In doubt, you shall have a look at this disassembly guide: Newbie guide: Venom PS4 / Mayflash V2 Full Sanwa (/Seimitsu) Mod with Octo for £116 [UK Pricing]

I have the same stick. It’s magnetic. Just apply pressure with a small screwdriver.

As for the hitbox mod, someone here posted one in this thread of the same stick. Check it out

The v2 and f500 are virtually the same.

I’ve got this one. Sure it’s the same exact structure and all? Because I see no ridges or any indication of a second piece of plastic on the edges where the faceplate would meet rest of the case inside. Where did you apply pressure with the screwdriver?

Oh that’s wild. Looks like the f300 but doesn’t have a clear layer on top. I’m not sure. Maybe one of the other guys can help with this one? It’s smaller than the other venom stick as well.

Well, my bad, after googling a bit I figured out this should be your stick, with matching colors for buttons and all:

But yours surely has a smaller case than this one… Do you have any photo of its outside looks?