If Toodles needs it let him have first shot, since I’m pretty sure something productive would come of it.
If no one knows about the dimensions question, I may just try for a ground up custom. Rather make it right the first time than get in there, find out the mounting height is wrong or the button holes need to be bored, then start cutting and possibly screw up the case for the Wii stick.
Why are you modding your Wii hori for PS2 use? Wouldn’t it be easier to mod the Xbox360 VF5 hori instead? I love my Wii hori, going to be getting the VF5 one next.
Well since this is has to do with the Wii Fighting Hori Stick.
Are there any converters to use it for USB or can I mod it to be used for USB (I assume yes)
i wanted to do that, but i didn’t want to deal with covering the ± home buttons plus the turbo switches. guess i kinda gave up on it. i just want to mod the stick thats it then later the buttons.
30 maybe, i haven’t modded it yet and i hardly even use it.
I can’t do $30 for the whole stick at the moment, so if someone else wants it, go ahead and sell it. If you mod it and dont need the PCB and cord, I’d buy that from you for $10.
Can you confirm that it plugs into a Wiimote like the chuck does? After all this time, I still havent seen what the cord looks like.
I can confirm for you that it plugs into the main controller, just like a nunchuck. My friend has one.
Apparently, it won’t work for Gamecube games, but that’s just what my friend said.
Hey guys, I’m a long-time lurker/first time poster, but thought I might post since I just did this exact mod last week.
I picked up the Wii Hori stick at Overstock since it was going for $38. I enjoyed it for about a day on the Wii, but the only game I could use it for was the SNES version of Street Fighter II on virtual console. So then I went to Lizard Lick and ordered the Sanwa JLF stick, an octagonal gate, and 8 Sanwa size 30 buttons (you really only need 6 but I figured what the hey).
Then I took PS1 H-series controller apart, desoldered the rumble motors and shoulder buttons, and scratched off the black gunk on the PCB to expose the copper based on this diagram:
http://arkadesticks.com/hackedpads/PSOneDualShockH.jpg
Then slowly started desoldering the stock Hori buttons off of the original PCB. This was a major pain but after using a soldering wick to absorb all the solder, they easily popped off. If you don’t plan on using extra Sanwa parts, you can start soldering following this wiring guide:
http://arkadesticks.com/hackedpads/wiredPSOneand3.3volt.jpg
Find the 4 ground wires on the stick and just daisy-chain them to the common ground.
If you do plan on adding a JLF stick, you have to do a bit of modding. You’ll need to dismantle the stick and remove the metal mounting plate. I had trouble with this because the screws holding the mounting plate were covered with Loc-tite. I couldn’t find info on how to prevent stripping screws on Shoryuken, but found that this was a common problem for RC hobbyists. The solution is touching a soldering iron to the screw head for a few seconds. The heat will loosen the Loc-tite and allow you to remove it easily.
Now look for 4 holes on the plastic part of the stick that will be mounted. The plastic bump surrounding each hole is a bit too high to accommodate a screw head so you’ll need to Dremel these down so they’re level with the surrounding plastic. Then you’ll need to cut the original screws by about .5" since they will be too long. After that, you can screw in the stick, and put on the octagonal gate.
Then I noticed that the shaft on the stick was too long on the JLF and prevented the metal panel from going back on, so I replaced it with the Hori shaft. I also Dremeled off the 2 tabs on the octagonal gate too, and now it will fit perfectly.
I left the Wii PCB in there connected to all the turbo buttons just in case I figure out a way to wire both the Wii PCB and PS2 PCB up simultaneously. I soldered everything up according to the PS1 wiring diagram and traced the Start and Select routes from the original Wii board and wired them to the PS1 PCB. The Hori case also has these annoying tabs where the buttons go in so you’ll need to Dremel those off to make the Sanwa buttons fit.
Whew this was really long. It took about a full day of modding to get everything right. It was really tough trying to find information on the Wii Hori stick so I hope this helps future modders. This was my first stick mod and it came out perfectly and now I’m in heaven playing Capcom vs. SNK 2, Third Strike, and KOF XI with the best stick I’ve ever owned.
Next up is trying to find a way to mod both PCBs up simultaneously, which seemed a bit tricky. Would it work if I just wired the buttons to both PCBs and then linked the grounds?