==== DIY Arcade Stick ====

=== Introduction ===

To recall faithfuly the feeling of playing vintage 1980s arcade games, one can use Mame on his favourite PC.

But nothing can replace old fashion brute-force-friendly arcade sticks and buttons when it comes to playing those games.

Fortunately it's easy nowadays to reproduce the feel of those controllers, by simply hooking them onto your favorite emulator.

Here's mine, and the how-to build it:

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=== how to ===

== Pick some wood and glue ==

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== Drill some holes ==

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== Pick some arcade buttons ==

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== Pick and trash an existing USB paddle ==

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== Remove the paddle buttons and plug the arcade buttons instead ==

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== Glue the wood ==

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== Throw some black paint at it ==

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== Assemble the whole ==

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== Put some shiny Leds on the front ==

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== Glue some old fashion pixel Spaceys ==

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== And Play !! ==

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=== Electronics Behind ===

== Dual Analog PAD connection ==

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== Converting Joystick switches to analog input ==

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