Hori Arcade Fighting Stick Conversion | Sega Saturn to Original Xbox

[@SEGASaturnLad]

Honestly Craig can’t thank you enough for this man, you have gone above and beyond with this, I was happy just having the rusty old thing back with an Xbox connection wired in 😂 can’t wait to try it. Thank you again mate. 👍

[@GoodwinsPlace]

No worries. I tested it again last night, an hour later and I was still playing Rampage on it. 🤣 Glad you like it.

[@GameZoneBirdroom]

Wow mate, you did a quality job of changing the old saturn to an xbox arcade fighting stick. Bet @SegaSaturnLad was well pleased with this. Love the colours you picked too really matches the original xbox colour scheme. 👍

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thanks. Yeah the colours were ideal for Xbox. The Hori sticks are great.

[@GenerationPixel]

I could watch sorcery like this all day, and evolution of that 3D printed panel was interesting, glad you added that.

[@GoodwinsPlace]

🤣 thank you. I'm no wizard, more like when it all goes wrong in Fantasia. I thought I'd show that as it was one of the biggest parts of the project even if it wasn't the most technical, it took me a few weeks to sort the whole thing with each change and the finding time to run off the next print. Cheers for watching.

[@onaretrotip]

Mate that looks so dope! Great work, especially the custom panel. I had a battered one of these; wish I'd kept it now LOL

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thanks Pete. Yeah I bet a lot went in the bin with the rust issue that seems to be common on them. I fancy doing more but even finding faulty ones at a decent price is difficult. I fancy doing a Neo Geo one for myself.

[@bobbus_74]

Nice job Craig. These are great sticks. I have one that I use on my Saturn a lot. Glad to see this one repurposed and given a new lease of life.

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thanks for watching. Yeah it is a really nice setup, I think it will be perfect for the Xbox mame setup.

[@nerdygeezer78]

Looks real nice. Especially love the fade spray job on the back. Top vid mate 👌

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thanks mate. I love that spray effect, I just need to hold myself back from turning everything 80s fade.

[@fistbumpbros]

Man Craig, the dedication to your projects is immense bro. Respect!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

This was a fun one, couldn't leave it just as a standard stick.

[@fistbumpbros]

@@GoodwinsPlace looks great man, cheers

[@sithwarrior]

saw you 3d model for this and looked for the video. awesome job man

[@steve36207]

Craig you got skills buddy that looks absolutely amazing.... love the sound of the joystick 😄😄👍

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thank you, I love it, shame I've got to post it back to Scott. But no doubt I'll be doing another for myself in the future. Can't beat a microswitch joystick.

[@lallen1982]

Absolutely amazing stuff bruv. Sega Saturn lad doesn’t deserve this 🤣👍 I think you will get lots of interest off others now. Can’t believe the end product 🔥🕹👾

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Cheers Lee. I'm not sure either, might keep it for myself. 🤣🤣 It was a good stick to start with which helps. Just needed a tidy up and the conversion.

[@rollerxcore]

that is immense! I love the back panel especially!! that is some wizadry making the anologue sticks work properly too! 👍

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Cheers mate. I think the back panel is awesome - highlight for me. I've done a Game Gear shell in the same fade which I need to build soon. I was pretty chuffed with my thinking on those analogue sticks and the resistors. I honestly thought it was ruined when it just kept spinning. 🤣

[@dcml]

This is really neat. Ive modded one of these wiyh a brooke retroboard but i could never find a decent solution to the middle panel you printed. Any chance you would be up for selling a few or the file?

[@GoodwinsPlace]

I'll look if I still have it and send you the file. Think I put it on thingiverse too. Can you message me on Instagram?

[@RetroTech100]

Very nice job! Looks class. Just found your channel from Birdsall recommendation.

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thank you. And welcome. He's a good lad. 👍

[@Gold2thGaming]

Ohhhh fella seen you had subscribed so thanks.This Arcade stick is awesome & im a joystick pervert,i just got back into Xbox original & i think i need something similar for the fighters.Brother this is one hell of job you have done 💚it’s gorgeous ✌️

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Enjoyed a few new channels on Swap Shop last night. Nothing wrong with looking at another guys joystick. 🤣 It turned out great, I'm up for doing more but it's getting a good solid base to start with is the expensive bit, those Hori sticks ain't cheap and not seen anything similar with enough space inside to do the PCB swap. The swap out isn't that much work really, just a lot of wires to some small pads.

[@Gold2thGaming]

@@GoodwinsPlace Im going to being eyeing arcade sticks up more than ever now voyeur style😉Appreciate the reply & keep well fella 👊🏻✌️

[@tootyuk]

Looks bloody awesome mate, great custom job!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Cheers mate. I'm pleased on how it turned out. Was fun one to work on.

[@Evercade_Effect]

You're a moding wizard, great job!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

🤣 thank you. Have you seen my Evercade mod video?

[@busubi]

Nice Craig, I wondered how you was gonna convert it Xbox. Shame you didn’t replace them crappy buttons with some nice arcade quality ones but from the sounds of it, it would have come out of your pocket so totally get it. Nice job on the wrapping and spraying. Shame you didn’t go in to much detail and have footage of the fault finding when you removed the sticks. That would have been very interesting I think. Favorite bit was when you described the torx fitting as ‘like a star’ very smooth 😂

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it. Scott is covering cost of parts but I think he was happy with the buttons. I agree though a different set could be a cool upgrade. Other than me scratching my head and then reading the continuity on the old joystick pots it wasn't much more detail to sorting the joysticks but will try and get bits like that included in the future. Torx smorx, star shape is more on my level. 🤣🤣 I honestly don't know why I didn't call it Torx at the time. Cheers for watching.

[@DadLadsGaming]

That is an absolutely cracking job Craig. Very smart indeed. I'm after a "ball" for a PC Engine arcade stick I've got. Where did you get your bits from?

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Thank you. It turned out quite smart in the end, really enjoyed doing a bit of everything on this one. That ball is from Arcade World UK, think it was a fiver posted. They are normally a standard thread size on most sticks.

[@DadLadsGaming]

@@GoodwinsPlace ok cheers Craig 👌

[@GoodwinsPlace]

@@DadLadsGaming would be a good project for you if you're looking to start doing soldering mods.

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

You did an awesome job mate, looked like it had been sat in a pond for a couple of years before you tackled it. As sexy as a sexy thing covered in sexy sauce 🥰

[@GoodwinsPlace]

🤣 thank you. The strange thing is none of the screws underneath or anything else had rust on it. I think it is just the metal they used seems to like to attract moisture. Hopefully it will stop or at least slow it down now.

[@RetroClaire]

Lovely job 👍 the perfect amount of hot glue too 🙂 I wondered how you were going to interface it, reusing a controller board was a good idea. It is close to USB iirc.

[@GoodwinsPlace]

😂👍Hot glue comes a close second on my danger list after super glue. Yeah the original Xbox pad is pretty much a fancy USB connection, I've done some memory card modifications too in the past where you can plug a USB stick straight in to either the port or in to the controller memory card slot, the system is pretty much a basic gaming PC when you think of it. Thanks as always for watching.

[@RetroClaire]

With you there! Super glue is pure evil, and not all that super either. I only ever dab a bit on with the end of a wooden skewer and try to stay several inches clear. KFC do useful skewers incidentally, stuck into their corn cobs. Loved the paint effect btw, big 👍

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Great tip on the skewer. I thought it would add a little bit of a different vibe to the bottom of the unit rather than the previous rust effect.

[@marcc5768]

I have that exact same joystick for my Sega Saturn, but one of the buttons no longer works..I've been sitting on it for years..I don't want to get rid of it, since I still use my Saturn but I don't have a good joystick to use with it anymore. Not sure I can get it fixed anywhere locally.

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Might be able to just clean the contacts on that button. I'd start by opening it up and testing the continuity to make sure it's still functional.

[@marcc5768]

@@GoodwinsPlace never attempted anything like that before

[@Sanryuji]

So first question is that is it possible to put sanwa jlf lever? And will fit using typical fightboard (brook board) ?

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Yes to the JST connector on the Samwa they run same style microswitches and have a common ground on the 5th pin. Not sure on the fit, you can get the depth dimensions on a lot of websites, you'd need to find out if the depth is right but it shouldn't be much more than the standard. Are you looking to do an original Xbox stick or something else?

[@x6hellox6therex6]

Would you be willing to share the 3d files for that start panel? I've been looking into modding the same stick and thats the part that has had me stumped. Thank you and amazing work!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Yeah of course. I can put it up on Thingiverse if that's good for you?

[@x6hellox6therex6]

@@GoodwinsPlace that would be amazing! Thank you so much!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

STL is up on Thingiverse, just search for Hori or GoodwinsPlace and it should come up. I'll see if I can add a link in the video description here too.

[@x6hellox6therex6]

@@GoodwinsPlace thank you so much!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

@@x6hellox6therex6 no problem. Would love to see it when you're done on your mod.

[@Apfeldruecker]

Oh oh oh….den dünnen Sprühlack aus dem Baumarkt + Carbon Klebefolie….mir fehlen die Worte. 🤢

[@GoodwinsPlace]

No need to fear the worse it is still going strong. The spray is decent enough for this job. And the vinyl wrap is the same grade as you'd wrap a car.