sounds like he’s planning to put artwork under the plexi, but that will still look cool, just in a different way. very nice hack, and a good example of what you can do with entry-level skillz.

Posted at 12:47 pm on Dec 20th, 2008 by localroger

anything to prepare to street fighter 4 i suppose :-)

Posted at 2:18 pm on Dec 20th, 2008 by Hatecrime69

That may just be the messiest wiring job I have seen in my life

Posted at 10:47 pm on Dec 20th, 2008 by Turd

I don’t dig the transparent top.

Posted at 4:13 am on Dec 21st, 2008 by durp

Judging by the pair of wires leaving every button pad this guy has never heard of common ground.

I admire his willingness to attempt something like this. I hope he keeps on hacking and improves.

Posted at 7:25 am on Dec 21st, 2008 by nubie

This looks too clean, he needs to add more wires.

Posted at 7:49 am on Dec 21st, 2008 by Bob

@nubie,

i am sorry to question your judgement but the current type of wired xbox 360 joysticks lack of a common ground.

Posted at 9:58 am on Dec 21st, 2008 by erdbeerfetischist

That is interesting, I thought at least that they would have a “matrix” style like the Microsoft Sidewinder that I used.

4×4 wires in a matrix is 16 buttons (the controller only had 14 buttons though.)

It did take a little time to reverse-engineer though, and knowledge of a 3-pin SMD dual-diode package.

Posted at 11:36 am on Dec 21st, 2008 by nubie

Hi,

of course exists xbox360 controller with common ground. Have a look at the madcatz Controller. Check my blog for my xbox360 arcade controller.

http://bencao74.blogspot.com

Posted at 2:57 am on Dec 22nd, 2008 by Bencao64

Wow!! This dude wants get ultimate raw video game experience with that glass top. I hope he does not crack that glass after a game loss to mess up this custom xbox 360 controller LOL!!!

Posted at 8:35 am on Jun 7th, 2009 by xbox 360 game controller