I want to buy authentic arcade metal pads.. where?

Ninja_Step

I'm not joking. I want to buy a ddr 8th mix machine... and for the rest of the mixes I wanna play my imports using a genuine arcade pad setup for the ps2. I'm sure konami does it somewhere where they offer their real arcade pads with an adapter for the ps2. Can anyone help me?
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Mikeweiser · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Saginaw, MI

I seriously doubt Konami makes such a thing. The arcade was never intended for use at home. If you do find it, it's either going to be a manual on how to do it yourself, or some guy that knows how to make such an adapter.

cRazY FeeT · Trick Member Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Location: SoCal

Symbion_Project · Trick Member Joined: 04 Dec 2002

You'd have to rewire the arrows for the arcade pads to a PS controller or something like that.

granolanator · Trick Member Joined: 22 Mar 2003

Well, you can get a solo arcade pad off of Channel Beat but they cost 380 dollars and you would have to rewire it for use on the playstation. You could see the home built pad thread for info to wire a playstation controller for a ddr pad.

Eckostyle · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 3:42 am Post subject:

You could nab a Solo Pad for cheap, but be sure you have soldering skills. I personally think to handle that, you need to be some sort of engineer.
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Larrikin · Contributor Joined: 17 Feb 2002 Location: Illadelphia

You could always take a time machine back and grab one of the 2000 authentic arcade replicas made by konami. Cost 2000 bucks tho, if youre extremely lucky one might appear on rinkya. My cobalt flux is suffecient for home for me.
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OmegaFreeStyler · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jul 2003

if your into having one THAT good then... ...make your own its probably the best way to go [unless ur a wimpy rich kid].
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Milza · Trick Member Joined: 05 Oct 2002

Just build your own. If you already know how to solder, it will cost you significantly less than if you were to buy a solo pad from Channel Beat (which would still require soldering). Cobalt Fluxes are great, but they're not designed to be arcade-perfect.

Chibi Nappa · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Location: Delaware

Channel Beat and Coinopexpress sell solo pads/cabinets. I got a solo cab with no game installed for about $450 from Coinopexpress. Shipping and handling (separate shipping company) bumped it up to about $1200. Yes, those damn machines are expensive to move.

Anyway, it only took me about 5 hours to hook a playstation up to both the dance pad and the monitor. You will need to buy a Jamma fingerboard ($3) and a cheap 3rd party playstation joypad. Steal the circuit board out of the joypad, and solder the directions and buttons to the appropriate pins on the Jamma fingerboard. Ditto for the video (take a SCART cable, strip the sync, and solder to fingerboard pins). It is honestly very simple, and all the tech info you need can be found here: www.gamesx.com