DDR Arcade Style Homepad!

G-MaN · Trick Member Joined: 17 Sep 2003

Hey everyone! Its me again, by now, you probably hate me for being so persistant about modding instructions! WHAT IS THE BEST/EASIEST arcade style metal pad that I could make for PSone/Xbox.Please help me out...Its gotta be low-cost/not very difficult.Thank you very much!

Istari Asuka · Trick Member Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ

There is a thread for homebuilt metal DDR pads. Why don't you visit it?
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G-MaN · Trick Member Joined: 17 Sep 2003

I have, yet I am posting this for those of you nice enough to tell me info

Plautus · Trick Member Joined: 17 Oct 2002

Well, I'll give a preview of my next pad project, as I'm looking for something closer to the arcade than the homemade pads I've got now, that's easy to maintain (my home pads right now require regular maintenance every couple months). The basic idea for the buttons is at this site:

http://royconejo.host.sk/

I figure I can put two pads on a sheet of plywood about 6'x3 1/2', and hook them up to gamepads I've already wired. I figure that problems will be easier to diagnose and fix if they're already out in the open, and that I'll be able to fairly easily simulate the arcade feel of seated buttons and brackets with creative floor tile application after I get it all wired up. The buttons themselves will be sheet metal with a pattern cut out of it (making two almost-interlocking pieces) with a Radio Shack nibbler.

I'm thinking it'll be a pretty sweet doubles setup, and although Aluminum tape might be good for guests (don't know what that leaves on the shoes after the gaming session is over, though), I'm thinking the biggest problem might be making fairly permanent metal DDR shoes, or overshoes, that doesn't feel different from regular shoes. Any ideas would be welcome here

Although the end product may not look as finished or polished as many of the sweet pads in the homemade metal pad thread above, it'll get you some serious geek cred in the right crowd.