Anyone made their own DIY multi tap? 6-button controller?

[CZroe]

I've got one TurboGrafx controller (well, two if you count the Turbo Express) and I definitely want to expand my options. The expense of adding a second controller is just too much to justify since I don't have a multi tap or two-player adapter and I have to factor that cost in too. I'd rather do the NES to PCE/TG16 controller mod and build my own multi tap. I'm sure I could clone it if I had one to analyze, but I don't. Does anyone have the info on building DIY multi taps?

Actually, if I build my own controllers, I'd like to build a couple six-button arcade control panels... or more. I was already planning on building a 5-player control panel that I can adapt to various consoles. I stumbled on a PCB from Ptchnk on OSHPark that seems to incorporate the 2P adapter for your own arcade control panels but it is for standard two-button pads and doesn't really tell me how to scale to 5-players. If it's a matter of daisy-chaining shift registers then I can probably figure it out from there, but I have no idea if it's that simple without having found the info online.

PC-Engine 2-Players Control Board V1.1

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/5BpBrxA5
wayback://oshpark.com/shared_projects/5BpBrxA5

I'd appreciate any info on this!

[CZroe]

Well, Googling for Ptchnk led me to a French forums with this schematic for the Avenue 6 controller:



I still need to find multitap schematics but this still helps tremendously.

Link:

https://www.ultimate-consoles.fr/topic/17348-pce-vers-control-panel/

[SignOfZeta]

You can't afford a multitap but you can build mutiple six button arcade panels? Isn't a multitap like $20?

[CZroe]

You can't afford a multitap but you can build multiple six button arcade panels? Isn't a multitap like $20?

You misunderstand. I can afford a multitap. I can't justify it with a single controller for a second player and I'm not about to buy two standard controllers, two Avenue 6 controllers, a multitap, and two PCE to TurboGrafx converters. I already have a solution for two players (OSHPark PCB and two NeoGeo sticks). My curiosity can only justify so much. My sticks are multi-purpose and adapted for use on various consoles. They are EASILY justified, and most of them already exist.

The tap is $40-$60 and the pad is $35-$45. Spending $75 minimum to add only one player does not appeal to me. Being able to make my own multitap to use controllers I have does. Being able to share that with others appeals to me as well. Heck, I have 8 NeoGeo sticks and a dual 6-button stick ready to go. Only reason I'm interested in building another is to go with this:



I want to load it up with consoles on all sides and have a large rotating CRT on top. There's Room to position five sticks around one corner, spilling onto two sides.

[turboswimbz]

Damn that idea is cool.

DO IIITTTTTTTTTTT.

I think I recall a link to a multi tap schematic here a long long time ago . . I'll let you know if I find it.

[CZroe]

Damn that idea is cool.

DO IIITTTTTTTTTTT.

I think I recall a link to a multi tap schematic here a long long time ago . . I'll let you know if I find it.

Thanks! It's a thrift store find and I'm still trying to figure out how to get it home. They'll only hold it for me so long. Even if I can borrow a pickup truck I'm going to have to take it apart. It's built so sturdy that even that is going the be a problem.

The rim is welded and the platforms are suspended on steel pipes with flanges that are bolted to each. The middle platform has four holes so that the top set of steel pipes thread into the bottom ones. It's a sturdy beast but I think it's perfect for housing a supergun, a Sony Trinitron HD KV-32HS510, and all my 4:3 consoles. The wheels will let me move the whole thing around in the man cave, since it will undoubtedly find itself in the way when we are doing something else. I'm seriously wondering if it's even possible to get that TV up there since lifting it onto the ledge where it is now took everything from three people and we didn't have to reach like we would here. I guess the 304 pound KV-40XBR800 is definitely out of the question.

Mocking up the joystick positions with three NeoGeo and two 6-button arcade-style sticks:

[crazydean]

Do you know anyone who has a trailer that you could borrow? That would be wider than a pickup truck. If nothing else, you could rent a u-haul truck for like $20.

[esteban]

Do you know anyone who has a trailer that you could borrow ? That would be wider than a pickup truck. If nothing else, you could rent a u-haul truck for like $20.

Yes! I agree, CZdean.


CZroe: Comrade, I would *not* disassemble that beast... rent a truck.

Spend a little extra for hydraulic lift to save your back (although if it rolls easily enough, a ramp is fine).

FINAL ANSWER: When rolling that beast to its final destination, be sure to AVOID SINKHOLES.

[CrackTiger]

Buy one of the PCE pads that has a built-in 2-player port and swap the cable into your 6-button pad.