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rock_light
April 10th, 2006, 16:30
Hey there just wanted to tell the world about my new modifacation I did to my PSP. Well after giving up attempting any more fighting games for PSP I got thinkin "Man this D-Pad is about as useful as my old f*#t up NES. And about as much fun too."

Well using dust particles as a good enough excuse to remove the faceplate I began. (5 easy to find screws only one was a light silver color.)

Now I had my old psp 'dpad' outta there.
Next I opened up my PSX pad and realized something.

That is sure not going to fit in my psp... At least not the bottom.

So after a few hours/day of rubbing the bottom against a metal file, I managed to get it feeling the proper way! The right directional gave me a little trouble. The right dbutton is filed differently than the others.

Now I have my best 'd-pad' for fight-games on my psp.
Personally I'd like a sanwa arcade stick but obviously that would be kinda lame for a psp.

Diffiicult jumps to ladders and Hadou-Kin's are now pulled off effortlessly.

I can't believe what a MASSIVE difference a tiny basic design flaw can be.
I'll relase a faq or something with pictures l8r.
wraggster
April 10th, 2006, 17:43
awesome, you got any screens :)
IndianCheese
April 10th, 2006, 22:20
I thought the D-pads were the same
Napalm-Death
April 10th, 2006, 22:54
I "fixed" my psp dpad a long time ago using the "tape trick" I found on the gamespot boards.
DrX
April 12th, 2006, 07:14
tape trick????
rock_light
April 13th, 2006, 05:41
here's a pic of what it looks like.

you probobly already have a good enough idea though.
stotheamuel
April 13th, 2006, 05:45
sweet id try that if it didnt void warrenty... clever clever

and i hope for your sake those scratches are on a screen gaurd and not the screen
.:PSP1.0:.
April 13th, 2006, 08:39
Yeah those scratches look naaasty! lol but all in all good work! Looks great too! ;)
rock_light
April 13th, 2006, 20:57
hehehe yeah those are a little ugly.

Believe it or not that's just dirt. I have some REAL bad gouges in my screen but they dont really show up there. I took that picture in complete darkness, using only the power light as my guide.

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flamingwolf
April 14th, 2006, 16:34
omg, i want to do this now. that loox cool. i want to get the XO/\[] buttons on mine too if i can find my old ps2 controller
Napalm-Death
April 14th, 2006, 20:59
http://ufighterx.com/guides/videogame/pspdpadfix/pspdpadfix.htm
I did almost everything there, I didn't have the hot glue or the nes sleeve.
robotdevil
April 18th, 2006, 16:23
The NES sleeve idea appeals to me as it keeps the asthetics of the PSP D-pad while increasing it's functionality. Nice find and thanks for the link.
O-bake
April 18th, 2006, 16:38
I did the fix Napalm-Death posted 4 weeks ago and it's absolutely worth it.
you now can play games like Street Fighter (or even Shoot'em Ups) with the D-Pad like on the original console.

And even for games like Civilization on the SNES it's very useful. you can navigate precisely in every one of the 8 directions.
rock_light
April 24th, 2006, 07:45
oh man that looks WAY better than my own

im going to try that right away
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it sucked, going back to the psx pad
Napalm-Death
April 24th, 2006, 22:13
Well it worked for me, robotdevil, and O-bake, so to each their own.
MauricePhoenix
January 25th, 2009, 11:28
here's a pic of what it looks like.

you probobly already have a good enough idea though.
Hi dude great find! BTW is it possible that u show me the d-pad thing that u modif the D-pad after u rubbed it. I Wanna see the D-pad only. So i could have a good look which one i should rub it