PSX D-Pad in a PSP!?! - It wasn't that hard.

**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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