hand grenade mouse mod: don’t pull the pin!

I don’t know if I’d feel really comfortable putting my hand on this mouse, given the fact that it started its life as a device designed to blow off limbs.

Still, assuming the explosives have been thoroughly scrubbed from the innards of the old grenade casing, I suppose you’d look mighty macho controlling your computer with one of these bad boys. The guy who modded this one even went through the extra effort to wire up the trigger as the left mouse button.

It sure doesn’t look ergonomically friendly, but should you really expect comfort from a hand grenade anyway?
Source technabob.

NES Controller Socket Lets You Control Your Mods with Nostalgia

Parallax has just released their NES controller socket to the delights of modders everywhere. Instead of forcing them to chop up an old NES to get the 7-pin socket, Parallax has made it available for only $2 on their site. The NES controller would be great for all kinds of little projects, from robots to old-school gaming devices, and we're really looking forward to seeing what inventive modders can do with the humble and much-loved controller.
Source Dcemu.

5 Great Wiimote Mods

Nintendo Wii fanboy has a rundown of their favorite wiimote hacks, from a nicely lit up wiimote, to a wiimote powerglove!
Source Nintendo Wii Fanboy.

Street fighter 4 arcade stick

One of my favorite sites for custom made Joysticks has got to be Joystick Vault, which is a joystick image, and stick builder resource.

Such as this nice looking SF4 joystick featuring the cast of street fighter 4, which happens to be a Suzo Rotterdamn 500 Joystick.

Simple Xbox 360 rapid fire mod

Hack a day has posted up a simple rapid-fire mod for xbox360:

Back in May we mentioned AcidMods' spitfire mod that enabled rapid fire (amongst other things) and was undetectable by Xbox Live. The parts list was quite low, needing just a PIC16F84A and a few other components, which led to third parties selling controller mod kits on eBay. The AcidMods team has figured out a new way to enable rapid fire using just a momentary switch and the necessary wire to hook it up. All you need to do is wire in the switch between the ground on the controller LED and the middle pin on the trigger. The only caveat is that because it's hardwired to the LED, you can only use the mod on the particular port you're using the controller on.

The reason it's so simple is because the Xbox 360 controller uses pulse width modulation to "dim" the LED on the controller, creating a rapid high/low signal. When the momentary button is depressed, it routes this rapid high/low signal to the trigger input on the controller, which is then input to the Xbox 360. Hit the read link for a couple more videos explaining this hack.

While this modification is undetectable by Xbox Live, it does create an unfair advantage in multiplayer gaming and could result in your account being banned.

source http://www.hackaday.com/2008/07/28/simple-xbox-360-rapid-fire-mod/

GamesX update

The Joypad hacking site GamesX has updated after nearly a year:
I've added the X68000 duel D-pad controller shematic to the wiki.
This unique pad uses a 74157 chip to provide two d-pads for Crazy Climber and Libble Rabble.

I've also put together an xbox 360 pad mod so I could use my old Atari joysticks to play Pac Man championship edition. It works perectly and makes a lot of 360 2D games WAY more fun. (Hey Microsoft, your D-pad sucks!)

Also updated or added the following:
PC Engine controller Schermatic
Megadrive/Genesis 3 button schermatic
sourceGamesX