Videopac/Odessey2 joystick mod

[19rsn007]

Hey People.

 

I have a videopac G7000 which had hardwired joysticks.

1 Joystick was a little broken so playing it was a pain in the ***.

Yesterday I took it from the attic and hooked it up......not working!!

I took it appart and cleaned the cartridge slot.

Also noticed a weak soldering joint so I took my soldering iron and took care of it.

Tested the console while it was open and it worked again!!

 

Since I still had it downstairs today I decided to take out the hardwired joysticks and replace them with DB9 ports.

I had 2 of them in my partscase, waiting for the videopac to come from the attic.

After removing the first joystick and soldering the DB9 port in place, I tested the thing while it was still appart....like taking candy from a baby!

Had an Atari joystick ready and hooked up, and I was playing with it like the videopac allways had the DB9 ports for the controllers.

My girlfriend interupted me to go shopping, so the 2nd controller had to wait.

 

When we returned home, I took off my jacket...got the 2nd DB9 port and soldered it in place.

I took my THE ARCADE controller and hooked it up.....also working! HOW WONDERFULL!!!

 

The controllers that were originally in there are now resting in the shopping bag I keep my Videopac in......waiting for me to decide what to do with it.

 

After completing the mod and putting the videopac back together, I decided to play a little game and post a short vid (16 seconds) on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPNW9D0vzq0&feature=youtu.be

 

In relaxmode on my chair, playing Pickaxe Pete on my videopack

Edited March 4, 2013 by 19rsn007

[keoni29]

This is a huge improvement over the videopac joysticks. My videopac+ has detachable joysticks, so I can just make a pin adapter for it. Now make it take a usb keyboard!!!

[19rsn007]

with an arduino it can be done

[keoni29]

From now on I'm just gonna embed an atmega chip in every digital device I own and add an expansion port, so I can mod it using nothing but a firmware update of the microchip

[Seob]

I have done the same mod, but i also added composite out, a powerswitch and a detachable power cord.

[19rsn007]

I'm not finished with my Videopac yet.

Also gonna add the AV-out and Powerswitch later.

 

My problem is.........time.............and having a lot of projects.