thinking of getting into arcade stick modding

[Edmond Dantes]

Has anyone found threads, blogs or websites that deal specifically with the Pelican Real Arcade Universal and the Hori Tekken 5 stick?  Those are the main sticks I'm gonna mod.

On Shoryuken I read about something called a Toodles MC Cthulhu.  I'm thinking of putting those in one of my Pelicans and if I'm satisfied with it, I'll put it in my other sticks.  I think I'm gonna mod the Pelicans with Happ parts (anyone got a good deal going on those?  I prefer convex buttons) and the Tekken 5 with Sanwa parts, and if I like it enough I might get another Hori to put Sanwa parts in, then I'll have two sticks of both the American and Japanese persuasions.

[munchiaz]

I used a cthulhu PCB for the stick i made. Its awesome because you dont need to solder.as far as happ parts go, im not a fan of American parts. Also happ parts arent made like they used to be. I think they are made by a chinese company now and i hear they aent like they used to me

[allyourblood]

Has anyone found threads, blogs or websites that deal specifically with the Pelican Real Arcade Universal and the Hori Tekken 5 stick?  Those are the main sticks I'm gonna mod.

Both can be found on canonspike.com:

http://www.canonspike.com/Canon_Spike!/Joystick_Mods/Entries/2009/3/17_Pelican_Real_Arcade_Universal_360_Add_On.html

http://www.canonspike.com/Canon_Spike!/Joystick_Mods/Entries/2009/3/14_Hori_Tekken_5_Dual_PCB_Mod.html

He's not modding for your exact configurations, but most of the same rules apply.

[Edmond Dantes]

Canonspike's Pelican article talks about modding but keeping the original PCB.  THAT'S A VERY BAD IDEA because you can't use it on a PS2 without risking damage.

His Tekken 5 article is just pictures with no explanatory text, it's "under construction."

[munchiaz]

^ look on shoryuken ech thread, you may have to dig but i know they have an article on modding the tekken stick

[Edmond Dantes]

Well, I'm starting to feel more confident with all the info I've found thanks to this thread.  After hearing about the Toodles Cthulhu and seeing the pictures, on canonspike, I think I can probably figure out how to mod these sticks.  It's not like those Pelicans were gonna go anywhere soon anyway.

Someone mentioned that Happ had changed.  Well, they're apparently called Suzo-Happ now.  I wouldn't know anything about the quality of their parts though.

[Samurai Ghost]

Someone mentioned that Happ had changed.  Well, they're apparently called Suzo-Happ now.  I wouldn't know anything about the quality of their parts though.

Well they are pro arcade-part makers so you're probably not going to get better quality anywhere else.

http://na.suzohapp.com/pushbuttons/pushbuttons.htm