X-Arcade Advice

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I recently purchased a 2 player X-arcade stick (the one without the trackball).

The x-arcade stick is the older model that has a PS2 connection rather than USB.

My goal is to mount a RPi inside the x-arcade stick.

My question is should I use a PS2->USB adapter and also mount that inside the x-arcade or should I buy a control block adapter and use that instead of using PS2 at all?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[shabazz18]

I would guess you would be better off upgrading the xarcade with the newer usb control board. It’s available on their website.

[petrockblog]

ps2 to usb adapter should work though.

[sotein]

yes it works…. i use it..

[tomtuttle]

I would love to have some more information on this. I am a novice relative to retropie, the pi and Linux in general, so I am grateful for your patience and grace.

I have the same, PS2, nontrackball X-Arcade box and the OP.

I’m concerned that the wiring may NOT allow proper configuration. I’m attaching a picture showing a PS2 keyboard plugged into the X-Arcade, the X-Arcade plugged into an X-Arcade Adapter via serial cable, and the X-Arcade Adapter plugged into the pi via USB.

I’ve tried to configure from the main emulation station window with:

– X-Arcade only
– X-Arcade plugged in via USB and another keyboard plugged in via USB
– The configuration shown (X-Arcade plugged in via usb and a PS2 keyboard plugged in to the X-Arcade)

In each case, the Emulation Station recognizes “Keyboard” but does NOT “see” simple things like pushing either joystick UP.

Before I spend more time on configuration, is there anyone who can either validate or refute the possibility of this scenario?

I’m not opposed to buying the $35 USB controller, but would like to hack together the available bits if possible.

Many thanks to all of you for so generously sharing your experience and knowledge.

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[tomtuttle]

Sorry for duplicate post. Newly using Windows 10 and Edge browser and received multiple error messages.

[freeman400ex]

Tom,

Im not sure if any of this will help you, but I wanted to post some of my config edits that I did to get my x-arcade working with retropie. Keep in mind that I have the newer board in mine with a usb output (instead of the ps2). I went into /opt/retropie/config/all/retroarch.cfg and edited the part about keyboard inputs to this:

input_player1_a = z
input_player1_b = shift
input_player1_y = ctrl
input_player1_x = alt
input_player1_start = num5
input_player1_select = c
input_player1_l = space
input_player1_r = x
input_player1_left = left
input_player1_right = right
input_player1_up = up
input_player1_down = down

and also the next part for player 2 inputs:

input_player2_a = e
input_player2_b = w
input_player2_y = a
input_player2_x = s
input_player2_start = num6
input_player2_select = rightbracket
input_player2_l = q
input_player2_r = leftbracket
input_player2_left = d
input_player2_right = g
input_player2_up = r
input_player2_down = f

Maybe this will help, not sure.

[tomtuttle]

Thank you – sincerely and warmly – for your generous attempts to assist. I will give it another go thanks to your guidance.

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