Mayflash Arcade Stick Mod Part 1

This is a video guide showing how to mod a Mayflash Arcade stick with Sanwa parts cheap and effectively.

The Mayflash Arcade stick itself was purchased at http://www.playasia.com
All the SANWA Parts were purchased from http://www.etokki.com

I have to give a huge shout out to K1TSCHY ( http://www.youtube.com/user/K1TSCHY ). A lot of this information I got from his awesome videos, so definitely go give his page a look.

And last but not least http://www.shoryuken.com was a great help with information a lot of really helpful people over there so go give them a visit too.

Category:

Gaming

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• Mayflash
• Arcade
• Stick
• Mod
• Super
• Street
• Fighter
• Shoryuken
• PS3
• PC
• SANWA
• consoles
• howto
• video game
• diy

[raff2112]

why would u change the buttons i wouldnt change them until they are not responding/ worn out anymore

[Vareous]

@raff2112 by that logic, why mod the stick at all? People want to mod their sticks to get rid of the shitty default parts that are un-responsive and break on a whim. They want to use the best available parts, you only have to use sanwa or seimitsu parts once to realize how much better they are than all the stock rubbish that most cheap arcade sticks have in them these days. To answer your question directly you replace the buttons because they are shit and the sanwa ones are good

[coruptgovt]

couldn't you just use the default button wires, cut the ends near the button, but leave them attached to the PCB? Then you could just attach quick disconnects and put them on the new buttons? Also if you have the 5-pin cable for the JLF, can't you just twist those wires to the default wires, and maybe wrap them with electrical tape? I'm trying to avoid soldering the board if possible.

[Vareous]

@coruptgovt

I don't know if you actually watched the video or not but there are no "default button wires" on the mayflash. There is a pressure pad that is soldered directly to the PCB the default buttons are not connected in any way they just have little rubber things that when pushed down make contact with the pressure pad to send a signal to the PCB. So the short answer is no you can't and if your serious about modding your stick I would strongly recommend soldering.

[Vareous]

now to answer you question about the 5-pin connector, you might be able to get it to work that way if you merge all your ground wires into 1 wire and then putting all the other wires on their respective pins. Im going to have to say however that to do this you will NEED to solder the wires, twisting them together and wrapping them in electrical tape just wont be good enough im sorry. Soldering is easy once you get the hang of it and it would be really hard to wreck anything using solder.

[Voltan]

I'm thinking of buying this for my PS2, but do I HAVE to soldier it?

[Vareous]

@Voltan

if you want to mod it with new parts then yes soldering is required. If you just want to use the stock buttons and joystick then you don't have to solder anything you can just plug it in and play

[uglymug211]

Hey man, I just modded my Mayflash following your tutorial. Works perfectly now with full Sanwa buttons and a JLF-TP (the TM was out of stock where I ordered my parts so I had to do all that soldering for the stick which wasn't pretty).

Thanks for the tutorial!

[Raffael900me]

is the sanwa joystick less loose than the mayflash 1? becuae the mayflash 1 has 2 move too much to respond or is there a way to tighten joysticks

[knaagi]

@Vareous The annoying noise/loudness and feel of the stock buttons are reason enough :) But the stick is not too bad.

[jedigamerninja]

Hey I bought the same stick not too long ago, can you maybe list all the tools and parts I need to mod it the same way as yours? Thanks.

[ericohman]

Great series of videos! I'm gonna do this, first arcade controller. But I know nothing about stick design, do you know which types of stick is good for shoot em up games like gradius v on ps2? I'm thinkingof restrictors, circular, octagon or square?

[raff2112]

i just got this arcade stick im not too imhappy with the buttons but i dont like the stick its loose and not so responsive i need a better stick any suggestions for a good 1 for a low price? or are all sanwa stuff only sets of buttons and stick?