Asciiware Arcade Stick (SLEH-0002) for Playstation 1
Acquired PS1 arcade stick some time ago and decided to post the disassembly pictures in case somebody finds them helpful. The unit itself. Quite nicely modeled after the original PS1. Quality plastic. Does not feel cheap. Backside of the unit. Made out of 1 mm thick steel. Adds nice weight to the unit. Four rubber pads and under two of those are screws. Total of six screws hold the back plate. All the screws are the same size. Main PCB is held in place with plastic piece which also acts as cable retention and reinforces the button area of the PCB. The structure is held in place with two screws. Main PCB with the plastic support removed. It is still held down with two screws. After removing those you can lift up the PCB carefully. Do not snap any wires. Top side of the PCB. Quite normal arrangement of contact points for rubber domes. The top part holds the contact points for the turbo sliders. Rubber domes for the action buttons. They do feel kind of flimsy. The tur