PS4+ Audio Fighting Board

I installed this board in an Original MadCatz Street Fighter Tournament Edition PS3 Fightstick which was originally advertised as PC compatible. However, the fightstick would only work on motherboards with a VIA chipset for the USB, so I ended up having to buy a PCI usb expander with a VIA chipset. This was never really how I wanted to use the stick since it would only work on my PS3 and the single PC I bought the PCI expander for. I always wanted to just wanted to use the fight stick as a plug and play device on any PC or console I used it on. I read about the Brook board years ago and was a little concerned about losing some of the functionality of the fightstick (LED lights and home button), but I found an excellent online tutorial on how to install it in the Madcatz fightstick without losing this functionality. I finally got around to purchasing the Brook board this year and now that I have it installed, I wish I would have done it sooner. Installation was very straight forward. In fact, despite all the wires that need to be screwed down, it is deceptively simple since the order of the brook screwdowns virtually mirror the order of the fightstick. Because I wanted to have the LED, home, and turbo button functionality, I had to do some soldering, but if you're building a fight stick from scratch or are replacing a board in an older fightstick like me and don't care about the LED or other buttons, you can install this board in probably less than 1/2 hour. The board may look a little intimidating at first but just take your time and familiarize yourself with what each terminal does and you will see it is much easier that it appears. There is very little documentation with the board, but there are excellent tutorials in forums and on youtube. The only complaint that I have is that the board outline which is on their website is not updated to reflect the layout of the current board, so a few of the inputs are in the wrong place on the diagram on the website; however, if you look carefully you can see where they moved the pinouts. Other than that it works exactly as it says, and now my fight stick is truly plug and play. If I were to do it again, I would have purchased the Universal fightboard for more compatibility. But I mostly play on the PC, so for now it does everything I need it to do and more.

This was my first time building a fightstick from the ground up. I've modded them before, but never bought each piece individually and put it all together. It was incredibly rewarding to plug it into my PC, fire up MAME, and proceed to play Super Turbo! Also worked great on my Rasberry Pi with RetroPie. I also tested it with my PS4 with no problems! I gotta say I can get behind this PCB. Wiring was very simple, especially because the board labels where all the wires should go. I haven't tested the audio jack, but I will update the review once I do. This PCB coming with the Neutrik port also made it very simple to plug in a micro usb and start playing! A few friends want me to build them a fightstick now, and this is going to be the board I use. 5 Stars! Great Product! ***UPDATE The audio jack works perfectly! Still very happy with this. Ordered a 2nd one for another fightstick. ***UPDATE I received my 2nd Brook Fighting Board and installed it. This one I decided to tinker around a little more with it. I was able to perfectly solder some LEDs I got on Amazon also and create a masterpiece that all my fighting game friends are jealous of! In case you are interested in doing that, on J4 use pins 19(5v) and 17(ground), or 20(5v) and 18(ground).

I put a PC in my vewlix Cab, since I won't be using the Stock Cables, I wired the buttons to this brook board and connected it to my PC, everything worked out of the gate. Great stuff, no lag either!

Bought this for my Raspberry Pi 3 and 4. Works great with it. No issues with set up. Input lag is much better compared to the cheap encoder boards I replaced. Also tested on my PS4, and no issues with that as well.

Works great. For a first-timer it was a bit daunting but I bought an enclosure kit and that made things easier. Definitely recommend the harness kit for wiring ease. The breakout board worked great as well. I will update my review when I check the audio feature.

It works!!! Wanted to play some SF and KOF on PC. I thought that my old PS3 SF4 Tournament Edition joystick would be plug and play. One could only hope but NOPE. After spending hours digging through my storage to find this out sucked. Luckily I was able to find this board and with the help of Youtube. I now have a working arcade stick!!! Worth every penny.

Responsiveness is on point. Tekken7. UPDATE: Board stops working in the middle of fights intermittently now. Gonna see if they will fix under warranty. UPDATE+: Support responded right away. Hi Web3media, Yes, since Sony updated the system to V5.5, there’s disconnection problem. Please be informed that we are now working on solution, we will release an update soon to fix the problem, thanks.

Remember to swap the jumper if you go to a sticklers setup if you want the SOCD cleaning. Easy enough to get hooked up on the mounting points of your box. I would suggest getting a wiring harness for your buttons though. Works great on my Windows 10 machine.

Board wurde auf Firmware 1.9 geupdatet und wurd vom PC als XBox One Controller erkannt und Playstation 4 und 5 erkennen meine Hitbox ohne Probleme. Verkabelung manuell durchgeführt, es gibt aber fertige Kabelbäume für Sticks oder Hitboxes (wenn keine Materialien bereits vorhanden, sind die fertigen Bäume definitiv günstiger) welche ein Plug and Play ermöglichen. Das Breakout Board kann genutzt werden, muss aber nicht sein, weil ein USB Anschluss direkt am Board vorhanden ist. Man muss das Board auch nicht komplett verkabeln. Bei mir fehlen z.B. die Player LED, Touchpad und der Switch für die Thumbstick Umschaltung. Man kann dennoch die Thumbsticks on the Go wechseln, für Left Stick Start und Select plus linke Taste drücken für 3 Sekunden, die anderen Buttons einfach mit down oder rechts. Das einzige was mich gestört hat war das Breakout Board und der Abstand der Bohrlöcher. Die sind ein wenig knapp bemessen, sodass die Anbringung ein wenig knifflig war. Ansonsten sind bei mir Sanwa Buttons mit Schraubverschluss verbaut und die Systemtasten sind Noname. Gehäuse ist von Obi und hat mir viel Arbeit und Zeit gespart. Das einzige was ich nicht probiert habe ist der Köpfhörer Eingang. Nach über 100 Stunden in Tekken 7 mit der Hitbox sind keine Probleme entstanden. Es gibt auch kein delay oder aussetzer, funktioniert einfach perfekt. Andere Boards die ich mal in der Vergangenheit probiert habe nahmen entweder Buttons nicht an oder hatten delays oder mehrere gleichzeitige Eingaben wurden nicht angenommen. Klare Kaufempfehlung für jemanden der eine eigene Box zusammenbasteln möchte.

Excelente producto! Llegó super rápido y me satisfizo por completo. Saludos de parte de su amiko LCD - Dragón, de La Cueva del Dragón 🐉

Works really well, two different modes of SOCD cleaning, left + right = last pressed, and left + right = neutral. Played GG Strive on PC with this for a long time. Definitely worth it. Impossible to upgrade the firmware though, seems like a common problem with Brook boards. Doesn't really need the upgrade though, everything just works.

Il montaggio di questa PCB diventa estremamente facile se, oltre ad essa, vengono acquistati anche i connettori consigliati. Rendere un Fightstick Xbox funzionante per la PS4 mi ha portato via soltanto 5 minuti. La scheda PCB può inoltre essere compatibile per PS5 con un semplice upgrade venduto separatamente (anche se gran parte dei giochi picchiaduro su PlayStation 5 non necessitano di questa aggiunta). Super consigliata

Bonjour, J'ai un problème avec la partie audio, lorsque je la branche je dois avoir un faux contact qui allume et éteint la PCB de manière intempestive. Le problème n’existe pas lorsque je ne branche pas la partie Audio Support. Le produit est garanti? Si oui, comment procéder au remplacement de celui ci? Merci