Where this build gets interesting is the buttons and joystick: after what we’re sure was a crazy amount of googling, [diygizmo] found something that looks like a normal arcade joystick ...

[Rodrigo] writes in to show off his project to add some flair to the lighted buttons on his arcade controller. (Google Translate) The wiring for this project is about as easy as you’d expect ...

The 8BitDo Arcade Stick has a fairly self-explanatory name, with a large joystick and eight physical buttons inspired by arcade machines, and it's compatible with the Nintendo Switch and Windows PCs.