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danr4483:


--- Quote from: javeryh on February 12, 2010, 11:31:28 am ---You could try MAWS (the site) or ROMlister (the program) and sort by 4-way games.  A 4-way vertical cab with one button plays about 30 games.  I'm not sure how many more the second button would give you but probably enough to justify it.   :cheers:

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I'm not sure how many it will add...but I know it's needed for The Glob!  :lol


Anybody have any insight on the wire/wire connectors though?

Lilwolf:

I would go with the new mspacman 4 way joystick myself.  best new 4way imho.

look at www.therealbobroberts.com... but a good vertical 4way only classic would be great!

what size cab are you building?  I'm curious if you should consider going with a hotswap control panel... so if you want to add an 8way (or a button only control panel for asteroids ect)... you can... easy cheap way to do it is buy some 3 foot 25pin male-female cables (about 3 bucks each) and you cut them in 1/2... use half on the control panel... 1/2 to the encoder... and you can now unplug everything and later buy some 25 pin m/m... cut in 1/2 and you can make 2 more control panels..

I love ipacs... I also own a few keywiz's... also great... cheaper... only issue is you can't configure them, and have them keep the configuration on a reboot.... I always thought it was very important.... but it ends up that I don't need it after doing the right cabling.

make sure you get quick disconnects for cabling.  very worth it in the long run.

Buy good wire... make sure its NOT solid core... makes cabling a pain... and any small move and the connections break...  (the 25pin serial cables mention above works... but they are thin.


All I can think of at the moment...

good luck













Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: Lilwolf on February 12, 2010, 11:39:26 am ---I would go with the new mspacman 4 way joystick myself.  best new 4way imho.

look at www.therealbobroberts.com... but a good vertical 4way only classic would be great!

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.NET, not .COM
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/

I like the Tornado Terry's version with wood or metal mounting options
http://cgi.ebay.com/HAPP-MS-PAC-MAN-ARCADE-BALL-TOP-JOYSTICK-JAMMA-MAME-TM_W0QQitemZ260470226771QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca53c3f53

danr4483:


--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on February 12, 2010, 11:41:46 am ---
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on February 12, 2010, 11:39:26 am ---I would go with the new mspacman 4 way joystick myself.  best new 4way imho.

look at www.therealbobroberts.com... but a good vertical 4way only classic would be great!

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.NET, not .COM
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/

I like the Tornado Terry's version with wood or metal mounting options
http://cgi.ebay.com/HAPP-MS-PAC-MAN-ARCADE-BALL-TOP-JOYSTICK-JAMMA-MAME-TM_W0QQitemZ260470226771QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca53c3f53

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Thank you for the link, I think I'll order the joystick this weekend!  I've been thinking about the wiring and getting the coin mech to register the coins as a keystroke.  One thing I wasn't sure of, do I absolutely HAVE to power the coin mech for it to work, or can I skip the lights on the coin mech and just have it register the stroke as a quarter passes through (just like a button)?

javeryh:

You don't have to power the coin door.  There is a microswitch that gets activated by the quarter as it falls into the box.  You wire it up just like any other button.

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