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Paradise's Arcade Controller to USB - Any good?

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IG-88:
Did you ever get one of these? How did it work?

DeLuSioNal29:
Actually, no I didn't.  I chose this one instead:  Awecades Arcade32 Interface Controller (DELUXE VERSION)



It has a trackball/spinner interface built in too.  An all in one solution.  And not bad for a mere $34.99.  Plus the guy that makes it lives within 2 miles of me.  :)

I'll have a review of it once I have time to install it and such.  Not sure if I'm going to use it on my vertical build (no trackball on that machine), but I may use it for my next Horizontal machine I'm also working on.

Stay tuned.

DeLuSioNaL29

IG-88:
Hey that does look like a good deal. I may have to try one of those out. But if memory serves these were the guys I bought a Atari USB joystick from and it took over a year to get it. Makes me a little leery.....

Have you tried any joypad hacks lately?

DeLuSioNal29:
It was probably because of the IC chip shortage from Atmel.  So it's the supplier, not him.  It's still out of stock there.  However, it says he has over 400 of these in stock.  I'll ask him when I see him.

D

taylormadelv:
I just got one for an upcoming project. It is not installed yet. Lots of wires to deal with!
It's a joypad/joystick controller, not a keyboard encoder. I had to plug it in and play with mame tab settings to figure this out for myself. This could affect your desion to buy it if you plan on using a mala FE. mala seems to prefer keyboard controls for certain things...
It's nice to have all the wires precrimped and the grounds daisy chained. No stripping and crimping!
The PCB is tiny and can be hidden almost anywhere inside a cabinet or under a CP. I am a bit confused about what inputs are what and the info sheet that came with it also confused me a bit. But it does work without any issues so far. Beats the ipac price by alot if you add in international shipping and the extra CC international CC charge.
IMO the ipac is still the king of controllers. All the shift commands are standard out of the box. I also like how the inputs on  the ipac pcb are labeled so there's no guesswork on an ipac. It will take lots of programming to emulate the shift controls in mame on this thing but it can be done.

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