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First MAME cabinet - Classics themed, need help with lots of stuff
ghettodish:
Check out the Mag-Stik plus from Ultimarc...and the ball-top option. It's 4/8 way switchable by lifting and turning.
Spinners and Trackballs are seen by the computer as a mouse. They come with leads for the left, right, and center buttons. Those buttons can be assigned to anything on your control panel without going to the keyboard interface (ipac, etc)
Are you gonna have a coin door? you can put the Admin buttons behind it to save some real estate on the control panel
levip7:
I think I will go with the mag-stick plus joysticks along with the True-leaf 4 way after looking.
I will probably not get a coin door, or if I do it will be later on as a cosmetic addition, so I will have to plan on not having it for the admin buttons.
I hadnt looked at the interfaces for the spinner and trackball yet, are you saying that I can directly plug them in separately to usb ports on the computer? I will probably just get an ultimarc spinner now and a trackball in the future after this thing is working on everything else.
ghettodish:
Yeah, they plug into USB. If you play Discs of Tron you will need a push-pull type spinner like this one:
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=311
Besides spinning it goes up and down, too.
levip7:
That thing looks nice but expensive. I would like to play discs of tron like it is supposed to be played, but I dont plan on having a 4th joystick with a button, so I will probably just go with the ultimarc spinner. If I change my mind that one looks like the best option.