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Building my own star wars yoke
PL1:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on May 02, 2012, 10:13:29 pm --- I know that the S.T.U.N runners can be modified to two axis very easily but I don't know about the road blasters. I thought the handles were fixed on those so you'd have to redo the axel area completely. Do you have any pics with the cover off?
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Handles on Road Blasters are definitely fixed and not easily converted.
Page 44 has the Parts breakdown.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/R/Road%20BlastersReduced.pdf
Looks like the handles, switches, triggers, stop bumpers, and some other parts are the same as a SW yoke, but with the y-axis fixed and the x-axis using an optical encoder, converting this is WAY more effort than it is worth.
Here are the controllers that are compatible or can be easily converted AFAIK:
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Firefox
Hydra
Lock-On
Turbo Sub
S.T.U.N. Runner - Remove one plate add two thumb buttons. See page 32 for parts breakdown http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/S/StunRunner.pdf Happ sells the thumb buttons and handle parts.
Scott
Paul Olson:
--- Quote from: tommyinajar on May 02, 2012, 10:08:19 pm ---Not thread jumping per say, can you modify a "1 axis" (IE Road Blasters) to 2 axis easily or are some of the parts even interchangeable?
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Roadblasters is optical instead of analog, so that probably wouldn't be a good choice. It would be easier to rebuild a trashed SW yoke than try to convert the RB one I think.
tommyinajar:
I was just curious because they look identical on the outside. I was hoping it might be a (cheaper) source for parts.
Gray_Area:
--- Quote from: PL1 on April 30, 2012, 12:31:25 pm ---A USB adapter is available at http://www.thisoldgame.com/products/usb-adaptor-for-atari-yoke-controller. (They also have replacement yoke overlays.)
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Actually, it's here:
http://www.thisoldgame.com/categories/hardware
PL1:
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on May 08, 2012, 02:04:05 am ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on April 30, 2012, 12:31:25 pm ---A USB adapter is available at http://www.thisoldgame.com/products/usb-adaptor-for-atari-yoke-controller. (They also have replacement yoke overlays.)
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Actually, it's here:
http://www.thisoldgame.com/categories/hardware
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Thanks, fixed original post. (Period was included on end of URL.)