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cheap Paddle for Warlords 4 Player Controlpanel
scorp.ius:
Hi!
Ich would like to build a 4 Player CP für Warlords (emulated in MAME). All i can see here in the shops are 90€ spinner. too much money - 360€ plus shipping just für the Controls :P
it should work with some kind of potentiometer, right? Or something else?
paigeoliver:
They are indeed potentiometers and not optical like most spinners.
The cheap part is the hard part, because a potentiometer of high enough quality to use in a paddle controller will run 15-20 euros each. That cost keep shoving the restoration of my 4 player William's Pro Tennis (Pong) to the back of the line because I don't want to drop $100 on rebuilding the paddles when it will probably won't even see another 50 plays over the next 20 years.
ChadTower:
How about hacking a couple sets of Atari 2600 paddles? It's not like you are building a machine to live on location.
scorp.ius:
really 15-20? wow ;) but better than those 90€ spinners I saw - which are not even adequate for this type of game as you said ;)
but: what type of pots are right and how would I connect them with a windows PC?
PL1:
You can use an A-Pac to connect up to 4 pots and many buttons.
With the A-Pac you can use a range of pots. An extended life version like this or similar is preferred.
There are threads here and here with related info.
Scott