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PL1:
If you prefer the bank-of-buttons approach, there are a variety of choices available here.

http://www.surplussales.com/Switches/SWPushB-2.html


Scott
Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: PL1 on October 21, 2014, 11:39:37 pm ---If you prefer the bank-of-buttons approach, there are a variety of choices available here.

http://www.surplussales.com/Switches/SWPushB-2.html


Scott

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That's where I got my cheap sets to play around with when I was feeling out how I wanted to do the NRFT (RIP).  I bought several of the $3 four button sets two years ago.  Vendor was reliable at least, I think some of the stocks on that stuff are very limited, others not so much.  I might go with $25 15 button bank as they are all linked.  Would be pretty easy to hack it down to fewer but I think 15 is a nice number of games.  The mil spec 9 back is sweet but it it's $75 and also isn't linked which creates issues with multiple inputs pressed at once. 


--- Quote from: Generic Eric on October 21, 2014, 06:43:59 pm ---Is this stemmed from that boombox thread awhile back by any chance?

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Not really, I first had the idea to use a ganged bank of switches as a unique way to do a shifter for driving games.  Didn't go anywhere but the idea to use them was now floating into the back of my head.  That bumped into this other idea I had to do very small silver raised relief space man spiff and aliens whenever whoever was thinking of doing a Spiff bartop, then both of those collided with a way to really idiot proof my builds as the longer I'm doing this the more I'm becoming convinced that even simple menus are beyond the grokking of most folks out there.
Le Chuck:
Side topic to roll while we're doing this:

What would be your list of games?  Remember to taylor it to a dedicated CP of some sort, this isn't the type of thing you'd frankenpanel imo (or at least obviously frankenpanel ;) ).
 
brihyn:
It would have to be some of the most classic games, and something like this makes me think of space-based games
Space Invaders, Defender, Galaga, Gyruss
Le Chuck:
I think what I would really like to see would be 10 gang linked set of toggle switches.  Don't think I've ever seen linked toggle switches tho (when one goes up another goes down) but that would be awesome.  You could do it with toggles without having them linked, you just have to get the script to listen for the most recent input and ignore all others, that or just do it with momentary toggles.  That would be easy.  A row of little silver toggles with custom raised relief chromed character icons above each one.  Could be cool.   

I might do that on Starfighter and just lose the FE entirely.  Seems like a row of black toggle switches would be right at home on the console.
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