8-Way Joy Switches - How Many?

[Oldskool]

Does an 8-way joy have 8 switches, or does it work using AND logic?

IE: Up AND left = Diagonal

I'm trying to figure out which I-PAC to buy, so I'm counting my inputs

[Tiger-Heli]

Does an 8-way joy have 8 switches, or does it work using AND logic?

IE: Up AND left = Diagonal

I'm trying to figure out which I-PAC to buy, so I'm counting my inputs

It only has 4 microswitches, so 4 inputs per encoder.

See http://www.fraggersxtreme.com/arcadepanels/encoder/index.htm for a comparison of encoders, along with info on number of inputs, for example, you only need 4 buttons for Players 3 and 4, for Arcade games.  (Console emu's are a different story.

[Tiger-Heli]

Just realized you're also the 3-joystick guy.

Remember you can wire the 4-way joy to the same inputs as the Left 8-way, saving you 4-inputs.  (At the expense that bumping the wrong stick will mess up your game.)

[Oldskool]

Just realized you're also the 3-joystick guy.

Thanks for the reply Tiger.

Yes, I'm the three joy guy, but I'm now considering keeping it to two, to prevent CP clutter.

You can easily operate a joy that's slightly off center for single player games, without the need for a dedicated stick.

It looks like I'll be able to get by with the smaller I-PAC.

Cheers.

[Tiger-Heli]

>Yes, I'm the three joy guy, but I'm now considering >keeping it to two, to prevent CP clutter.
>You can easily operate a joy that's slightly off center >for single player games, without the need for a >dedicated stick.

Yeah, that's what I was getting at in my reply in your other thread.

>It looks like I'll be able to get by with the smaller I-PAC.

There's also the KeyWiz from www.groovygamegear.com

>Cheers.

But Cheers is a pretty European sign-off, so maybe the reason for the Ultimarc leaning.

No worries

(and no, I'm not for Ozland).