Hi everyone,
I have been a big fan of arcade games my whole life and just recently decided to start my own project building a full size cabinet, based on a rasperry pi3 System. The game I spent all my allowance on back in the days, was caliber 50 and therefore I have to have it on that System. I am fairly new to all the technical terms but am not a complete newby when it comes to computers.
Anyway, caliber 50 used a rotary joystick and acording to my research was one of the only games using an optical encoder attached to the stick. So I researched Rotary Joysticks a little and found the HAPP optical Rotary Joystick being the perfect match for what I need. I read in a nother topic in this forum that the optical Rotary sticks are basically acting like a mouse on a computer. The stick rotates without any boundaries as in comparison to a mechanical Rotary, where every Position snaps into place. I remember when playing it in the arcade, the joystick clicking in place when rotating it, thus I am a little confused, which Joystick was really used on the original arcade systems.
Does anyone in here have any experince with that type joystick in combination with a rasperry pi3 and caliber 50 in particular?
Any input is highly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!