Wanted new/used rotary joystick and spinner setup.
Looking for a both or either and whatever I need to make them work on PC.
Spinners:If you're buying new, it's hard to beat the
TT2 spinner from GGG, but the
SpinTrak from Ultimarc comes very close.
If you buy a used arcade spinner, you'll need an
optical (mouse) encoder like one of these to translate the quadrature waveforms to mouse movements.
-
OptiWiz from GGG
- StefanBurger's
Illuminated Arcade Spinner firmware on an Arduino. (the firmware is on the linked Thingiverse page)
Rotary Joysticks:There are two basic types of rotary joystick:
1. Mechanical Rotary -- the "clicky" 12 steps per rotation type used in Ikari Warriors and the majority of other rotary joystick games.
Happ P/N 50-5618-00 available at
arcadeemulator.net.
You will also need a
rotary encoder to translate changes in the rotary switch position into keystrokes.
- KADE miniArcade (if you find the old Minimus board) or KADE
miniArcade 2.0 (works with a wide variety of 32u4 AVR boards)
-
GP-Wiz40 by GGG
-
Rotary Joystick Interface by Ultimarc (only handles the rotary function, expensive and non-programmable, but it is plug-and-play easy)
Mechanical rotary stick settings from the
wiki.
MAME Settings for Mechanical Rotary Joysticks
For mechanical rotary games:
Input (this Game) menu
Positional Analog to none
Analog Control menu
Positional Digital Speed = 0
Positional Sensitivity = 100
For optical rotary games:
Input (this Game) menu
Dial Analog to none
Analog Control menu
Dial Digital Speed = double the default value
Dial Sensitivity = default value
2. Optical Rotary -- the "non-clicky" 24 steps per rotation type used in only 4 games.
Caliber .50
Exterminator
Touchdown Fever
Touchdown Fever II
Happ P/N 50-5619-00 available at
arcadeemulator.net.
You can use a separate axis on the spinner's optical (mouse) encoder. (i.e. spinner on X-axis, rotary joy on Y-axis)
Scott