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I Created a pretty realistic 720 Controller
fischb:
I watched this video and it gave me an idea.
I took a spinner from my panel that has a 5 inch steering wheel attachment. I found some old arcade joystick parts and drilled an angled hole in which to insert the joystick and now I have a reproduction of the 720 controller. I wonder what other games can use this type of controller.
Note: I free-handed the drill hole but it came out pretty close to the real one. This is for the arcade game 720 played in MAME
Nephasth:
Nailed it!
pixel:
Not bad Fischb.
From looking at the original assembly... it appears that the Top of the Ball, would travel in about a 3" to 4" Diameter circle.
Your adaptation appears to be more like 7 to 8 inches in diameter.
As a result... this will make it very difficult to pull off quick 360 degree movements, as your hand would have
to travel much much further, to get the same result.
processedmeat:
Did you have issues with the spinner not lining up with the direction of the skater after a while like the guy did in his video? If so how did you solve it? Thanks
pbj:
Hm. There's some potential here.