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Simplest and cheapest wat to get A "Pole Position" to play "Pole Position"?

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baritonomarchetto:
Pole position is an optical wheel game (free spinning) and I think you have no choices but to live with that (you don't want to renounce to play pp in a pp cabinet).
Dealing with optical wheels is a little more complex than with potentiometers (forget a joyhack, as a start) but converting optical wheel cabinets is absolutely doable. Some time ago (time passes too fast!) I helped a friend of mine in a similar project (https://coinoparena.forumfree.it/m/?t=78515848).
If you where located in Italy I could have been of more help

pbj:
https://www.arcadeshop.com/i/1758/pi-position-multigame-kit.htm

baritonomarchetto:
That kit is ridiculousy expensive (and empty), but could work

pbj:
I mean, if you wanna jump in a dumpster, fish out a 486, and rig up a mouse wheel like it's 2001, be my guest.  Been there, done that.



 :dunno

Xiaou2:
Personally, I prefer most Optical 360 degree racing games,  over pot based 270 racers.

- Sprint
- Super Sprint
- Championship Sprint
- Turbo (Fantastically fun, and challenging)
- TX-1  (the sound quality is not as good as PP... but the gameplay and overall graphics are superior, IMO)
- TX-1 v2  (Hopefully Mame will get this version added soon)
- Buggy Boy
- Indy Heat
- Demolition Derby
- Firetruck
- Hot Rod
- Super Off-Road
- Night Driver
- Pole Position I & II
- Redline Racer
- Stocker
- Super Monaco GP
- Hard and Race Drivin  (used a special  "10 turn pot",  but probably works fine with a spinner / wheel)
- Road Blasters  (Used optical wheel, but with return spring.  Not sure how well it plays without the return)
- APB

 And many more.   Sadly, it seems difficult to find out which games used what... due to the fact that Mame frontends
tend to Group Optical controls with Pot Controls.  = [

 And while there are Control panel pics of the FRONT of the panels... there are no collections of the Control panels from the REAR,
to be able to see what the original controllers were.

 Nor is there proper Controller Documentation... which is Equally important as the game itself.  With such data, someone could potentially
use a 3D Printer to make Original Controls.  Or at very least, had the proper Specs to be able to build / machine them.


 You can also use the Optical Wheel, to play Spinner games... like Tempest, or "Kick".

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