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3 joysticks - Need experienced help here
MameMe:
What I want to do
Create a control panel with 3 joysticks. The two joysticks on either ends I want will be 8-ways with 6 buttons each for the fighter type games. The joystick in the middle I want is a 4-way dedicated for games like Pac Man and having NO buttons (unless I need one or two).
Question from experienced group
1) Is this possible to configure?
2) If it IS possible, what kind of special control panel wiring will I have to do so that when I want to play Pac Man I can simply grab that middle 4-way and start playing? Do I wire 2 of the joysticks to the same connection? One 8-way & the 4-way to the same connector on the I-Pac? I plan on using an I-Pac by the way.
3) Has anyone done this before? Please show me with pictures if possible because I've a visual guy, how you did this. Plus I've been planning for a month or so now and still second guessing my ideas.
4) Is this a dumb idea? I thought of this idea because I'd hate to play Pac Man off to one side, hence the middle 4-way in the center of the control panel.
Knievel:
Yup that's how it's done. The 4-way and the P1 8-way are wired to the same connection or just daisy-chained together.
Then you can just grab the right one depending on the game.
You'll find most mame CP's have a 8-way on either side, trackball in the center with a 4-way and spinner above it
Apollo:
Yes exactly my first CP layout, although you will probably want at least a couple of buttons for the 4 way.
Just wire up the 4 way stick and buttons to the same terminals that the 8 way stick and buttons are wired to. Easy peasy.
Check mine out
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=12212;start=msg95105#msg95105
GGKoul:
Why don't you get a 4/8 way joystick?
MameMe:
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Like I mentioned I don't want to be off to one side when playing Pac Man. It would be much better to be standing straight in front of the game since its a "one-player at a time" game anyways.
--- Quote ---Yes exactly my first CP layout, although you will probably want at least a couple of buttons for the 4 way.
Just wire up the 4 way stick and buttons to the same terminals that the 8 way stick and buttons are wired to. Easy peasy.
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Apollo, that is pretty much exactly what I had in mind. Thank you very much for the picture. Do you have a T-Stick PLUS in the middle? What are your joysticks on the ends?