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Interesting Joystick in the TVGames Ms. Pac Collection
MinerAl:
I just got my Namco Collection II (Ms. Pac, Galaga, Xevious, Mappy and Pole Position) TV Game.
The joystick is an 8 way (or feels like one anyway) which makes it less than perfect for Ms. Pacman, but it's not as bad as when I've accidentally left my T-Sticks in 8 way on my cab.
Anyway, the other interesting thing about the joystick is that is a self centering ~180 degree pot/spinner too.
I couldn't get pole position to work at first because I was trying to get the car to turn by moving the joystick left/right. I thought I'd gotten a broken game, but upon reading the directions (the horror) I found that you could twist the top of the joystick to turn the car!
I'd already taken it apart and put it back together (what? like you don't immediately dismantle every toy you get?) and it looks like the joystick would be fairly easy to remove...
I wonder how long until these get hacked for a cab :)
crashwg:
Post some pics of the inside please.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: MinerAl on July 06, 2004, 02:12:15 pm ---Anyway, the other interesting thing about the joystick is that is a self centering ~180 degree pot/spinner too.
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So did it use a pot or optics?
Sounds like it would be pretty good for Xybots...
RayB:
--- Quote from: MinerAl on July 06, 2004, 02:12:15 pm ---I just got my Namco Collection II (Ms. Pac, Galaga, Xevious, Mappy and Pole Position) TV Game.
I wonder how long until these get hacked for a cab :)
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I've got news for you. It already HAS:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=6106512803&rd=1
This "cab" (if you can call this ugly wood box a cab) is exactly that. A Namco TV game in a box with a small TV. I emailed the guy asking him, and he readily admitted to me it was the Namco tv toy.
~Ray
MinerAl:
It feels and acts like a pot. I didn't take it that far apart.
There have been some fairly convincing cabinets that used the Namco Collection 1 (Pac Man, Galaxian, Rally X, Dig Dug, and Bosconian). Some even used arcade joys and buttons. I don't have any example links handy, but I remember seeing them here or in the project announcement forum.
I was thinking of using just the joystick part without the rest of the mini-console.
What games would this be good for besides drivers?