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| megashock5:
Okay, I had a weird idea about my control panel (haven't even started yet). The idea is to put USB extension cords from the USB ports on the computer to the front of the control panel box - so that USB gamepads could be plugged into the front in case you felt like playing old SNES games with the type of pad they used to use. Any thoughts on this? |
| Onji:
Thats great! I have been thinking and thinking of a way to make it where i can use all of the original controls for nes, snes, gen etc without a big wire mess, plugging the controllers in when you want wouldnt be that big of a deal! Now the main question is, when you unplug one controller and plug in another, will you loose all of your button configuration in windows? Or will it 'remember' it for next time? |
| patrickl:
I have seen several examples of people who actually did that. |
| Onji:
I need to go through all of the examples again. Although this method wouldnt be as convienent as just picking up a controler and playing, but i really cant think of a 'clean' way to do it. I was thinking, maybe some kind of retractable cord system, where the controller would be mounted on the bottom or your CP, or on the side of your cab, grab the controller, pull your desired length of cable, and it would lock in place, then when your finished playing, flip the locking mechanism and it would retract the cable and controller back to its resting place. Thats ALL i could some up with, sounds like a nightmare to get going though. I'd like to hear from anyone who has done anything similar for their cabs just to get some ideas. That would be great. Thanks |
| megashock5:
Good questions - I don't even know if this would work, just a thought I had. I haven't started my cab, and I've never done any more with emulation than messing around with a few games using the keyboard. So I don't know if this would somehow conflict with the arcade controls or mess up any settings in the emulators. |
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