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Dekelia:
I saw this a little while ago.  I am already planning on pulling apart my 2 player X-Arcade to do exactly this, so I may just buy this kit and leave the x-arcade the way it is to pull out for 4 player games.

I think it is absolutely genious and I don't know why anyone wouldn't do this for any 2 player cab.  The ability to add ANY console (which have some great arcade style games) for a meager $20 is just fantasty flexibility.
zaphod:
They used to sell this a while ago but pulled it from their store for some reason.  They wisely have chosen to reintroduce it.  My opinion is that is offers another alternative that, while definately not for everyone,  will satisfy some people's requirements.  I get questions sent to me on a somewhat frequent basis about person's wanting to build controllers that hooked to the PC and could be, easily, used with a DC, PS2, or Xbox.  Those persons would be the market.

As far as the X-arcade's encoder being buggy, I never once had a problem in the six months I used mine, and it saw a ton of gameplay.  Once I built my custom CP and used Andy's product, I could tell there was a definate difference in response (the I-pac being superior, obviously), but I don't consider the X-arcade's encoder crap by any stretch.  
Hoagie_one:
its brilliant, in so far as it is the only good alternative for the console solution.

now with competition, prices may drop.

imagine if Randy or Andy got in on this action?
rchadd:
i think an xbox adaptor for the ipac is in the pipeline
MameMaster!:
....you know I have no idea what some people feel is bad with the encoder. I admit, I've never taken my XArcade apart to use the encoder on it's own...but factory "fresh" from XArcade...I've never once had a problem with either of my two solo's. They have worked perfectly every time with the PC or a console.

What sort of issues have some of you had? Are you talking about using the encoder on it's own? (ex. taking apart the XArcade for parts). Considering that the XArcade was never meant to be taken apart to be used for parts I would imagine that if there are encoder issues...could it be "operator error" and not a problem w/the encoder?

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