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Shape D.:
you can get the tron replica at oscarcontrols.com
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: eyal8r on November 23, 2004, 05:00:29 pm ---Hmmm- so, throw a few extra buttons on the backsplash for the admin functions- which is what I am planning on doing. Esc, Pause, Quit, etc. Anything else?

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Escape is Quit, I think  ???

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I plan on using the IPAC4 for the encoder- sound about right for my setup?

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Yep

--- Quote ---The TB will run as the mouse, right?

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Yep

--- Quote ---RE: Tron- is it possible to get the same type of spinner- ie- does someone produce one that works the same?

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www.oscarcontrols.com sells the DOT spinner for about $110 last I checked.

--- Quote ---What joysticks, other than the $110 from Happs, will work in its place as well? Any other flight sticks worth getting that have the same trigger/thumb buttons?

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specialtyplastics (link in RandyT's versa-stick thread) sells Tron repro handles.  1Up had a tutorial on how to hack these to a Happ Super base.  A link to the google cache of it was in a recent thread.

Otherwise, you could just hack a PC flight stick to an arcade base.  There have been several threads on this, mostly using a raider Pro joystick.
eyal8r:
Tiger-
Thanks for the reply. Excuse my ignorance, what do you mean when you say the 'arcade base'? I'll go search the forums as well for this info. 

OUCH on the spinner cost! Jeez...  anything else that will do?  Do most people use this spinner, or, do you guys all just skip it and not play Discs of Tron with it? Are there any other games that use the tilting spinner to justify the cost? I might just skip that and do a normal spinner, ya know?  OUCH...
Thanks again,
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Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: eyal8r on November 23, 2004, 06:35:37 pm ---Thanks for the reply. Excuse my ignorance, what do you mean when you say the 'arcade base'? I'll go search the forums as well for this info. 

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What I meant was mounting a flightstick handle to the shaft (modified) of a Happ Super or Competition (or other joystick) and using the bottom of the Happ Super for the controls.  In this case, the base refers to the joystick shaft, plastic base, microswitches, actuator, basically everything except some of the handle.


--- Quote ---OUCH on the spinner cost! Jeez...  anything else that will do?  Do most people use this spinner, or, do you guys all just skip it and not play Discs of Tron with it? Are there any other games that use the tilting spinner to justify the cost? I might just skip that and do a normal spinner, ya know?  OUCH...

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I think most people skip it and and don't play DOT.  You don't need it until about the eighth level in DOT IIRC, and I've never gotten that far.  The problem is, if you CAN get that far, there aren't many other ways to play it (Controlling a trigger stick with thumb button in the right hand and spinner with the left doesn't leave a lot of free appendages to mash additional buttons).  AFAIK, the only other games that could used a similar control were Zwackery, and "Lost Worlds" ("Forgotten Worlds?"), something like that.  The spinner would also be ideal for FrontLine/TinStar/WildWestern, but the MAME drivers don't support using it for these games. . .
eyal8r:
ok perfect!  Answers my questions on it!  LOL... No special DOT spinner for me! 
Thanks bud...
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