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RetroJames:
Welcome to the show handiman!  We are shipping the mockup to Sean and waiting on some vendors to get in line but we should be building soon.  Please stay tuned as we  will be making the plans public once finished for all to benefit. 
skallagrigg:
Hi handiman,

What about an X-arcade? http://www.x-arcade.com/



The joystick can be set to act as a d-pad, or either analogue sticks. Works great with most PS2 games, and most other games consoles too with an adapter.

The difficulty you may find is in the shape of the joystick? And also, in switching the joystick mode. To do this you need to hold down the side button, then press one of the top buttons. Is there anyway that you could activate two switches at a time (e.g. by using a sip/puff switch and a button)? I would imagine a simple fix could be made if so to enable easier mode switching.


You may also be interested in the following adaptation that I'm working on:

http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/4/DIY/x-arcade.htm

It's out being tested at present, but results are pretty positive so far.

By the way, I have a number of the ASCII sticks you have been using in stock if you are struggling to get an exact replacement.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk

SeaMonkey:

--- Quote from: versapak on February 01, 2005, 01:01:57 am ---Are the four main buttons (X,O,□,∆) getting put to a stick instead of buttons?

I am not too sure how often this would even come up, but it would make it impossible to press 2 buttons at the same time (well not impossible with diagonals, but the diagonals aren't necessarily the button combos you'd be wanting).



--- End quote ---

Even with buttons, I think it would not be easy for Sean to hit two buttons at the same time. At some point in the design, we will have to accept a small margin of diminished returns.

Sean himself put forward the joystick mapped to the button functions.
handiman28:
hey skall, i think the x-arcade might work for me. i'll have to try one out and see.

the joystick doesn't look like it will be a problem, but you never know.
as far as the button to change modes, if it's that button on the left that
you can kinda see i can probably glue a cylender peice on that button to make it stick out far enough to hold it and press another button at the same time.
versapak:

--- Quote ---Even with buttons, I think it would not be easy for Sean to hit two buttons at the same time. At some point in the design, we will have to accept a small margin of diminished returns.

Sean himself put forward the joystick mapped to the button functions.
--- End quote ---


Ahhhh I C

I imagine he isn't playing the kind of twitch action games that would require such presses anyway.

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