HAPP USB CONTROL BOARD

[MameMaster!]

http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/950800xx.htm

anyone else seen this yet?....has anyone used it?

MameMaster! 

[NoOne=NBA=]

No real need for them.

The AKI does the same job alot cheaper for the driving & flying ones, and a keyboard encoder/mouse hack combo will do the trackball one cheaper.

[cholin]

Damn thats way too expensive!  Another reason to hate Happs :p

[MameMaster!]

would the Aki work w/this?

http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/95070100.htm

[NoOne=NBA=]

Yes.

I've got the same stick with a different handle assembly on it.
The AKI will actually work with EITHER version of that (the 5k or the 100k).

I'm not sure that the Happ's interface will work with both, and they don't mention which ones it WILL work with.

[daywane]

No real need for them.

The AKI does the same job alot cheaper for the driving & flying ones, and a keyboard encoder/mouse hack combo will do the trackball one cheaper.

What is that?
I did a search for aki and mAKIng is what I get.?
I know I am going to feel stupid but I can not think of what it is.

[NoOne=NBA=]

Dave B's Analog Kontrol Interface.

It gives you 5 axis inputs, and 14 button inputs.

[daywane]

cool.
I don't need analog Mame with it?
never seen or heard of it.

[Kremmit]

You don't need MAME Analog+ for it.

The AKI makes whatever controls you interface with it appear to Windows as an analog joystick/gamepad, so you can use them in MAME, or other emulators, or even PC Games.  Heck, you MIGHT even be able to run the AKI through a USB->PS2 (or Xbox or whatever) converter, and use it with your console games.  I haven't heard of anybody trying this yet; Anyone?

[MameMaster!]

...hmmm....this is interesting. I'll shoot off an email to "daveb"

Thanks!
MameMaster! 

[MameMaster!]

You know I'm thinking seriously now about building a trigger joy "module" for my machine.....but what games would I play on it?

I can obviously think of --

Tron
Afterburner 1 & 2

then my mind blanks.....

Is a trigger joy worth having? I've seen a bunch of panels that have one....but this would be a fair investment on parts.....any "must haves" that use a trigger joy I'm just not thinking of?

MameMaster! 

[NoOne=NBA=]

Most of the Midway-style trigger joys are actually digital.

Tron used an 8-way with a 4-way restrictor on it that barely allows the diagonals.
An analog stick probably won't play this one well.

Xenophobe/DOT used an 8-way.
Analogs will probably do OK on these.

Satan's Hollow used a special 2-way version.

Kosmik Krooz'r and Gorf both used a version that had optics in the bottom, but were digital (open/closed optic sensors).

[MameMaster!]

....hmmm...this seems like a short list with potential pitfalls....are their any compelling games for a Trigger Joy that comes to mind?.....I can't think of any....so why do so many folks here seem to use such a combo?

I wonder if it's for the whole "tron thing" ?  Yet despite it all....I think it would be cool to have a trigger joy......sigh.

....but this may not be a worth while project! 

[NoOne=NBA=]

Trigger Joy - Yes.

ANALOG Trigger Joy - NO.

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I actually have FOUR of them.
The digital ones also work well for tank games, and such.

You can pick up used Xenophobe sticks for $10-15, if you hit the right auction.

I wouldn't pay $150+ for an ANALOG trigger stick though.
I got the one I have (it's the same one that is used on the Star Wars Trilogy machines) for $15.

[MameMaster!]

...good point (Analog vs. Digital).

Hmmm are you sellin' any of em?

[NoOne=NBA=]

No.

I bought four to use on 2-P tank games.

[ErikRuud]

the only game I know of for a fact that used an analog stick was TailGunner, but it did not use a trigger stick.  You can use one, but the original game did not. 

They can be used for some of the games that had yokes, like Star Wars, ROTJ, etc.

According to KLOV, Red Baron and Food Fight used analog sticks.

There must be others, or HAPP wouldn't sell them.

[daywane]

I am thinking of skate or die.

[u_rebelscum]

I was going to say food fight and space harrier OTTOMH, but food fight was two analog joysticks. 

I wonder if controls.dat has enough games to search?