Author Topic: How many assorted controls do you have right now? (Read 2900 times)

armax · « **on:** March 27, 2005, 04:25:13 am »

I'm curious about how many different controls everyone has right now...either installed or collecting dust.

me?

1. star wars yoke
2. 3" trackball
3. 4 and 8 way joysticks
4. analog joystick
5. topfire joysticks
6. Push/pull spinner
7. positional guns
8. happs light guns.
strangely, no pushbuttons yet...

How about y'all

paigeoliver · « **Reply #1 on:** March 27, 2005, 04:52:09 am »

I couldn't even begin to make a list. It would probably have over 100 DIFFERENT items if I did. Heck, I probably have 50 or 60 different kinds of joysticks, 5 or 6 kinds of trackballs, 20 or 30 types of buttons, 5 different kinds of spinners, 3 kinds of pedals, I am down to only one kind of steering wheel though (but I have two of those), 2 kinds of shifters, etc, etc, etc.

No guns or yokes of any kind though, sold my last yoke (Roadblasters type) for $20 to a BYOAC member who came over last week to buy something else.

armax · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2005, 05:00:52 am »

I should be more specific. How many functionally different types of controls do you have? ie... trackball, 360 wheel, etc... I guess generically speaking.

markb · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2005, 05:05:30 am »

Glad you clarified that or I'd be getting sore fingers from typing:-

Trackball
Spinner
4 Way joystick
8 Way joystick
Analog joystick
CH Products flight yoke
Steering wheel + pedals
Light Gun

Whie not in Paiges league i reckon i must have 40+ controllers of one variety or another lying around the house. I actually have to hide them from my wife otherwise i think she would flip.

armax · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2005, 05:13:07 am »

Quote from: markb on March 27, 2005, 05:05:30 am

Whie not in Paiges league i reckon i must have 40+ controllers of one variety or another lying around the house. I actually have to hide them from my wife otherwise i think she would flip.

lol... yeah it's gotten so bad that the UPS guy knows me and my hobbies on a personal basis. Luckily we have a deal where we meet at my garage at the time he shows up so it keeps the flood of ups packages low key.

spidermonkey · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2005, 10:52:03 am »

Approx 20 Wico 8-way leaf switch balltops
Approx 5 Wico 4-way leaf switch balltops (gray base)
Approx 5 Japanese Wico knockoff 4-way balltops (gray base)
8 Wico 8-way microswitch black balltops (nos) grommet type
Several Wico microswitch balltops spring type
1 Complete Tron stick
1 extra pair of original translucent blue Tron handles
1 pair of translucent green Tron handles made by "n2new"
1 Betson/Imperial 3" trackball
1 Tron spinner
2 Stern "Moonwar" roller controllers (like Major Havok but larger)
1 new set of LS-30 8-way microswitch rotaries from Video Connection
1 set of Data East/Wico 8-way leafswitch rotaries
1 new "Mac Sence analog PC trigger stick with translucent blue handles (looks very similar to Tron stick)
1 Taito Frontline 8 position rotary controller
1 Arkanoid Returns 2-way joystick/geared spinner (new)
1 Original Pac-man leafswitch 4-way
1 NOS Monroe Gyruss 8-way balltop
1 Sega Zaxxon 8-way trigger stick
Tons of Happ and Betson bat handle 8-way microswitch sticks
1 Druin rotary interface
1 IPAC 2
1 SJC 49-way interface
1 AKI analog interface
Approx 4 MCA joysticks
Several Wico 8-way bat handle microswitch sticks
Tons of translucent leafswitch buttons
Tons of Happ microswitch buttons
1 Micro$oft Dual Strike gamepad for hacking
Several yards of t-molding
1 Pole Position steering wheel and shifter assembly

List does not include the controls on my two MAME cabs.
I know I have more stuff but can't think of it without ripping my junk closet apart.

armax · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2005, 11:01:56 am »

all I can say is....wow..

monkeybomb · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2005, 01:05:50 pm »

Lots of sticks (around 20)
spinners
trackballs
a 360 wheel that is never coming (ordered in september)
Empty tron CP
Plenty o t-mold
Plus MAME/computer stuff, (sidewinders, speakers for cabs, plexi, key wiz or 2 ect.)

That's all and Guys, AND that's a lot of stuff. Those other lists are crazy. My wife would simply hate me. Not kill me, and not leave me, just that painful powderkeg about to explode.

Also, I just found out that long wico balltop handels fit in P360's. Spider- do you have a pair to spare. I have a paypal account.

oldsage · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2005, 01:21:37 pm »

OMFG... That's amazing! I hate you all!!!

paigeoliver · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2005, 01:47:17 pm »

The spring microswitch Wico completely ROCK if you swap the spring for a "Happ's heavy spring".

Paul Olson · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2005, 02:00:46 pm »

4 Comp joys
4 Super joys
Ms Pac Reunion joy
Oscar Spinner
2 1/4" Trackball
Old Atari 360 wheel
Pole Position shifter
Pole Position Pedal
GP Rider Handlebars (just added to working in MAME

)
Happs Analog joy
Happs Analog Flight stick
Space Harrier stick (minus handle, still looking)

The search continues...

Paul

Kremmit · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2005, 02:27:17 pm »

Considering I haven't actually built my MAME setup yet, I'm embarrased to tell you how much stuff is in that closet. If I ebay'd it all, I could probably buy a Spincade.

Kev-in DFW · « **Reply #12 on:** May 17, 2005, 06:26:53 am »

So, when are you guys going to break down and share some of that stuff with the less fortunate? Meaning less stuff and a less understanding wife!

But I do have PayPal!

Kev~

19rjs99 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:28:53 am »

Quote from: pcolson on March 27, 2005, 02:00:46 pm

Space Harrier stick (minus handle, still looking)

The search continues...

Paul

PM sent... I think I have one...

markrvp · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2005, 12:42:04 pm »

Honest honey, they were only $5 on Ebay.

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2005, 01:13:11 pm »

Not enough.

forbiddenlyrics · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2005, 01:19:37 pm »

I'm just starting out so I have like nothing...

4 joysticks
2 JAMMA harnesses
about 30 buttons
and a hacked up CP that came with my free cab!

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2005, 01:28:32 pm »

more than I need...but not as many as these jokers...lol.

Probably gonna clean up these extra LS-30's and sell em soon.

GGKoul · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2005, 01:32:02 pm »

2- Ipac4
2- Opti-pacs
2- AKI interface boards
1- Durin Interface
4- T-Slik Plus
8- Happ Supers
4- Happ Ultimates
2- 8 way Top Fires
1- Ms Pac Reunion 4 way
2- Wico 8 ways
2- 360 Wheels
2- High/Low Shifters
1- High/Low with Turbo
1- 4 Speed Daytona Shifter
1- Pole Position Shifter
2- Empty Hyperdrive yokes
2- SNK LS-30 Rotaries
1- Oscar v2 Spinner
8- 3" Happ/Benson Trackballs
50+ buttons
2- Pitch and bat pull back baseball panels
2- Act-Labs TV Guns

Thats all I can think of for now...

NoOne=NBA= · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2005, 01:51:31 pm »

Too much to even think about listing.
Alot of it is in boxes awaiting my next project.

Then there's the "haven't got around to mounting it yet" pile.

Then there's the "testing" pile.
That's the ones that I've mounted in test modules, to play with, but haven't gotten around to final mounts yet.

I've got a 2 drawer filing cabinet that holds "most" of my currently mounted modules.

Then there's the dedicated cabs (Vindicators and Radical Radial...ATM) that are out in my garage because I haven't been able to transfer the huge pile of boxes in my den out there yet, to make room for them in the house.

JODY · « **Reply #20 on:** May 17, 2005, 07:35:55 pm »

Tempest spinner
push / pull leaf spinner
Arkanoid spinner
SNK rotaries
4 way leaf joys
8 way leaf joys
4 way microswitch joys
8 way microswitch joys
leaf buttons
microswitch buttons
Happ analog D handle joys
360 steering wheels
dual pot based gas / brake pedals
pot based on one side / microswitch based on the other gas / brake pedal
pot based positional guns
Guncon2 guns
2 1/4", 3", and 4.5" trackballs (mix of solid and translucent)
49 way joys
Star Wars yoke
top fire 8 way joys
2 way shifters
analog flight stick
flight thrust handle with many buttons
coin doors

almost forgot the Atari cone start buttons

armax · « **Reply #21 on:** May 17, 2005, 07:38:55 pm »

Jody, did you see a large difference functionally between the microswitch based brake pedal and the post brake pedal?

JODY · « **Reply #22 on:** May 17, 2005, 07:46:50 pm »

Quote from: armax on May 17, 2005, 07:38:55 pm

Jody, did you see a large difference functionally between the microswitch based brake pedal and the post brake pedal?

It isn't hooked up yet, but it is a Happs. Could get parts and convert it fully one way or the other. In games where the brake is on or off it won't matter. In games with an analog brake it will. If I find myself needing analog, plan to add the parts but leave the switch for games that just need on / off. Since I've got a few gas / brake pedals and plan to build multiple cabs, may just put the proper games on each and won't be an issue.

armax · « **Reply #23 on:** May 17, 2005, 07:51:36 pm »

I ask because I have pot based brake/gas pedals and figured I could just go with this setup and compensate software wise if the game needed a switch. thanks for the quick answer!

Veinman · « **Reply #24 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:05:07 pm »

I have 36 or so buttons and one joystick just waiting to get put into my cabinet...once it's done.

The other sticks will be along shortly....

NoOne=NBA= · « **Reply #25 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:55:50 pm »

Quote from: armax on May 17, 2005, 07:38:55 pm

Jody, did you see a large difference functionally between the microswitch based brake pedal and the post brake pedal?

I've never seen ANY difference between them.
Of course, I don't think I've ever USED the brake pedal on anything, so I may not be the best judge.


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