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Single, most compatible joystick?
AlanS17:
Search the threads in the Main forum. It's a popular topic. You can browse and find it.
spystyle:
Thanks again.
I have a Pac-Man (with only 1 stick) while sorting my ROMs I started to wonder if there was 1 that could handle all of them.
Have fun,
Craig
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: spystyle on August 03, 2005, 04:26:29 pm ---Thank you :)
Do you recommend a particular brand or should I just Google it?
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It depends on what you really want.
If you have to have a rotating 49-way, the Happ style is the only one available at the moment.
I personally don't care for them because they feel too floppy to me.
The Williams style has more resistance to it, but possibly a little TOO much at the extremes of travel.
I prefer the overall feel of them to the Happ ones, but they are a little harder to control subtly.
As far as the encoder goes, Groovy Game Gear is the only game in town on that.
DaveB has a 49-way encoder, which works great for 49-way and most analog games.
It doesn't do the digital restriction that the GGG one does though.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: spystyle on August 03, 2005, 04:26:29 pm ---Thank you :)
Do you recommend a particular brand or should I just Google it?
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http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/49-way.html - Review
http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/encoder/main.htm#49-Way_Joystick_Controllers - Info from my page on it.
GP-Wiz 49 adapters (first two links)
Joysticks
http://www.markoates.com/rotary/ - Rotary adapter
http://connect.to/rotary - Druin's interface
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,35820.0.html - Mounting template
Ball-top handles for sticks
AlanS17:
The joystick bolt pattern for the metal control panel on your Pac Man is not going to match up. Do you plan on converting an original Pac Man for MAME?