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DarkKobold:
Question for Gamecab-  How close to authentic are these? Can they be used for replacement parts for an original Yoke? Could one be "dropped in" to a star wars cab, at least phyiscally, if not electronically?
ScoopKW:
Gamecab --

Any chance of putting a button in the middle for us Spyhunter fans?

I bought a "needs work" spyhunter yoke ages ago, and still haven't bothered to work on it.

I'd pay your prices -- no problems -- for a working, plug-and-play yoke.

Those of you saying the "quality doesn't justify the price" -- try making one yourself. You'll run up $200 in parts, and then still need hours and hours to assemble and test the thing.

ScoopKW
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: ScoopKW on August 13, 2005, 05:27:19 pm ---Any chance of putting a button in the middle for us Spyhunter fans?

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Not sure about clearance, but otherwise it seems simple enough to do.  If twisty grip could fit two buttons in a 1" PVC pipe, I don't see this being a problem.

$185 sounds like a lot, but so are your other options -

The Twisty-Grip materials cost about $43, but it looked like, well, a bunch of PVC pipe.

Menace had what I think is a great BYO yoke at http://arcadecontrols.com/hosted/yoke/ , but I think I estimated it at around $90, plus a lot of touch labor.

Yokes on E-bay are routinely around $120 for ones needing a lot of TLC.  (And personally, I would feel guilty about buying an E-bay one, b/c it likely keeps someone from restoring an original game.
Xiaou2:

 Just FYI,  Spy Hunters middle button was non functional.   It was merely used to
act as a flashing beakon to let you know that the van is on the way.

 It does not make the van come faster..ect.   

Gamecab:

--- Quote from: ScoopKW on August 13, 2005, 05:27:19 pm ---Gamecab --

Any chance of putting a button in the middle for us Spyhunter fans?

I bought a "needs work" spyhunter yoke ages ago, and still haven't bothered to work on it.

I'd pay your prices -- no problems -- for a working, plug-and-play yoke.

Those of you saying the "quality doesn't justify the price" -- try making one yourself. You'll run up $200 in parts, and then still need hours and hours to assemble and test the thing.

ScoopKW

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Hold on, I just got a dumb flashing LED idea based on Xiaou2's reply.  I'm going to have to run into the basement and I'll be back with a possible answer.

Mental Note - Take Xiaou2 out for lunch one day.

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