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Here are the pics - OSCAR UP/DOWN Tron spinner!
ErikRuud:
I just checked out the Frontline rom. It is setup in mame like a pair of 8-way joysticks. Your gun continues to point in the last direction that you aimed it, even if you center the joystick.
1UP:
Hmm...the Oscar sleeve bearing looks like it could drop right into a Happ super joystick base. If you took out the spring from the stick, and hot-glued the plunger inside the base, you could probably modify an Oscar flywheel to hit just 1 or 2 microswitches as you rotate it. Put a spring under the spinner knob, and put a switch under the flywheel, and I think you have a Frontline/Wild Western control! Problem is, would it be useful for any other game, and does it actually work better than just using a joystick?
Searcher7:
Acording to an operator friend, the worst rotary joystick he remembers was the one used on Front Line. They actually came out with a retrofit for it shortly after its release and advised that it be assembled with Loc-Tite due to the horrendous pounding players gave it.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
Searcher7@mail.con2.com
ErikRuud:
To return to this thread to the Discs Of Tron subject.
This site, "Jakes Pride & Joystick", from the examples pages, has pictures of a DOT control panel, including pictures of the bottom of the spinner.
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