analog controls

[zenmasterbooty]

Can any one tell me who makes the analog controls that Quasicade uses on their Quasicon Control Panel?

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[stellarola]

Quasicade.

[pointdablame]

They make them themselves and you can't buy them seperately.  The only way to get them is to buy a Quasicade.

[quarterback]

But you should email Quasicade and ask them anyway, zenmasterbooty.    Maybe if enough people request them for alacarte purchase, then they'll finally decide to sell them separately from their cps.

[pointdablame]

But you should email Quasicade and ask them anyway, zenmasterbooty.    Maybe if enough people request them for alacarte purchase, then they'll finally decide to sell them separately from their cps.

I doubt it.. I get the impression that Quasicade realizes that the analog sticks are the only thing that differentiates them from the dozens of other CP builders, and wont' sell them seperately under any circumstances.

That's just speculation of course, and I hope I'm wrong... but its the feeling I get.

[quarterback]

But you should email Quasicade and ask them anyway, zenmasterbooty.    Maybe if enough people request them for alacarte purchase, then they'll finally decide to sell them separately from their cps.

I doubt it.. I get the impression that Quasicade realizes that the analog sticks are the only thing that differentiates them from the dozens of other CP builders, and wont' sell them seperately under any circumstances.

That's just speculation of course, and I hope I'm wrong... but its the feeling I get.

You may be right, but the kind of people who buy just the parts aren't the same kind of people who are going to buy a whole cab or CP from them anyway.   If you're dropping $4,000 on one of their machines, you're probably not interested in building your own.

I guess they could be concerned that other cab manufacturers will buy them in bulk and mass produce cabs/CPs with them as well, but selling a small handful of them individually would only add to their coffers IMO.

But yeah, who knows.

[Kremmit]

I get the impression that Quasicade realizes that the analog sticks are the only thing that differentiates them

Those and their analog buttons.

[pointdablame]

I get the impression that Quasicade realizes that the analog sticks are the only thing that differentiates them

Those and their analog buttons.

yeah... which I also don't envision them selling seperate anytime soon.

Regardless of whether or not we are their target customers, if they sell them seperately, any company can put them into a CP.  That's why, IMHO, they won't do it.

[ahofle]

Sweet, those remind me of my old Apple][ joystick.

[SirPoonga]

Regardless of whether or not we are their target customers, if they sell them seperately, any company can put them into a CP.  That's why, IMHO, they won't do it.

Well, they could but they would have to put it at a price point where it isn't worth it for another company to buy amd make a control panel around them.  But this also means that it will probably be out of reach for a DIYer too.

[Lilwolf]

I think they look like cheap old joysticks myself.  I have never seen any arcades with analog joysticks like that.  Sure they are probably good for dual analog games, but thats really only for console games.

I would love some analog buttons though.  great for flippers... but most pinball games don't handle analog controls.  I have an gravis xtreme something joystick with two analog flippers... and I always wanted to plug them into visual pinball... sure most real pinballs are digital flippers, but the old ones would be cool.