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Anybody here ever make a Major Havoc controller?

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Matthew Fisher:

Now that I've gone with swapping panels on my machine, I'm going all out and have decided to try to make a dedicated MH panel.  Has anyone here ever made a roller that they think worked better than a regular spinner?  If so, can you post pix, details, etc.  I looked around and didn't see any examples.  I was thinking I might start with a skateboard wheel...

I know Oscar controls was talking about this, but I understand he's suffering real-life syndrome ("RLS") at the moment...

Lilwolf:

Oscar looked at it a long time ago.

Trouble ended up being, is doing it 'right' would have cost a LOT of money.

ChadTower:


I don't even think the original roller played better than a good Tempest spinner anyway.

Matthew Fisher:

Great ideas!

Kremmit:


--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 05, 2006, 09:42:51 am ---
I don't even think the original roller played better than a good Tempest spinner anyway.

--- End quote ---

Oh, yes, it did.  If you grew up playing with one, a spinner just doesn't cut it.

NoOne=NBA made a homebrew roller once upon a time.

There used to be a repro available here:
http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/4sale/forsale.html
but he's been sold out for years, and I don't believe he plans to make any more.

That cylindrical encoder isn't a bad idea as such, but it would have to be of much smaller diameter than the roller in order to stay below the control panel.  A lot of 360 wheels already have cylindrical encoders and the optics to match if you try to go that route.

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