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CheffoJeffo:

Most people would say no to the Ultimate 4-Way -- it's a sluggish stick.

I prefer the Wico 4-Way, but since it is hard to find, you may want to consider a MsPac/Galaga erplacement stick from Happs:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=50551.0

I'm not a fan of convex buttons, but to each his own.

Cheers.



u_rebelscum:


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--- Quote from: Wicked on July 13, 2006, 07:39:52 pm ---hey , I was wondering I know that this would be very expensive. Would the Happ usb arcade converter convert their arcade light guns for use with mame?

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What is this "Happ usb arcade converter" being talked about?  I didn't find one for lightguns at the Happ site.  Link?

If it's their USB gaming interface you're talking about, it won't work on arcade lightguns.  (The board will work on mame with trackballs & joysticks.)



--- Quote ---To my knowledge, there is no driver for using this in MAME, so nope.
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This might be a misleading answer.  There are no "drivers" for using mice, lightgun, joysticks or keyboards in mame, yet they work. 

If there was no driver in windows, it won't work in mame.  But since I don't know what exactly is being talked about, I can't say if there's a driver or not, or if it will work or not.


There might be one product to hook arcade lightguns to the PC: http://r0r3.com/productsusbopticalgun.htm.  But no one wants to pay the $160 to test it out, and it's only listed as winME/98 compatable.  [shrug]  Happs used to carry this product, but I haven't been able to find it at their site for years now. 

Happs used to carry a USB trackball interface board from the same company, too.  But it's been missing for about a year also, replaced with their on sensor board interface.

RayB:

Looks like you're building a frankenpanel.

Have you done a layout yet? Always do a layout before ordering any controls!

Rotaries CAN be used as 8-ways. So you don't need seperate joysticks for those.


Wicked:

Ok I didn't read well enuff then, I thought those were concave buttons like most machines have. Thanks for the heads up on the ultimate, I couldnt find the SNK ikarii sticks either.

shardian:

Just curious, but are you getting rotary sticks because you are a diehard ikari warriors fan, or just because you saw a frankenpanel that had them, or have read so much about them you feel you need them. It is easy to get caught up in a whirlwind when you first get into this hobby. Once you set on a design, take a step back and make sure you actually want or need everything.

Question: What is totally sweet about this machine?
Answer: It can play every arcade game ever made!
Question: What is even sweeter than that?
Answer: A machine that looks like a stock arcade machine, and can still play darn neear everything!

Keep that in mind...

Jesse James forgot that basic principal on Monster garage (actually, more likely the producers), and his show went down the crapper.

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