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Author Topic: After market arkanoid spinners?  (Read 1081 times)

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Lilwolf

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After market arkanoid spinners?
« on: August 08, 2006, 10:15:14 am »
Ok, love my vortex spinner.  But lately I've been in the mood to play more arkanoid type games (which the vortex works, but not great with).

Anyone know of a anyone selling geared spinners with a very high resolution without being weighted?

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Re: After market arkanoid spinners?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2006, 11:13:15 am »
This spinner has a high resolution but it is not geared. Therefore not weighted as well.

http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=268

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Re: After market arkanoid spinners?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2006, 11:56:47 am »
The only one i've seen is this:

http://www.arcade-equipment.com/assets/images/arkanoid-controller.jpg

And it does not appear (at least by the encoder wheel) to be "high-resolution"
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Re: After market arkanoid spinners?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2006, 02:13:45 pm »
this one from happ:

http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/95093100.htm

is geared/unweighted. i don't know if it's an exact reproduction.
it appears to be identical to the one from arcade-equipment.com.

it's expensive, but you can probably get it for quite a bit
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