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Should I give up and get the X-arcade "Tankstick"?
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Drugstore_Cowboy:
Is there anwhere in the UK you can buy pre-built empty control panels?

I was looking for something larger than my X-Arcade (sold) and as i'm lacking any woodwork skills or tools it's going to have to be a Tankstick.
Stingray:
I can't believe that this thread made it this far without anyone pointing out that nothing looks stupider than an arcade cab with an xarcade panel hanging off the front of it.

Nothing looks stupider than an arcade cab with an xarcade panel hanging off the front of it.

-S
pointdablame:
I have a feeling your main sticking point is price... and you're going by crazy Happ retail prices.

You can get a USB trackball on ebay for $60-70 or so, and probably a similar price from PonyBoy or Divemaster.  You could get a harness trackball for as little as $20 and then just get an encoder.

Joysticks are $8 each, and buttons are a buck or so... add that all up and you'll be under that crazy Happ price for the USB trackball

My feelings on Xarcade have been posted here before:  decent encoder, and the console support is nice... but the controls are subpar.  I can't speak for the trackball, but I'd want to replace the joysticks and buttons the second I got one.

I'd take a look in B/S/T and get some price ideas.  You can make a control panel for around the same price with (IMHO) better parts.


And I agree with -S... nothing looks worse than an Xarcade sticking out of a nice home-built arcade machine.
leapinlew:
If you regretted not putting a fridgerator in your cabinet - you'll regret the x-arcade.

Spend the time to learn to do it yourself, or buy the x-arcade and use it till you can afford to put in a setup you prefer.

I started with the X-arcades BYO kit. I sent that back and then tried some magstiks. I sold the magstiks and bought some supers. I've been the most happy with the supers.
RayB:
Everyone seems to forget that Ultimarc sells a perfectly good trackball for $40.

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