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Xbox 360 Live Arcade Robotron and Real Arcade Controls
GoPodular.com:
The dual-stick pics aren't up yet, but there's other panel pics for an idea of what it looks like. I keep saying I'll get more pics up but never seem to find the time. Anyhow, you can check the pages for each encoder to see the "typical" button assignments for the various panels. Here's the Xbox 360 one. I also have a small picture gallery of a couple hi-def miscellaneous pics. Those should give you an idea of how everything looks.
That's about right for the price, but I'm not sure about the layout. I've never tried one with 6-buttons between the sticks, but I think they would have to be in an arc in order to physically fit. A button between the P1/P2 and the joystick probably won't happen unless that was offset in an arc as well. Out of curiousity, what would you want a third button in that area for?
The X360 cart works great on XP. If you can use hatswitch inputs for the game/emu, it's plug-n-play. If you want the joystick to be a "joystick", use custom drivers. If you're good with computers, it's pretty simple to do the driver setup. We don't "officially" support the X360 cart on a PC because I've been around computers so long that I'm no longer user-friendly. If someone that barely used their computer wanted to do the custom driver thing, I'd have a really hard time explaining how to do it without confusing them more.
If you want, I could grab a picture of a graphic overlay for a dual-stick panel with a few buttons laying on it. That would give you an idea of how tight the layout would be.
ArcadEd:
GoPod, I see you ran into the same problem I did with the headset jack. Stupid MS Headset. My plan was to just use a 2.5mm extension cable and mount the plug. But I found out the little plastic pins (that do nothing) were in the way.
The I decided that know one probably wants to hear all of you buttons and joystick clicking all the time anyway LOL.
I could still do it that way though.
Zeo, check your PMs
GoPodular.com:
LOL. Whoever came up with that plug design needs to be shot. I'm still trying to come up with a workaround for it. It's bad enough they did a up-down curve, but there's also the side-to-side curve that makes it even more difficult.
I've tried:
* Datel adaptor = completely wrong, should have looked closer before ordering it.
Vaccuum forming a plate = radius too complex for the small size.
Warping the cart itself = plastic pile.
Custom cartridge housings = 10k minimum order.
I thought about making a "new" end for the existing headset that didn't have the curve, but then you'd have to cut a piece out of the "old" end of the headset to remove the cabling, so I abandoned that idea.
I'm thinking of making my own extension cable, but the female sockets are tough to find.