I have a motorcycle handlebar steering assembly which I got from a Sega "Hang On" arcade machine. It has three seperate potentiometers (steering left/right, throttle and brake). I want to be able to use this assembly for playing "Hang On" in my new Mame driving cabinet.
It seems the game should not allow the player to use the throttle and brake at the same time, so I was going to wire the throttle and brake potentiometers together as a single-axis throttle/brake as documented in the following site (although I am interfacing via USB and not through the gameport):
http://www.gunpowder.freeserve.co.uk/wheels/wiring.htm I decided to check the configuration (TAB) settings ("Input this game") in Mame for the "Hang On" game and I noticed it has three AD stick settings which can be configured (ie: AD stick X, AD stick Y and AD stick Y2). Would I be able to use my one "single-axis" throttle/brake mechanism as input for both the throttle/brake inputs of "AD stick Y" and "AD stick Y2" in Mame and have it work as the game wants it to?
Also, the Mame configuration settings for "Hang On" really have two settings each for "AD Stick X", "AD stick Y" and "AD stick Y2". I can understand why Mame has two settings for "AD stick X" since I can enter one "AD stick X" setting for "steering left" and the other
"AD stick X" setting for "steering right" but how do I enter separate settings for "AD stick Y" and "AD stick Y2" for throttle and brakes? Must I set one "AD stick Y" setting while pushing in the brake handle and set the other "AD stick Y" setting while letting the brake handle out. What do I do for "AD stick Y2".....maybe my single-axis thing will not work??
Thanks
Dino