Main > Main Forum
This may sound weird coming from me...
Druin:
Those that know of me will find this post weird, but here goes:
Well, tonight I played Ikari for the first time with the REAL controls using Druin's interface, and it's great!
haha.
All the past 3 years I haven't had any joysticks, any control panel, certainly no cabinet...at best I hooked up LS30's temporarily for tryout on the Rotary Interface with LEDs for the output, but I haven't had a keyboard encoder either. Just some scrappy parts to just do the design and research portion, not the gameplay.
I got Ipac and Optipac yesterday and wired up a little test panel on scrap wood, hooked up the rotary interface, and played some Ikari the proper way. Great experience FINALLY!
u_rebelscum:
LOL. :D It is weird.
So, what's your review of the product? Do you recommend it? ;D
OSCAR:
LOL! This is great! I guess that means I should install a spinner now.... ;D
Druin:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on May 14, 2003, 12:01:56 am ---So, what's your review of the product? Do you recommend it? ;D
--- End quote ---
I recommend this interface to anybody looking to play those mechanical stick games with authenticity - the interface installed seamlessly, worked on the first try flawlessly, and responded with great results. All I had to do was set the dial analog speed to about 15 in the menus and it responded one turn per click each time!
I also heard that everyone else who's tried it, found it easy to use and provided hours of clean family fun! Minus the killing...
Now if only I could find some wire to hook up my Happ trackball to the Optipac....I don't want to cut the harness, not that I have plans for it...I'd rather wait and see if I can find some mating pins at work and some heat shrink tubing to make custom single-wire plugs for the harness, and hook that to optipac
Another long day of waiting. It's easy to put off cabinet building when it's in the conceptual stages but once you have a coin door hanging off your computer desk and all the parts ready to connect, desperation sinks in
Druin:
--- Quote from: OSCAR on May 14, 2003, 12:08:17 am ---LOL! This is great! I guess that means I should install a spinner now.... ;D
--- End quote ---
Trade you an interface and some cash for a spinner!
I'll be ordering maybe a DOT as soon as I get some more income...I've been waiting for years to play arkanoid properly, but the Ebay spinners were always $60+ for beat up 15 year old ones...
I just took a picture of my "Cab" (workbench with scrap parts) but I have to wait until I get to work tomorrow to download (reinstalled windows at home, no utils put back in yet for camera).
I'll post my "cab" tomorrow....coin door and all!