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Why do people need flipper buttons on their cabs?
JesterDEV:
Anyone ever play the HUGE pinball game with the que ball?? I think it was called Hercules. Sorry can spell the name. I played it a few times back in the day. It took up to much room so they got rid of it.
Btw, I was thinking about adding a plunger shooter to my cp. It wouldnt be hard. In Theory anyway. I pull back, and the button is pressed, I release and the ball shoots. Would take some modification however...
Something like this:
|
__|
__|B|P__
B = Button
P = Plunger
Just add a piece of something the the plunger so when you pull back it presses the button. A small box would have to be contructed to hold the button so you dont have the rear end of the button sticking out the front of your cp. Anyone with metal working skills could build this easily. A metal box that can be screwed in:
___ < Metal Plate to press down on button.
_ _ |
_| ^ |_|_
| ^ Plunger hole.
|
Button Hole.
Heh, sorry. It all just came to me. Had to write it down somewhere! :D
aumameman:
In my opinon unless you're a pinball nut, theres no "need" for flipper buttons on a mame cpanel. Its like building a 8 button per player contol panel to play invaders or gyruss, it just becomes an overkill.
I must admit though, I think it would be really cool to play vpinball with flippers and a real pinball plunger. It comes down to personal preference. ;)
aumameman:
--- Quote from: JesterDEV on June 08, 2003, 05:34:08 pm ---Anyone ever play the HUGE pinball game with the que ball?? I think it was called Hercules. Sorry can spell the name. I played it a few times back in the day. It took up to much room so they got rid of it.
Btw, I was thinking about adding a plunger shooter to my cp. It wouldnt be hard. In Theory anyway. I pull back, and the button is pressed, I release and the ball shoots. Would take some modification however...
Something like this:
|
__|
__|B|P__
B = Button
P = Plunger
Just add a piece of something the the plunger so when you pull back it presses the button. A small box would have to be contructed to hold the button so you dont have the rear end of the button sticking out the front of your cp. Anyone with metal working skills could build this easily. A metal box that can be screwed in:
___ < Metal Plate to press down on button.
_ _ |
_| ^ |_|_
| ^ Plunger hole.
|
Button Hole.
Heh, sorry. It all just came to me. Had to write it down somewhere! :D
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Ive seen a MAME cabinet with a pinball plunger and up the back they setup a microswith wired to "normally open", that way when you pull back the plunger it simulates the actions of the real pinball machines.
Chris:
--- Quote from: JesterDEV on June 08, 2003, 05:34:08 pm ---Btw, I was thinking about adding a plunger shooter to my cp. It wouldnt be hard. In Theory anyway. I pull back, and the button is pressed, I release and the ball shoots. Would take some modification however...
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There's a whole thread on this at http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=7361 .
--Chris
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: spectre on June 08, 2003, 04:51:50 pm ---propinball was an awful series...
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How can you say that? The physics are greats, the attention to detail is great.