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How do I hook up arcade spinner to MAME to play Arkanoid?

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jayrawk007:

I love Arkanoid and bough a real arcade spinner that came from an Arkanoid machine. I have no idea what to do with it to make it work for MAME. What cables, etc do I need to buy in order to get it to work on my computer? Thank UUU!

BamBam:

Not to be a smart ass, but I thought of doing the same thing and was turned on to the Slikstik Tornado, which I find to be an awesome spinner that hooks up to USB and needs no messing around with software.  They are, however, a bit expensive, but when you spin it, you will feel the quality.

taylormadelv:

Spinners are something I have extensive experience with in terms of arcade emulation. I'm not completely positive about the Arkanoid spinner connections but most spinners work in a similar way. You can hack the wires and connect them to one of the connectors of a DIY trackball kit from Mikesarcade. There should be 4 wires, 5V, Ground, X and -X. The trackball harness will have two connections for a trackball, you will need only 1 for a single axis spinner. The trackball adaptor will give you three mouse buttons and you can choose from PS2 or USB. I've hacked a Tempest spinner this way without problems. I also have a SlikStik and it is buttery smooth (maybe too smooth?) and it will give you 3 pushbuttons to work with as well. If you really want to play Arkanoid, I suggest you stick with the original spinner since it's "geared" and a regular spinner will not ever work the same way, even if you crank up the settings in mame.

EwJ:


--- Quote from: jayrawk007 on September 11, 2009, 08:26:14 pm ---I love Arkanoid and bough a real arcade spinner that came from an Arkanoid machine. I have no idea what to do with it to make it work for MAME. What cables, etc do I need to buy in order to get it to work on my computer? Thank UUU!

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You need to wire it up to an optical interface (mouse hack, opti-wiz, opti-pac - see here) to hook to your computer.


jayrawk007:

OK, Thanks everyone!!!!!! So I just bought an opti-wiz since I'm not the most mouse- hacking inclined....! Let you know how it works :)

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