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| kupermanp:
Hi. I've been lurking around for a couple of weeks and I finally decided to bite the bullet and build my own MAME cab :D I've got a couple of questions. Sorry if they have been asked a jillion times before the search function wasn't working for me. 1) I'd like to do the LED buttons and integrate them into the MaLa front end. From what I can tell there are two products I can use. The keyWiz and the Ultimarc product. I'm leaning toward the keywiz but I'm having a hard time figuring out if the LED are integrated into the encoder or will I need to get a separate encoder module. The ultimarc appears to be a separate module. 2) Joysticks- My wife is a Mrs Pacman fiend and will be most disappointing if I can't recreate the true pac-man feel. So I figure a dedicated four way is a must. What is the best way to get the pac-man feel (I can't fit a true pacman stick due to space). Will a restrictor plate work. 3) When you wire the 4 way do you just wire it into the same part of the encoder as the 8 way i.e both the player one 8 way and the dedicated 4 way share the same terminals on the encoder. the 4 way just cant send the diagonal As far as my setup- I bought a project someone else had given up on (well never started). I have 1) konami cabinet in good condition (no artwork or marquee) 2) control panel/box pre drilled for 2 8 ways with 6 buttons each for fighting. a 4 way with 2 buttons. a spinner and a track ball. with six other buttons available. 3) P4 computer with 20" samsung crt monitor 4) Control panel artwork (lightning) Thanks Paul |
| shatteredzman:
1. I dont know anything about ultimarc products but I think you may be mistaken about what the keywiz does. To directly control your LED's you need something called a ledwiz. http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=82&products_id=239 The ledwiz gives you control over the color of the led if you got the RGB drive. To control the pushbuttons you use the keywiz, it will not do anything with the leds. If you just want the LEDs to constantly be on then just connect them in a series to your computers power supply and you will not need the ledwiz. 2. I would suggest getting one of those sticks that let you twist them to make them go from 4 way to 8 way, this way you get the best of both worlds without having to sacrifice anything. 3. Yes you wire it the same way. The only difference between 4 ways and 8 ways are the restrictor plates. |
| kupermanp:
Thanks. Didn't quite get my LED question right. There appears to be a LED/wiz which is also an integrated encoder (for 16 inputs). I don't want them to light up all the time. In MaLA you can let the front end light up the buttons for that specific game and even have it say what each button does before you start the game. Its useful for me because I play a lot with my son who chooses random games so I usually spend the first couple minutes trying to figure out what button does what. |
| shatteredzman:
I dont know of any LED/Keywiz combo, can you link me the item you are talking about? |
| kupermanp:
Here you go http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_81&products_id=306 |
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