oscar spinner vs arkanoid

[zorg]

Hi.

a dumb question.
I can get an arkanoid spinner for 40 Euros while Oscar pro + shipping (paris, europe) is far much.
my cash availabilty makes me consider the arkanoid spinner for the moment

could someone give me the footprint of such beast. ?
plugging it to optipac is it possible ?

or should I wait and get either an Oscarpro, or better an Oscar tempest

[Frostillicus]

You'd have to find out if what kind of sensor it uses and if it is a one-to-one wire compatible with optipac.  My advice is to do what I did - get the authentic spinner (I got a tron spinner) and buy the encoding thing from oscar.  It's only 7 bucks or something.  The tron sensor was a huge chip with a ton of wires coming from it (for what...I have no idea).  That was cheaper than buying the pro.

[SirPoonga]

An arkanoid spinner is a geared spinner.  Mean there is a gear hoooked up to the encoder disc so it spins faster.  That's why arkanoid is such a pain to get sensitivity right in mame with a normal spinner.  

[Lilwolf]

Also, arkanoid spinners have no weight to them... So you let go and they stop.  Many classics have a little spin when you let go  (tempest, major havoc, ect).

so you should decide which type you would like before you get a tempest.  

[night]

weight = flywheel

[zorg]

OK

The choice seems difficult, I guess I'll buy the arkanoid spinner and begin to save for an Oscar one  

[emdkay]

I personally have an oscar pro spinner installed on my bartop cabinet.  I bought it primarily for Arkanoid and it works wonders.  You just have to tweak the analog sensitivity in Mame just right.