Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Scotty on February 02, 2021, 10:44:53 am
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Ok, So I am a little crazy. I have more lose screws than a hardware store after an earthquake. I live in a small condo with a wife and son, so I can not exactly open a Funspot or Galloping Ghost for my own pleasure. So I have to rely on emulation. I want to make the arcade experience as authentic as possible. I have 2 X-Arcades, and have replaced the joysticks with Dominux8's. I am old (53) and prefer the leaf springs to the micro switches). 1 is dedicated 4-way, the other 8-way. I just bought a real racing wheel, and am 3D printing an adapter to sit on top of a spinner for Pole Position and others. I have a Star Wars yoke. I have a Tron stick and spinner. Also building a 720 type joystick for you guessed it, 720. Ok, you get the idea. I am nuts.
I am 3D printing a couple of control panels for games that need there own dedicated panels. One is a dedicated video poker / video slots / / video blackjack. a dedicated Defender / Stargate panel, a dedicated Tapper panel with the real tap (already completed), a Dedicated Timber panel, a dedicated Q*vert / Congo Bongo panel with diagonal joystick). OK, you get the idea.
So my question is.... I am sure the Zippyy stick is pretty much crap judging by the price. Hell, I can get FIVE zippyy's for the price of ONE Dominux8. I have a need for several 2 way sticks. (Defender panel, Timber, Tapper etc). I also want to build a panel for Galaga and Galaxian type games). Yes, I know, a regular every day joystick works fine, and I even have some laying around. But I like the feel of a 2 way. I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s and played a lot of the TAITO cocktail version of Space Invaders with the 2 way stick it had and really liked it. Trying to replicate that same feel. Is the Zippyy good for 2 way games? Sorry for the rambling, I feel like I am hung over I work 12 hour days, and have not had a day off in 3 weeks. Very tired, and brain not functioning. Thanks for any and all help.
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Wow, Those things are inexpensive and also have a 2,4 & 8 way restrictor plate. For the price worth a try. Can these use a Happ style mount? I am using the four way PAC reunion stick for both 2 & 4 way games so haven't tried the Zippy.
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Can these use a Happ style mount?
The Zippyy (Seimitsu LS-32 knockoff) uses a Japanese mount pattern.
You would need an adapter plate (https://paradisearcadeshop.com/products/universal-arcade-joystick-adapter-plate) to attach it to a Happ pattern.
Scott
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Appreciate PL1, I'll look into that :)