Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: GMZombie on November 25, 2004, 03:53:25 pm
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just as the sub says how do you do that. do you just use a pc version of the wheel or do you somehow wire up the real controls?? thanx
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Arcade wheels fall into two categories (mostly).
Optical (hooks up with Optipac).
POT based (hooks up with an AKI board).
There are quite a few different pedal designs, some of which are unusable*. But most of them just have a POT in them and can hook up with an AKI.
There are also assorted hacks available as well.
*Some pedals are optical and have a certain amount of positions (like the Turbo one), as far as I know these are not usable in Mame, unless you modify them to either turn a pot or press a button.
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I think this is what your looking for http://www.gunpowder.freeserve.co.uk/wheels/buildmain.htm
Ive got a few more links on this kind of stuff if you want them - let me know, hope this helps . . .
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I've actually used the link provided by LordDamo and it works, nothing flash or fancy but I hacked a Gamecube wheel which cost
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I've had thoughts about using a clamp similar to the clamp on a bicycle seat base in conjunction with those tops that they used to have on the old fire extinguishers....they were round and looked like a wheel....and being able to put that on a spinner...on the fly. Anyone ever see anyone do something like this or have done it themselves? I'd love to see any examples.