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Title: My First Controller
Post by: Red5 on July 23, 2005, 12:01:58 pm: Been meaning to post this for a while and finally got around to it now I have a new camera phone...

An arcade controller made from a CD/DVD case (meant to hold 150 CD's) using Ultimarc parts:
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: Red5 on July 23, 2005, 12:08:08 pm: And here's a couple of views of the innards... the iPac controller is attached to the bottom of the case with the cable plugged into the back:
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: Red5 on July 23, 2005, 12:13:38 pm: And here's a view from the back. I didn't need to use the pass through port which meant I only had one hole to line up/drill for the PS2 cable... got a nice tight fit on it too so it doesn't fall out either.
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: dweebs0r on July 23, 2005, 01:48:29 pm: Looks really good for a first controller. Good job.

-Dweebs
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: Paladin on July 23, 2005, 07:15:59 pm: Thanks for the pictures! I hacked one of those hand held Jakk's games, but couldn't find a project box I liked. Your solution is perfect, and looks great!
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: Paladin on July 23, 2005, 07:46:22 pm: OK, a quck google shows tons of cases, but not one that looks quite like that. Would you mind posting who makes it and where you got it?

I think I'll hit a couple stores later and see what they have.
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: Red5 on July 24, 2005, 06:42:59 am: I bought it from Bowlers, a local computer fair held in Manchester (UK) every saturday. I'm sure if you look around a little you'll find something similar without too much trouble.
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: Paladin on July 24, 2005, 10:30:21 am: Looks like I may have found it, or one darn close. Now I'll just have to see if I can find it locally:
http://www.ideastreamproducts.com/vaultz/products/CamCase.html
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: quadmasta on July 24, 2005, 07:48:27 pm: Quote from: Paladin on July 24, 2005, 10:30:21 am
Looks like I may have found it, or one darn close. Now I'll just have to see if I can find it locally:
http://www.ideastreamproducts.com/vaultz/products/CamCase.html

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=2-3/qid=1122248889/ref=sr_2_3/601-9866698-1356157?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B00063BJ5G
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: Paladin on July 25, 2005, 01:29:41 am: Yea, I saw that but it's an "internet only item" and I don't like the idea of spending $11.52 for shipping on a $19.99 item. I'd rather spend $5 in gas and buy it from a local store.

I'll just hit the phone book, or check around when I go to a store for something else.
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: tommy on July 25, 2005, 06:26:09 am: Looks good but it seems to me the whole box would move and not be heavy enough to stay put during game play.
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: jcroach on July 25, 2005, 01:45:01 pm: Very nice. Clean, uncomplicated. Whatever works for you! And very portable too.
Title: Re: My First Controller
Post by: KenToad on July 26, 2005, 04:13:56 pm: Looks great. Also, you could make a protective cover for the IPAC and store some USB gamepads, PartyPack CD's, Mini-ITX or whatever. :)

Cheers,
KenToad