Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: hnugz on December 09, 2005, 02:04:26 pm
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I've been reading this stuff for a few months now, and after seeing all the options I just want to make sure this is exactly what I need before I go ordering a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff.
What I have:
Knights of the Round arcade Jamma cabinet with arcade monitor
What I plan on having:
20 button control panel (7 buttons per player, p1 and p2, 2 mouse buttons), 2 joysticks, trackball
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All of the above plus 2-4 extra buttons for a total of 22 for pinball related stuff.
I would assume I could double up on some buttons for pinball or the 7 button contols.
That would make it minimum 18 button/maximum 22 button.
Assuming I do not do any extra pinball buttons, is 18 buttons enough for moving around the programs, etc...?
What I need:
ArcadeVGA video card from ultimarc
J-Pac (It looks like this supports player buttons 1-8, p1, p2, start1, start2 for total of 20 buttons)
So is that it? As far as the trackball is concerned, I don't really care much about whether it is authentic or not and was just planning on buying something at a local pc store. I assume this means I can just plug it directly into the pc as usb and not worry about other trackball interfaces such as the optipac.
Is there anything else I should consider before ordering all this? All input is helpful. Trying not to waste money here... Thanks.
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Most PC trackballs are crap for even modest gaming. It's a part you can cheapen out on, but you'll be disappointed and cussing shortly.
They're made for browsing, not gaming.
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You can always hack an old mouse and connect a real trackball to it.
As for pinball buttons... Depends if you plan on playing that pinball emulator. If not, I decided that there were not enough pinball games in MAME to warrant adding buttons. (If you don't count the pimball games that feature nude girls, I think there's only something like 4 pinball games.)
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So basically at a minimum I will still need the vid card and jpac correct? That is my best option? I want to go ahead and order them if so.
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So basically at a minimum I will still need the vid card and jpac correct?