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Title: After market arkanoid spinners?
Post by: Lilwolf on August 08, 2006, 10:15:14 am
Ok, love my vortex spinner.  But lately I've been in the mood to play more arkanoid type games (which the vortex works, but not great with).

Anyone know of a anyone selling geared spinners with a very high resolution without being weighted?
Title: Re: After market arkanoid spinners?
Post by: Lutus on August 08, 2006, 11:13:15 am
This spinner has a high resolution but it is not geared. Therefore not weighted as well.

http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=268

Retroblast review:

http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/turbotwist-05282005-01.html

"All of the games I threw at this spinner worked great. I particularly was thrilled at the fact that I literally found my score in Arkanoid
Title: Re: After market arkanoid spinners?
Post by: RetroACTIVE on August 08, 2006, 11:56:47 am
The only one i've seen is this:

http://www.arcade-equipment.com/assets/images/arkanoid-controller.jpg

And it does not appear (at least by the encoder wheel) to be "high-resolution"
Title: Re: After market arkanoid spinners?
Post by: davieboynj on August 15, 2006, 01:07:23 pm
not aftermarket, but cheap enough, and definitely authentic...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Arkanoid-control-panel_W0QQitemZ270001252546QQihZ017QQcategoryZ13716QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Arkanoid-control-panel_W0QQitemZ280001104175QQihZ018QQcategoryZ13716QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: After market arkanoid spinners?
Post by: RobotronNut on August 15, 2006, 02:13:45 pm
this one from happ:

http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/95093100.htm

is geared/unweighted. i don't know if it's an exact reproduction.
it appears to be identical to the one from arcade-equipment.com.

it's expensive, but you can probably get it for quite a bit
less from ponyboy or divemaster127 on the buy/sell/trade forum.