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Title: Bespoke Cocktail with Rotational Joysticks
Post by: digitalarcade on February 05, 2008, 06:06:22 pm

This cab is totally finished now. PC installed with MAME and Maximus. On the vertical sides I have used rotational joysticks - this mean that for games like Ikari Warriors, twisting the joystick handle moves the gun from left to right.

Some pics:

(http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/latestpics/DSC07035.JPG)

(http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/latestpics/DSC07020.JPG)

(http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/latestpics/DSC07031.JPG)

(http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/latestpics/DSC07027.JPG)

(http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/latestpics/DSC07032.JPG)

(http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/latestpics/DSC07017.JPG)

(http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/latestpics/DSC07030.JPG)

Title: Re: Bespoke Cocktail with Rotational Joysticks
Post by: rberger3 on February 05, 2008, 06:10:41 pm

 :cheers:  Good work, love the design, very clean.  Have you though about cutting the glass so it matches the shape of the top?

Title: Re: Bespoke Cocktail with Rotational Joysticks
Post by: danny_galaga on February 06, 2008, 01:14:30 am

what sort of joysticks are these rotationals?

Title: Re: Bespoke Cocktail with Rotational Joysticks
Post by: nen10dough on February 06, 2008, 12:21:25 pm

Wow that looks great.  Quick question, how does Maximus Arcade handle the horizontal to vertical switching?  I know that it supports both layouts, but is there a quick way to switch between them without manually changing the settings?

Title: Re: Bespoke Cocktail with Rotational Joysticks
Post by: Franco B on February 06, 2008, 12:36:17 pm

Looks awesome mate  :cheers:

I really must crack on with mine!

Im intrested to know what rotarys they are too, are they LS-30's? If so, I didnt think they performed very well for non rotary games, will they be ok for all of the vertical 4-way games etc?

Title: Re: Bespoke Cocktail with Rotational Joysticks
Post by: digitalarcade on February 06, 2008, 06:46:36 pm

Hi Chaps,

Thanks for the positive comments.

I set the orientation for each game in in Mame32. Maximus then picks up these settings and displays the games as configured. In terms of the orientation of the menu, I leave that in the horizontal.

The rotational josticks are Happs -

(http://www.ultimarc.com/images/rotary_joystick.jpg)

and I used the Ultimarc controller:

(http://www.ultimarc.com/images/rotary.jpg)

Imo, they work really well. The trackball is Happs as well and connects to a Dell P4 PC via USB.