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Vectrex Controller
MinerAl:
I would like to make an arcade stick/button controller for a Vectrex system (eventually for a "drop in" mini-cab project).
The buttons are just buttons, but the joystick is analog, supplying +3.4V to -3.4V (centered at 0) from the two axis pots. It's actually supplied 5V, but uses resistors to narrow the range.
I have been away from the hobby for a while, and haven't kept up on joystick varieties like I used to. I know there is the US$180 Happs trigger analog stick, and there are the micro ones you use to repair broken PS3 controllers. One is too expensive and the other not big enough, and neither really gets to the ball-top traditional arcade machine vibe I'm looking for.
Is there a reasonably priced (< US$75) regular arcade stick looking solution for me? Would one of the digital/pseudo-analog ones be capable of what I'm trying to do?
Any advice?
ChadTower:
There is only one original game that actually needs the analog stick. Most of the others don't even support it and treat it like a digital stick. Most of the homebrews in recent years do support analog movement.
You could easily get away with a digital stick for the original games. I have always used a Playstation->Vectrex adapter with an original PS1 controller in my Vectrex setup. No analog there though the adapter does support it with a Dual Shock controller.
ChadTower:
A quick Google turned this up: http://www.instructables.com/id/Modify-PSX-Controller-for-Vectrex-Games-Console/
It might be worth considering using a Playstation arcade joystick and modifying it like that.
MinerAl:
That's where I'm looking right now. My other idea was to find an old PC flight stick and hack an arcade ball/bat top shaft to it. I was hoping there was an off the shelf solution though.
ChadTower:
There is a Genesis controller mod out there too. That's digital too, though.
Even the few coin op Vectrex bartops I have seen all have regular Vectrex controllers embedded in the CP.
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