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Generic Eric:
I am sorry, I might just be slow....

Are the "ear pieces" supposed to screw on through the top of the CP?

mahuti:
All I know is that I'm in if the cost is around $100 or below.

Tommy Boy:
I'm curious, are there any other games (besides MH) that this control would be useful for?

OSCAR:

--- Quote from: generic_eric on September 18, 2004, 02:24:54 am ---I am sorry, I might just be slow....

Are the "ear pieces" supposed to screw on through the top of the CP?
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Not your fault, my drawings and description probably aren't clear enough to describe what I meant by that.

The ears would have little tabs that nested under the top plate of the controller.  The top plate would have c'sunk holes so the ears could be screwed into the top plate with some flat head machine screws for a flush fit.  Then the entire assembly would fit snug up against the underside of the control panel and the screws for the ears would not even be visible from the top.  A point to note here is that this controller is designed for a metal cp, like the original.  I'm sure clever installers could figure a way to install it into a wood control panel, though, it's been done before with other types of controls.  :)


Tommy Boy - Probably not many.  Since the roller is basically a spinner turned on its side, it would work in place of a spinner for spinner games, but some spinner games like Tempest or Arkanoid would probably be a bit awkward to play that way.  On the other hand, some games like Camel Try might be kinda neat to play with a roller instead of a spinner, but I'm just speculating....  One of those things that you wouldn't really know unless you tried it, I guess.  That's one of the nice things about a MAME cab, you have the opportunity to try various controls on different games, where that would be more difficult to do with a dedicated machine.

telengard:

--- Quote from: Tommy Boy on September 18, 2004, 12:35:08 pm ---I'm curious, are there any other games (besides MH) that this control would be useful for?

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Kick, Kick Man, and one other game had a similar control, I think it's called Astro Fighter.  They have it at funspot.  It is a little more narrow but it is a wheel that only goes horizontal.  You could probably play these games with it.

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