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Flinkly:
i wonder if slikstik is gonna jump on this bandwagon and get us some stainless steel 49-way sticks.  if i heard right, there supposed to be making a small batch anyways.  maybe they'll make it a regular in their store.

1UP:
Anyone got measurements for the Happ 49 ways?  They don't have mounting info on their site.

Depth from top of mounting plate to bottom of base assembly is all I need (including bottom tip of stick if it protrudes).

BTW, looking at the photo, it looks like the Happ ones may have some kind of rubber restraint on the bottom.  Am I mistaken?

Thanks.

Arcadiac:
I'm gonna repeat my question from page 2, I didn't really get the answer to this one--
For Randy T.: Will this product work with standard 8-ways, possibly eliminating the need for 4 to 8-way switchable type sticks?

I asked specifically because if MAME only supports 2 or 3 games that need 49-ways, it would really be wasteful to buy them in order to use this interface for Pacman or Congo Bongo.

Thanks again, ARCADIAC!

Flinkly:
you could use the extra button slots for a non-analog hjoystick if you wanted, but it wont take advantage of the 49 way features.

NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Arcadiac on March 01, 2005, 12:32:54 am ---Will this product work with standard 8-ways, possibly eliminating the need for 4 to 8-way switchable type sticks?
--- End quote ---

It will work in PLACE OF a standard 8-way, but not WITH it--other than the 8-way can be connected to the button inputs, just like any other encoder.


--- Quote ---I asked specifically because if MAME only supports 2 or 3 games that need 49-ways, it would really be wasteful to buy them in order to use this interface for Pacman or Congo Bongo.
--- End quote ---

The niche for this interface is so that you can have a one-stick-does-all solution on your CP.
While there are only a few games that NEED a 49-way, there are many that can USE a 49-way with this interface.
You can use the stick on 49-way, 8-way, 4-way, rotated 4-way, and 2-way games, as well as many of the analog stick games.

The only games I KNOW will not be playable are the ones requiring the full resolution of an analog stick.
Notable amongst these is StarWars.
With a real analog, the aiming grid is 255x255.
With the 49-way, you can only aim at 49 of these points.
What will happen is that your crosshairs will jump to the next point on the grid, rather than tracking smoothly.

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