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Need assitance with mini-cab controls...
conseit68:
As well as the full size "Back to the Future" cab I am building, I am almost complete on a mini-tron cab. I am at a loss on the control interface that i will require. My control panel consists of (1) spinner, (1) 8 way top fire joystick, (2) standard buttons, and a hand full of admin. buttons on a seperate hidden panel. The three questions that I present to the board is:
1 - Which control interface would work best for me while keeping a budget and ease of use in mind?
2 - How many admin. buttons would be required, keeping in mind that I would like to keep to as few as possible.
3 - Is there a document or site that shows games that are vertical/horizontal and buttons used? So that I can make a list of games to be played on this mini-machine.
Thanks in advance for everyones assitance with my ignorance.
Witchboard:
I would say with the limited number of buttons the most affordable method would be a keyboard hack and a mouse hack for your spinner. Is it a push pull spinner?
Notice I said most affordable... not easiest. ;)
paigeoliver:
Keyboard hacking the older heavy clicky keyboards is usually a piece of cake (they HAVE to be clicky), unless you get one of the rare ones with a metal backing plate that is non-removable (I have only ever encountered ONE of those).
MinerAl:
1. Look into a gamepad hack and an Oscar Controls USB optical interface (pre-done mouse hack).
Another way to go, if you are sticking to MAME(tm), is to get an IPAC VE for the buttons/joystick. I love that thing, and it's an order of magnitude easier to wire than any kind of hack-it-yourself solution.
What kind of spinner are you using? If you are ordering one, see if they also sell an interface and get one shipped with it.
2. As for admin buttons, if you use an IPAC or a KeyWiz all you really need is a shift button and maybe a coin button or two. Everything else can be a combo of the shift/shazam and one of the buttons on the CP.
3. Search these boards. The topic has come up before. I did and found JoyMonkey's list of vertical games.
Post pics of what you come up with!
Good luck.
captainpotato:
I'm using a MiniPAC for my minicab. As for admin buttons, I have a 1P, 2P and a coin button - that's it. The MiniPAC takes care of the rest.
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