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New arcade hardware - poll
RobotronNut:
i wonder how much current the original Qbert knocker drew. IIRC, it was much softer than a pinball "popper".
RobotronNut:
it would be cool if one device could perform the functions of an analog paddle (e.g. warlords) and a high-resolution digital spinner (e.g. arkanoid).
such a device would have both an optical wheel and an analog pot. the pot would have to be connected with some sort of friction-based coupling, like a fishing reel drag disc or a belt, so that it would slip if taken beyond its extremes in either direction.
of course, this would only be interesting if it were also a push/pull spinner for discs of tron...
Xiaou2:
Believe it or not, I think Ive just about got that design down pat. :) But, I wouldnt want it to be used as a replacement for a full size wheel for example. Just a pure 'do it all' spinner.
But, I wont release it unless it can be done in Transparent Blue - the same as the tron joystick handle. (and Not 'semi-translucent', it has to be the same glossy transparent color)
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 26, 2006, 11:42:12 pm --- As for the Qbert Knocker.. I would hope that it went Beyond just that...
And instead.. could be used as Dual Kickback coils in Terminator 2 guns, and for Lightgun usage. (such as Point Blank, TIme Crisis..ect) (one could mod existing guns to work with these... or implact them into thier own devices)
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I agree...if there could be some standard device MAME could output to (Druin was working on something like this a while back). So in theory you could do the above, and also things like steering feedback, seat vibration...pretty much anything. At the moment people have generally achieved things like this by using the pretty hackish method of keyboard LED's.
The 270/360 degree combo wheel would be a superb device...as long as it is based around arcade style hardware (bullet proof) rather than the (usually) awful quality console/pc wheels.
2600:
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--- Quote from: 2600 on March 26, 2006, 08:27:51 pm ---A) For the 270/360, I could easily see wanting the 270 to be pot based, not just a restricted optical wheel. You'd get major bonus points if you made this the yoke as well or at least have the option.
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Any particular reason restricted optical is bad? If it had an alignment sensor, the count could be made absolute like a pot. As long as the optical resolution is high.
Again all this is just throwing around ideas to see what the interest would be.
D.
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Devil's in the details. Just making sure issues like that are thought about. Optical can be done, just haven't seen one yet. If they get it to work, another option would be using it as a spinner. Or at least providing the parts, so it can be made into a spinner. I'm not sure if the crowd would also require the wheel to be hard restricted as well in 270 mode.
Same thing with the knocker. Circuits can be made to get it to work, but like you said start costing money for the correct components. So either it works and you get a bang, or ends up coming out with all the strength of a slow fart.
It's all good stuff, just trying to expand the ideas so the company know where the intrest lies. As you've seen, sometimes the crowd here can steer you with one hand, only to hit you square in the nuts with the other over the smallest of details.
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