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NES Arkanoid VAUS controller - hackable as a MAME spinner?
eastbayarb:
Anyone know or try to hack the Arkanoid VAUS controller (included in the NES version of Arkanoid) into a spinner for MAME?
Thanx!
Kremmit:
Unfortunately, it's not a spinner, it's a paddle. A spinner freely rotates 360 degrees, and is (almost) always an optical device. A paddle has a limited range-of-motion, and is (almost?) always a potentiometer device.
The NES version of Arkanoid is virtually un-playable past a certain level without that controller, though. I've never researched it, but I'll bet it's worth buck$ to serious NES collectors in working condition.
edit: According to Ebay completed auctions, it's not really that valuable after all. Bummer.
horseboy:
Woohoo, I've got one.
Kremmit:
I've got a broken one from back in my NES days. One of these days, I'll have to try replacing the pot on it to see if that fixes it.
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on May 13, 2006, 04:06:47 am ---I've got a broken one from back in my NES days. One of these days, I'll have to try replacing the pot on it to see if that fixes it.
--- End quote ---
It does.
I already fixed mine.
I actually didn't like the size/shape of the thing as well, and dumped all the guts into a project box that fit my hand better.
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