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Donkey_Kong:

--- Quote ---But it will work with an older version of MAME Analog+.  You can make it work.
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Kremmit, This is GREAT news but I would probably need some serious BYOAC life support to get it to breath. That could get ugly...

http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/a219391.htm
Please tell me more about this 49-way williams stick though anyway...Can it be had with a balltop by chance?

Kremmit:
If you go the MAME Analog+ route, that U_Rebel guy that posted above is your expert.  Or JerryJanis.

As far as the Williams 49-way option, it only comes in a balltop, unless you find one with a Blaster triggerstick handle (unlikely).  Mostly Orange or Red balltops, although Teal and Yellow ones exist. 

Here's one:  http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/1945

kelemvor:
Aren't these stickers encoded like a Spinner? I'm sure someone could take a spinner, hollow out a portion to insert a joystick shaft into...  Then there ya go.  Your own joystick for the price of drilling into metal and a cheapo joystick shaft...

jerryjanis:

--- Quote from: Donkey_Kong on November 17, 2006, 01:19:20 pm ---That thing is sweet looking and priced accordingly I might add. What the heck though, I spent $150 on a keyboard...Whats another $300 for a stick right?
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$300.00 - Crikey that's a lot of money!  If I were you I would be patient and keep an aggressive eye on ebay.  If you give it some time, I'm sure decent will come up.  At $300.00 you'd be better off buying a full cab!

You might want to read up on my 720 page:

http://jstookey.com/arcade/720/

particularly:

http://jstookey.com/arcade/720/720-arcadejoy.php

My web page has some information about hacking the original 720 joystick to work with the PC.  At the bottom of that page, there's a Mame driver that enables you to use the 720 arcade joystick.  (It's a little outdated - Mame 0.104, and I think it needs to be updated in order to work with the latest version of Mame.  Let me know and I would be happy to update it).  I'd even compile a version of Mame for you if you like.

Also, as was mentioned by someone else, you can use an older version of Mame Analog+ with the original 720 joystick.

As far as using the joystick for any other games, you can probably forget about it!  Nothing is impossible, but it's a matter of getting someone to devote that much time around a joystick that only a handful of people own!  I would love to play more games with the joystick, though.  I'm thinking that maybe by hacking an emulator or something you might be able to trick a Tony Hawk game into working with the spinner joystick, but it would take a fair amount of effort!

Jake

Torc:

--- Quote from: kelemvor on November 21, 2006, 08:56:38 am ---Aren't these stickers encoded like a Spinner? I'm sure someone could take a spinner, hollow out a portion to insert a joystick shaft into...  Then there ya go.  Your own joystick for the price of drilling into metal and a cheapo joystick shaft...

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The diff between the 720 stick and a spinner is the stick is calibrated with the spinner mechanisim so the movement is always in the same direction as the stick is facing. If you use a spinner with a stick attachment, the stick will not always be in the correct direction. making it unplayable.

I think the best cheapest alternative is the 49 way stick. Thats what I use and the game is extremly playable like that. I've even considered making a restrictor plate to make it only move in a circular direction. I believe a 49 way stick with a circular restrictor would give almost identical feel to the arcade, and far cheaper too.

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