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What controls should I buy?
Donkey_Kong:
--- Quote from: (+_+) on December 22, 2006, 11:52:10 am ---Do I really need an Optipac if I'm getting a usb trackball and spinner? Also, what was your reasoning destructor for not going with the 4 Ultastiks as per leapinlew suggestion to keep them similar?
So far
TT2 and nice knob
Ultimarcs buttons and IPac4
4 Ultrastiks (still pending more research and suggestions)
What about the Happ Trackball or the GGG Electric Ice-T?
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1. If you buy ultra stiks and something else...you will probably hate the fact that you bought the something else.
2. 4 ultra stiks DO IT!! No wiring harnesses. Restrictors & Springs yes!
3. How many buttons total? You might save a few bucks on your ipac if you only have say...32 inputs you could do the Ipac VE. 1/2 price I think. Then hook a few of your buttons to your...
4. Electric Ice Trackball
5. How could you not get the TT2 right now?
Goog luck man I know this one has been on the burner for awhile. Pull the trigger (+_+). I wanna see ya get er done!
destructor:
UltraStik are excellent, yes. But for some games Mag-Stik can be better (old 4-way). Best if you test it. You can buy 4 UltraStiks and one MagStik for test. But:
1. If you will mount 4 UltraSticks only then for buttons I-PAC isn't required, you can connect buttons to U360 PCB.
2. If you will mount MagStik - I-PAC will be required.
You must know:
1. Do you will use your panel for 4 players or not? Maybe you think about 4 players but maybe you never use it and will play max on 2 players. If 2 players only then 2 U360 and 2 MagSticks will be better.
2. The same about 2-joy games for 2 players.
Simple: if you will never or sometimes only use 3 or 4 joysticks at once then better buy 2 UltraSticks and 2 MagSticks. If you will offten use 3 or 4 at once better buy 4 UltraSticks.
Throw in MagSticks is smaller than U360 and I don't know but maybe for you for old 4-way games it will be better.
About I-PAC if you decide for 4 U360: I-PAC will be useless because for coin, start, etc. you can connect combinations of inputs from U360s. Example: coin1 = P1 button6+P2 button 6, ....
Otherwise if you will have problem with it you can buy I-PAC.
OptiPac: if you will buy USB Spinner then OptiPac is useless.
Donkey_Kong:
AGREE with 99% of that destructor EXCEPT...even if you do 4 ultra stiks you MIGHT still want the IPAC for the SHIFT key. Maybe you could get a keywiz from Randy too and he has the Shazam key which is the same. Sounds like you will be ordering form both...Like i did. Best of Both worlds man...
Yea, I just like to have a shift key...For me it means less overall buttons for uncluttered CP!
Kremmit:
If you use even two Ultrastiks, then you probably don't need an Ipac4, an Ipac2 or similar will suffice.
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