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Crazy Wiimote control ideas... anyone got info?

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JKJudgeX:
It's not a matter of building the arcade cabinet.

The cabinet is built.  It's sitting in my media room being enjoyed on a nightly basis since Friday night.

It's a matter of enabling more games without adding/buying/installing more and more controls.

The interface allows me to choose from my MAME collection, genesis collection, SNES collection, etc etc etc. 

Now, instead of building in a connection for a light gun, and adding a big funky steering wheel, and hollowing out a hole to stick a trackball in, if I could just run a glovepie script, grab a wiimote, and switch between T2 the arcade game, Virtua Cop, Arkanoid, and Outrun... I'd save myself a whole lot of work, time, and money, wouldn't I?

Classic arcade is cool.  I dominated top-scores in the Charleston/Huntington area (and the Galaga machine at Cedar Point on multiple occasions) for about 20 years of my life.  Yes, I like the feedback and feel of the "Operation Wolf" gun... very nostalgic, but, building it myself?  I think I'd like to just try with a Wiimote.  I'll never forget the smooth operation of that Super Sprint Wheel, but, if I could have an untethered WiiMote wheel, the same one I've played driving games on my Wii with, I'd be satisfied.

Nothing wrong with updating controls...  and of course, honestly, if I had a million bucks or a bunch of spare time I'd build interchangeable panels and or a gigantic master control panel of infinite badassery, complete with voice activated drop-down periscope control for that cool submarine game and overhead secondary Dragon's Lair display....but, i'm trying to keep this project within a certain realm of reason... (until I become a billionaire, at which point you guys are all invited to my multiplex free arcade. ;) )

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote ---I'd save myself a whole lot of work, time, and money, wouldn't I?

--- End quote ---
With that type of outlook on this hobby, you really shouldn't get into this.

NickG:
A lot of these games might be difficult to set up for good playability with the Wiimote and a Glovepie script. Have you looked into utilizing a presentation mouse?  not that it would be any better, I guess...

JKJudgeX:

--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on March 25, 2008, 05:01:49 pm ---
--- Quote ---I'd save myself a whole lot of work, time, and money, wouldn't I?

--- End quote ---
With that type of outlook on this hobby, you really shouldn't get into this.

--- End quote ---

No offense but that's terrible advice.  I'm already into this hobby and have been a retrogamer for years.  You build your cabinet with all of your old school, expensive, "authentic" Happ controls, I'll build my more new-age cabinet my way (using whatever new technologies I choose to throw in, such as wiimotes), and we'll both be happier. 

Not considering your budget and time investment in a project like this?  That's far worse than being reasonable about it.

Thanks for your input though.

Ginsu Victim:
Yep....you still rub me the wrong way....
It's your cabinet and you can do as you please....I just think your attitude toward what the rest of us are doing stinks.

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