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Building simple Control Panel
Searcher7:
I'm building a simple 8-button, 1-spinner control panel for a friend who only plays the classic games.
I have MiniPac and Hydrogen controllers, as well as original Midway and Tornado spinners.
But it would seem a waste to use the MiniPAC or Tornado on such a simple control panel.
So I was hoping to get recommendations on the best way to do this.
Should I do an "old fashioned" keyboard or Sidewinder hack and use the Tornado spinner?
Perhaps get a cheaper keyboard encoder and do a mouse hack for one of the Midway arcade spinners I have?
Decisions. decisions. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Darren
TOK:
You could get him a U360 from Ultimarc and that would cover the stick and encoder in one unit. I'd probably just get a separate USB spinner.
Not the cheapest way, but every time I try to economize I'm not satisfied. ;)
CheffoJeffo:
Hey Searcher7 --- long time since we've seen you.
I would agree with TOK about the U360, depending on the game list, and a mouse hack for the spinner.
If you don't have an issue with 4-way vs 8-way, then perhaps a keyboard hack ... or one of the lesser encoders on eBay.
So ... which games ?
Searcher7:
Only one spinner and eight buttons.(Three on each side of the spinner).
No joystick.
Thanks.
Darren
CheffoJeffo:
So, a spinner, P1B1 (x2), P1B2(x2), P1B3(x2) and two other buttons (Coin1 and Start1 ?).
Given what you have on hand and a desire to do it on the cheap, I would say mouse hack and a keyboard hack or cheap encoder.
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