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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: arcadefever on October 20, 2005, 04:32:23 pm

Title: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: arcadefever on October 20, 2005, 04:32:23 pm

that is totaly weird !!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pole-Position-5-in-1-Multigame-Ms-PAC-MAN-GALAGA_W0QQitemZ6218222872QQcategoryZ13716QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: ChadTower on October 20, 2005, 04:34:53 pm

Would be funnier if you used the shifter as the joystick.

That has to be one of the retail home use PCBs, yes?

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: AmericanDemon on October 20, 2005, 04:40:43 pm

I bet it is one of those Jakks pacific all in one joys hacked.  Its still funny to see it in that cabinet.

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: Crowley on October 20, 2005, 05:38:33 pm

Jakks. I just made one of these but with the namco jakks. It's actually a really fast cheap solution. I recommend it.

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: RayB on October 20, 2005, 08:08:18 pm

The listing SAYS it's Jakks hardware. Man, this is too ghetto. I know Pole POsition boards are rare and break down too easily, but at least turn this into a proper DRIVING cab. Sheesh.

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: ChadTower on October 21, 2005, 09:06:17 am

I would love to see how they interfaced that steering wheel with the board, and how accurate that works.

Is the PP wheel optical or pot based?  I have to imagine the Jakks board is a pot.

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: missioncontrol on October 21, 2005, 09:29:22 am

Quote from: Crowley on October 20, 2005, 05:38:33 pm

Jakks. I just made one of these but with the namco jakks. It's actually a really fast cheap solution. I recommend it.

did you use a full size cab or make a bar top....

I'm planing on making a bartop for mine when I eventually get around to it.

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: Popcorrin on October 21, 2005, 03:17:04 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on October 21, 2005, 09:06:17 am

I would love to see how they interfaced that steering wheel with the board, and how accurate that works.

Is the PP wheel optical or pot based?

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: ChadTower on October 21, 2005, 03:20:01 pm

So, that fundamentally changes gameplay, since you have to recenter the wheel in order to stop turning with a pot.

With an encoder, anywhere you stop the wheel stops the turn.

Title: Re: pac man on a pole position cab !!!!!!
Post by: skippy on October 24, 2005, 03:57:07 pm

Saddest part is it looks like somebody gave $460.00 for this rag.