The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Dazz on January 04, 2009, 11:04:35 pm
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Hey guys,
I personally love emulation and have many consoles setup on my cabinet even though I have the real consoles sitting in a closet. Right now I have the following console controllers hooked up to my cabinet:
2 x NES
2 x SNES
2 x Sega Genesis
2 x Sony PSX
2 x Sega Dreamcast
2 x N64
All are hooked up via USB and USB Powered hubs using various adapters. I was wondering how you would suggest organizing/storing controllers. The controllers really need to be connected at all times as when they are disconnected/re-connected windows assigns different ID's to them. Because of this I'd have to re-configre the controls each time I want to play.
How would you suggest organizing/storing external controls like this?
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well, if you want them connected to your cabinet at all times, you really have two options:
1: store them inside the cabinet, accessible via a door of some kind (coin door perhaps)
2: mount hangers of some type to the sides of the cabinet to hang them on. you could perhaps drill 2 columns of holes down the side and use various peg-board hangers to hold the various controllers.
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Here is something I made for a friend..
(http://spawnlinux.dyndns.org/blissbox/pictures/blisspanel.JPG)
(http://spawnlinux.dyndns.org/controler/pictures/S4021485.JPG)
Basically its in all in one adapter for just about every controller you could want. Switchable up front. He mounted it in his arcade cab but I have yet to get the pics.