![]() ![]() Another opinion to be drowned out by the masses another “content curator” to fall down the cracks. The rest is simple (to me anyways) electrical hookup and screwing down a couple buttons and joystick.When I started this Tumblr back in 2013, I didn’t think there would be ‘room’ on the Internet for another video game blog. Myself I suck at woodwork, can barely assemble IKEA crap, so I had my local cabinet company do the cuts for me and pre drill holes. I mean, otherwise, building your own control panel really isn't as hard as you might think and honestly is not expensive if you don't mind fabbing your own. Then you get both a dedicated Pacman genre stick, and an 8 way for that genre. Like I said though, NOT USB, but honestly, would really not take much to pull out the encoder and swap in an iPac, and do like I said I did on my old one, swap out one of the sticks for a Tornado Terry. I linked to one I found on eBay as you can see (though not the SE version). I sold mine off after I bought the new house and had room to make an arcade room with controls the way I like on my cabs. I'm a right handed (pac-genre) player as is my son, so I had my Hotrod configured with a Tornado Terry on the right joystick, and the standard happ 8 way on the left. Of course, back then, the Hotrod SE ran on I believe serial port or PS2. It was the Hotrod SE It uses Happ style joysticks and if you don't mind tearing it apart, the Tornado Terry sticks swap right in. ![]() Oh snap, I totally remember what that joystick was called I used back in the day. But personally, I think the Atari Arcade Fightstick looks nicer. So it's highly likely that you'll be able to swap one of the joysticks out for a Happ Reunion stick, or a Tornado Terry stick.Īn X-Arcade panel might be another option. They come fitted with clones of the Happ Super joysticks. If you don't want to build your own panel, then I'd be inclined to consider buying an Atari Arcade Fightstick. Most of the Pacman style joysticks still made today are based around the Happ/IL standard which requires more space under the control panel. ![]() But they generally feel very different to the types of joystick that were fitted to Pacman arcade cabinets, even when they're used with a diamond shaped restrictor. There's nothing wrong with Japanese sticks, actually they're rather nice. Unfortunately, most pre-built control panels these days come fitted with Japanese style joysticks (i.e. Especially since I worked for 3 months restoring the old cabinet. Honestly, I'm quite dismayed that I can't simply go onto Amazon and buy a really good Pac-man arcade stick for a reasonable price, to just plug into my PC, instead of going through another "project." I guess the market for true Pac-man control isn't enough for them to mass produce anything good.Īre there any kits that would simply work with the Tornado Terry stick, mounting it easily, without me having to be some kind of craftsman / woodsmith? Also does the Tornado Terry have good reliability, and how much total cost am I looking at? TBH being 16 years older now, I'm really just over putting in a ton of effort for this. Didn't know what people used for the interface now. ![]() It was easy to wire in the joystick and buttons. Back then I was lucky to get donated a real Pac-Man joystick for which I refurbished the stem of the stick. I had restored and converted an authentic Pac Man cabinet in 2005. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |