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Posted by Prophet of Retrogames on 4, 2000 at 1:52 AM:

In Reply to: Disgruntled-Controller Design posted by FiZZLeRoM on 4, 2000 at 12:25 AM:

Making a homemade panel isn't that hard - sure it takes work, but if you use the right parts it's not so hard. Personally I think keyboard hacks are the worst way to go. Use a good encoder or joyport interface, or some combination of the two and life becomes much better.

As for HanaHo, you're only thinking about the cost of parts - do you realize how much labor cost is involved? Each HotRod represents quite a bit of manual labor by skilled craftsmen. Quality has a price. Sure $200 is a lot of money, but after making my own panel way back when I totally understand how the labor drives the price up.

-P-
www.retrogames.com


: Ok first off, for anyone who is going through the hell that I am; this may be a way to say it how it feels for all of ous who have been dicke*. Anyways if you have any plan on making a arcade controller! FORGET IT.

: Ive sat here and gone through keyboard hacks, Gameport connections and console video game controllers and found they all fall short of being anything but great.

: Any access to real professional design just blows as the outcome isnt that great. And spending the time, the hell of construction and ordering the parts is not worth it; as well as how each princible design of going into the keyboard with the problems of GHOSTING, or the gameports FREAKING LIMITATIONS OF A FEW BUTTONS or any other interface like USB or Parellel all have RESTRICTIONS - RESTRICTIONS - RESTRICTIONS!!!!!

: And when you will pay money, which some of ous who wont fuss have paid for a Hotrod SE or a Stick-It, which is not so reasonably priced, becasue if anyone has actually looked at those prices and DONT DENY it have coughed a little hard at its price! I mean come on anything over 100.00 bucks is kinda just ripping ous all off to relive a past.

: I mean I love to enjoy classic gaming, but the price we pay for a decent or at least a fair chance at creating a great controller it always fall short, unless you really know your electorincs or have spent so much cash in your own errors like I have, before jsut going out and just buying one have I relived the hell of building a Mame controller to experience my past at one hell of a price.




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