Posted by xiaou2 on 16, 2000 at 1:13 AM:
In Reply to: in that case . . . . posted by jh on 15, 2000 at 8:42 PM:
: You're gonna need rotary sticks for Ikari style games, 8-way sticks (naturally), 4-way stick that'll rotate for Q-bert (I don't care what people say, it's not the same with an 8-way) and I think also a 2-way that'll rotate 90 degrees to allow for horizontal games like Galaga or Mappy, and vertical for Defender & Stargate (this is what I did). Probably need a Tron style stick for Tron, Gorf & Discs of Tron. Speaking of DOT, your spinner (which is a must) needs to support up/down movement. A trackball (at least one) is also a must. I think you'll need a flight yoke, and also a steering wheel setup of some sort. And of course, a slew of buttons. If you wanna properly play Battlezone & Vindicators you'll need sticks with buttons on them.
: Help me out folks, what did I miss?
Yup... ;)
You missed the Motercycle handlebar throttle controler, Light-guns, pot based guns, and a few others that are obsucure like the throttle on the lander games. heheh There are a lot of possiblities!
I started a panel that would have most all possibilities. It has multiple sides, and rotates. The beauty of it is... that you can make some of the panels 'blank' and fill then fill then in as you get more parts/funds.
I am re-thinking the stop mechanism into a disc-brake solution by using a c-clamp style vice-grip.
More soon... For now - look here:
http://www.homestead.com/xiaou2/xiaou2s.html