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A step by step guide to building your dream system.
A step by step guide to building your dream system.
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Joysticks, trackballs, spinners, buttons, steering wheels, and flight yokes Controls
- Joysticks
- Trackballs
- Spinners
- Buttons
- Wheels
- Yokes
USB port, game port, mouse port, Keyboard: hacks, encoders, miscellaneous, & ghosting, parallel and serial ports, Y adapters, and other Interfaces
- USB port
-Game port
- Mouse port
- Keyboard
  - hack
  - encoder
  - other
  - ghosting
- Parallelport
- Serial port
- Y adapters
- Other
Control layout, system wiring, artwork, woodwork, monitor mounting, and using arcade monitors and tvs Monitors
- Monitor
  Mounting
- Arcade
  Monitors &
  TVs
Finding cabinets, building cabinets Cabinets
- Finding
- Building
Control layout, system wiring, artwork, woodwork, monitor mounting, and using arcade monitors and tvs Wiring
- General Theory
- Wire Gauge
- Wiring a Cabinet
- Wiring Hagstrom
  encoders - matrix
- Wiring coin doors
- Turn on PC from
  outside cabinet
Control layout, system wiring, artwork, woodwork, monitor mounting, and using arcade monitors and tvs Art/Multimedia
- Layout
- Artwork
- Woodwork
- Monitor
  Mounting
- Arcade
  Monitors &
  TVs
Definitions, tech discussions on joysticks, kybd ghosting, monitors, step-by-step guides to various projects, emulator/game support Tech & Tips
- Definitions
- Joysticks
- Keyboard
  ghosting
- Monitors
- Step by 
  step guides
- Emulator & 
  game
  support
Buying joystick consoles & arcade cabinets, gamepad adapters, misc info. Alternatives
- Buying
  consoles &
  cabinets
- Gamepad
  adapters
- Misc info &
  utilities
Reviews of some of the many products you can buy Reviews
- Hanaho
- Custom
  Arcade
- Arcade
  Solutions
- TwistyGrip
- Stick-It!
- V-Stick
- Powerramp
- Pounder
- Head to head
  comparisons
- Happ
  Electronics
Download drivers, desktop themes, startup screens, utilities, and other misc for your project Downloads
- Drivers
- EyeCandy
- Utilities
- Misc.
 
Examples of other people's projects for inspiration - Over 100! Examples
Submit your own project! Submit project
The *best* place to go for help on your project is the message board!  Chat every Friday night! Msg Board
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1001 arcade control related links - vendors, parts, components, info, software, more Links
Looking to hook arcade controls up to a game console?  Click here! Game Consoles
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