My new SlikStik!!!

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Posted by Lasareath on February 11, 2002 at 22:33:16:

Hail All!,

I just wanted to say a few words about the controller I just bought, It is a SlikStik, And it's my 1st controller. The story starts this way.... As many of you I recieved a cd from a friend who said I think you'll like this. He said it was something called Mame, I was like what's that?, And he told me and i could'nt wait to get home and try it, Damn!, I was hooked, I started playing Tempest (when I was 12 I probally put like $1000.00 in quarters in that game), But and this was a BIG BUT, how the hell can I play tempest with a keyboard???, So I asked my friend and he told me people make their own controllers, He told me that the controller for Tempest was called a Spinner (I didnt even know what it was called).

So, I started searching, I found Kelsey from Oscar Controls and he helped me out with many questions, He gave me many links to various sites like to X-Arcade, and SlikStik.

I wanted a Spinner and that's all, But I started looking, I was considering getting an X-Arcade and having Kelsey install a Spinner, That was gonna cost me like $280, But I wanted to try to squeeze a track ball on that too, But that was not possible, So I started looking around and I found the SlikStik.

So I ordered the SlikStik, Let me say , this controller is huge!, it's 35" wide, 17" deep and 4.5" in the back and 3.5" up front, It must weigh like 30lbs, It has player 1 and two buttons, Green coin buttons, And a Black Pause button, They use an I-PAC and programming is easy with the I-PAC Ultility (Usually you never need to use the I-PACUltility program, you just need to program Mame to the buttons on the SlikStik)

As of today I have been using my SlikStik for about 7 days and Mame for about 1 month, I was not familliar with Programming buttons with the SlikStik and Mame and I wound up screwing up the whole configuration, So I called tech support and they stayed on the phone with me untill the settings were corrected.

I'm really happy I went with the SlikStik, If you have any questions for me about it please feel free to email me.

Thanks for your time,

Lasareath of the DOM
www.uoDOM.com

P.S.

I have pictures of my cabinet I made and the SlikStik here:

http://www.uodom.com/mame/images/Aut_6801.jpeg

http://www.uodom.com/mame/images/Aut_6803.jpeg

http://www.uodom.com/mame/images/Aut_6804.jpeg

SlikStik's Webpage

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: Hail All!, : I just wanted to say a few words about the controller I just bought, It is a SlikStik, And it's my 1st controller. The story starts this way.... As many of you I recieved a cd from a friend who said I think you'll like this. He said it was something called Mame, I was like what's that?, And he told me and i could'nt wait to get home and try it, Damn!, I was hooked, I started playing Tempest (when I was 12 I probally put like $1000.00 in quarters in that game), But and this was a BIG BUT, how the hell can I play tempest with a keyboard???, So I asked my friend and he told me people make their own controllers, He told me that the controller for Tempest was called a Spinner (I didnt even know what it was called). : So, I started searching, I found Kelsey from Oscar Controls and he helped me out with many questions, He gave me many links to various sites like to X-Arcade, and SlikStik. : I wanted a Spinner and that's all, But I started looking, I was considering getting an X-Arcade and having Kelsey install a Spinner, That was gonna cost me like $280, But I wanted to try to squeeze a track ball on that too, But that was not possible, So I started looking around and I found the SlikStik. : So I ordered the SlikStik, Let me say , this controller is huge!, it's 35" wide, 17" deep and 4.5" in the back and 3.5" up front, It must weigh like 30lbs, It has player 1 and two buttons, Green coin buttons, And a Black Pause button, They use an I-PAC and programming is easy with the I-PAC Ultility (Usually you never need to use the I-PACUltility program, you just need to program Mame to the buttons on the SlikStik) : As of today I have been using my SlikStik for about 7 days and Mame for about 1 month, I was not familliar with Programming buttons with the SlikStik and Mame and I wound up screwing up the whole configuration, So I called tech support and they stayed on the phone with me untill the settings were corrected. : I'm really happy I went with the SlikStik, If you have any questions for me about it please feel free to email me. : Thanks for your time, : Lasareath of the DOM : www.uoDOM.com : P.S. : I have pictures of my cabinet I made and the SlikStik here: : http://www.uodom.com/mame/images/Aut_6801.jpeg : http://www.uodom.com/mame/images/Aut_6803.jpeg : http://www.uodom.com/mame/images/Aut_6804.jpeg

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