Posted by lakkdainen on February 12, 2002 at 15:35:43:
In Reply to: My new SlikStik!!! posted by Lasareath on February 11, 2002 at 22:33:16:
Is that an unshielded subwoofer right on top of your computer case!?? Maybe I'm wrong, but it doesn't look like a computer one. Magnetism == BAD! :)
: 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