Any 'off the shelf' solutions for trackball/spinner/flightstick?
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There are plenty of games in Mame that require special controls such as a spinner, trackball or flight stick (Tron etc), are there any 'pre-made' solutions to this or is it just a case of getting some wood, buying all the separate components and trying to add everything into a home-made panel?
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@chubsta Flight sticks for PC's used to be common, they must come with USB connections. A simple solution to spinners (for Midnight Resistance or Forgotten Worlds would be nice. Some way to configure the right analogue stick to do both that and fire would be a godsend.
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@George-Spiggott @chubsta - I purchased the parts for my arcade build including a spinner and trackball and flightstick (Ultrastik 360). They all have USB connection so they ARE plug and play, but you still have to mount them somehow. So I've been using an old fightstick I got for $10 on craigslist to test them with. It isn't too hard if you wanted to use or build an enclosure. I guess I'm just chiming in to say that it's really just the mounting process that's a bit of work, not the connecting to Pi part, other than the usual adjustments in retroarch and ES
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@hoeveler said in Any 'off the shelf' solutions for trackball/spinner/flightstick?:
@George-Spiggott @chubsta - I purchased the parts for my arcade build including a spinner and trackball and flightstick (Ultrastik 360). They all have USB connection so they ARE plug and play, but you still have to mount them somehow. So I've been using an old fightstick I got for $10 on craigslist to test them with. It isn't too hard if you wanted to use or build an enclosure. I guess I'm just chiming in to say that it's really just the mounting process that's a bit of work, not the connecting to Pi part, other than the usual adjustments in retroarch and ES
Dang... if I weren't already committed to the parts I purchased and the custom build I have in mind, I would take a look at Wal-mart this week! The 1UP Tempest could be worth taking apart and using just the control panel and controls for the price it's going for. I hope this doesn't get flagged for promotion or something, but just take a look because a spinner alone like I got is $90, and a trackball is also $90. Those were the two most expensive components, and for $10 more you have an entire (3/4 scale) cabinet!
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