simple controller

[Mr20to5]

Hi guys,

I've seldom dabbled with mame, but in the absence of a plethora of original DK cabs to choose from, I have found myself dabbling.

Other threads have steered me to the correct rom set and emulator, so I am happy with that. What I'm not so comfortable with is fiddling around the keyboard.

I was pointed towards an X Arcade controller but that seemed a bit pricey, so five minutes of Ebay surfing found lots of kits, with joystick, buttons, zero lag Usb adapter, etc, for under twenty notes to my door.

Of course if these are utter tut then it doesn't matter how cheap they are.

So once more I turn to those in the know.

I'm simply after some fairly decent stick/button/usb combo. For now to focus on playing DK through my PC. More than happy to fix up a control panel mount type thingy to set them in.

Any ideas guys?

Thanks,

Neil

 

[Mr20to5]

Gentle friendly bump in case all you helpful peeps missed my latest cry for help.

 

[tazfaedodge]

I looked at the cheap USB encoders with joys buttons etc from China.

Was advised to look at the I-PAC2, unlike the other cheap ones you can program the IPAC and set it up with whatever amount of buttons joys spinners etc

http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac2.html

 

[cosine]

I can vouch for the IPAC2, used one in one of my candies that was running Streets of Rage Remake at NERG last year, a doddle to set up

 

[ZedEx48K]

El cheapo USB SNES pad on ebay for about 4 quid.

 

[shrunkenmaster]

Worth looking at the KADE too :

http://kadevice.com

I have one in my scratch-built Track & Field:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141199.0.html

 

[ZedEx48K]

They aren't for sale though.

 

[shrunkenmaster]

Oops, wrong page linked to, that's their newer device. Proper link to available one:

http://kadevice.com/kade-miniarcade/

 

[Mr20to5]

Hi guys and thanks for the response.

As it is a mock up control panel of you like kind of setup that I am after, I appreciate the el cheapo controller option but I am more drawn to the option of stick and button.

So for now I want to play DK and not that bothered about flexibility. So I need a simple 8 way stick and enough buttons to be able to coin up, select one or two player, and jump.

That kind of leans to the I pac gig as above? alternatives are available!

Is there a one stop shop recommended where I can browse my options.

Keen to keep costs down on this very make do temporary setup.

Thanks again.

Neil

 

[tazfaedodge]

The two sites that I found worth a look at:

http://www.ultimarc.com

http://www.arcadeworlduk.com

Nick

 

[ZedEx48K]

Hi guys and thanks for the response.

As it is a mock up control panel of you like kind of setup that I am after, I appreciate the el cheapo controller option but I am more drawn to the option of stick and button.

Yeah, I meant as in you buy it then hack it, really easy to do with them.

 

[Mr20to5]

Yeah, I meant as in you buy it then hack it, really easy to do with them.

Erm, ok. So this sounds good (read cheap) and a nice little experiment.

However things are only easy when you know what you are doing.

On to Google I go. ......

Neil