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Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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Installing a Spinner on a control panel
About the time that I completed my first control panel,
Twistygrip hit the web. As soon
as they had the kit version available, I ordered it. Again, here was an input
device that is only used on a handful of games. So, I decided to place the
spinner out of the way of the buttons and joysticks. As it turns out, the placement
of the spinner in CPv2 is very comfortable.
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Here, once again, is the rough layout. It is placed on the control panel in
a position where it can be used by the player's right hand. The spinner doesn't
interfere with play using the left joystick and six buttons.
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Here's what it looks like from underneath the control panel. Basically the spinner
is a mouse PCB suspended by a wire and a shaft. Although it is a little delicate,
once you have it mounted you shouldn't have any problems.
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And here it is ready to play. The knob is secured on by a screw into the top of the shaft.
Someone who played Tempest in the 80s will notice a drastic difference in this
spinner and the "real" thing. However, with some adjustments to the MAME analog
settings, most spinner games play very well. For the price, you can't beat it.
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