{"id":133,"date":"2011-10-09T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T13:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gabmonkey.com\/arcade\/?p=133"},"modified":"2014-11-30T20:32:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T01:32:40","slug":"building-the-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gabmonkey.com\/arcade\/2011\/10\/building-the-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Building the Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Building the controls was probably the most exciting part as it means I can actually play games with that arcade feel. \u00a0All the buttons went in smoothly as I usesed a drill bit to make perfect holes, and then the buttons just slid in and screwed on. \u00a0The joysticks also lined up perfectly by using some paper templates to make sure the holes were drilled in the right place.<\/p>\n

The only regret I have is adding in the 4-way joystick. I don’t feel like I used it enough, and most games that are a 4-way joystick game I felt played fine with the regular ones. \u00a0Also the 4-way I settled on was supposed to rotate for games like Q-Bert but even that didn’t feel right, and I realized I don’t really like Q-Bert. \u00a0I think this was a case of wanting to be able to do everything and the look of the cab suffered a bit.<\/p>\n

I was very pleased with the track ball and loved the fact it was able to light up by placing a bulb under it. \u00a0Also the\u00a0spinner\u00a0worked out great as well.<\/p>\n

I over compensated on the buttons going for 7 total as I think that was the most I saw for games, and again it was trying to plan for everything.<\/p>\n

I also installed 2 USB cables that sit just under the control panel so I can plug in light guns, steering wheels or joystick pads. \u00a0Though for Joysticks I think I’m going to move over to the xbox controllers for PCs as they have a nice feel, and you can run 4 and hide the connector in the cab as they’re wireless.<\/p>\n