Re: Video game controller add-ons from yesteryear
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:09 am
SUGGEST RENAME THE OP TO POINT OUT THE VERY COOL FIDGET SPINNER LASER MOUSE MOD!
Your replies have updated titles for every new video, but it does not appear in the Index since the OP shows the older header.
Best to place all your YouTube links in the OP for easy find with a description titles such as this:
Fidget Spinner Laser Mouse Mod - https://youtu.be/gWtsminHhi8
Trakball Options Arcade Games On Consoles - https://youtu.be/vmE-E0wza0w
You could update the OP with every new video link bumping the thread with detailed info of newest video in your reply.
Wow! This an easy mod, ingenious and timely considering the popularity of the spinner toy. All these years I have used the encoder sensor of a ball mouse with a custom encoder wheel for a spinner controller. You came up with such a novel approach slapping the fidget spinner under a laser mouse. I see you play Asteroids "Omega Race" style like I do with my spinner setup.
This opens up for a very easy mod possibility mounting a sensor mouse to fidget spinner mounted inside a custom Controller Panel. Simple jumper wires from the mouse buttons PCB to arcade buttons. Instead of a fidget spinner, a sliding glass door roller bearing wheel could be used with the laser mouse eye. Flush the grease out with WD40 and add your custom weighted knob for a rapid spin. The advantage of a sensor mouse vs the ball mouse sensor encoder wheel is the ease of installation without needing as precise alignment.
Expendable "Omega Race" Spinner control for horizontal or vertical
Taken a step further by adding a couple of screw positions in the control panel. The spinner could be set for traditional sideways control for games such as TacScan or Tempest and even bottom SHMUPS such as Galaga or Raiden. Quick swap the control wheel to secondary location (swivel plate) to control vertical movement of the mouse sensor for all the sideways SHMUPS such as Gradius and RType. The analog action of the spinner allows much more quick precise instant start stop control vs digital buttons. Aha!
Wrote up a Spinner Mod Guide using a ball mouse PCB. Same principle on the build. Instead of the encoder wheel, swap to a round weighted steel plate electrical box cover and mod in conjunction with the laser sensor PCB.
THANKYOU!!
I own a Dreamcast Madcatz Panther Trakball Fightstick for years and did not know going into the settings for Missile Command to enable the secondary "analog" stick of the Trakball. Also have the PC version of the Panther XL.
Give Tempest X a try with that Nyco Trakball on the PlayStation.
Your replies have updated titles for every new video, but it does not appear in the Index since the OP shows the older header.
Best to place all your YouTube links in the OP for easy find with a description titles such as this:
Fidget Spinner Laser Mouse Mod - https://youtu.be/gWtsminHhi8
Trakball Options Arcade Games On Consoles - https://youtu.be/vmE-E0wza0w
You could update the OP with every new video link bumping the thread with detailed info of newest video in your reply.
ave1 wrote:Here's my mouse mod using a fidget spinner for playing classic games like Tempest, Super Breakout, Asteroids, and even PC racing games.
Enjoy: https://youtu.be/gWtsminHhi8
Wow! This an easy mod, ingenious and timely considering the popularity of the spinner toy. All these years I have used the encoder sensor of a ball mouse with a custom encoder wheel for a spinner controller. You came up with such a novel approach slapping the fidget spinner under a laser mouse. I see you play Asteroids "Omega Race" style like I do with my spinner setup.
This opens up for a very easy mod possibility mounting a sensor mouse to fidget spinner mounted inside a custom Controller Panel. Simple jumper wires from the mouse buttons PCB to arcade buttons. Instead of a fidget spinner, a sliding glass door roller bearing wheel could be used with the laser mouse eye. Flush the grease out with WD40 and add your custom weighted knob for a rapid spin. The advantage of a sensor mouse vs the ball mouse sensor encoder wheel is the ease of installation without needing as precise alignment.
Expendable "Omega Race" Spinner control for horizontal or vertical
Taken a step further by adding a couple of screw positions in the control panel. The spinner could be set for traditional sideways control for games such as TacScan or Tempest and even bottom SHMUPS such as Galaga or Raiden. Quick swap the control wheel to secondary location (swivel plate) to control vertical movement of the mouse sensor for all the sideways SHMUPS such as Gradius and RType. The analog action of the spinner allows much more quick precise instant start stop control vs digital buttons. Aha!
Wrote up a Spinner Mod Guide using a ball mouse PCB. Same principle on the build. Instead of the encoder wheel, swap to a round weighted steel plate electrical box cover and mod in conjunction with the laser sensor PCB.
ave1 wrote:Here's my latest presentation on Youtube having to do with various trackball controllers and the classic 80's games you want to play with them:
https://youtu.be/vmE-E0wza0w
Missile Command on the Atari systems, Dreamcast, and Playstation is the featured game on this episode. I also show off some Colecovision Centipede, Atari 800XL Millipede, and PS1 Tempest for your viewing pleasure.
THANKYOU!!
I own a Dreamcast Madcatz Panther Trakball Fightstick for years and did not know going into the settings for Missile Command to enable the secondary "analog" stick of the Trakball. Also have the PC version of the Panther XL.
Give Tempest X a try with that Nyco Trakball on the PlayStation.