You can always build your own panel. I have friends who run MAME on a PC
using real arcade controllers. Happ Controls (
http://www.happcontrols.com/)
sells buttons, joysticks, trackballs, even coin input boxes. Not necessarily
cheap to buy all the parts from them, but they are the real things.
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Sell [mailto:msell_at_ontimesupport.com]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:40 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: New aquisition: Xenophobe
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>>I do both. MAME is portable, but MAME on a PeeCee keyboard can't match
>>the feel of real buttons, etc.
>Yea - no kidding. Try playing Robotron on a PC.... Or Star Wars (using
keyboard)
>>The other issue of emulators vs the real thing is odd controllers -
>>spinners come to mind immediately: Tempest, Star Trek and Arkanoid.
>>Xenophobe is another, because of the thumb buttons. I've played it
>>with MAME (and on my Lynx) and it's not the same feel. It's much
>>smoother with the original hardware.
>I also like putting quarters in my machines. It's sort of a savings account
for my addiction.
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Received on Tue Sep 10 2002 - 08:39:00 BST