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  2. Posted · Edited by CanadianTenor

    For the Star, consider Gamester81 the Video Game. John is THE STAR of the game...and so a star button for that controller would fit.

     

    But really, it doesn't matter what we all suggest, your creations always turn out brilliant...so do whatever you think will be a knock-out design.

     

     

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    6 hours ago, doubledown said:

    I had to order a big batch of parts here recently for some controllers I'm building...so I finally decided to order myself a set of these:

     

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    One Schrute Buck for the first person who can properly identify them.

    These are Burger Time arcade fire buttons ...the actual Burger Time arcade fire buttons from a vintage Burger Time arcade machine. They are pepper fire.

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    3 hours ago, AtariBrian said:

    That Bagman homebrew had some playability bugs. I hope someday one can be made for the Phoenix with corrections and such. I had one guess as to the secret game but I don't know if the game is possible on a stock Coleco and would hope that it can be released on the Phoenix one day. Although I know the arcade wasn't popular which is why I ruled it out but I was thinking it was ...

     

    Monster Bash!

    What were the playability bugs in Bagman homebrew?

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    Just now, Ikrananka said:

    Well that's good news - nice and simple.

    I have preordered both, via the email process, because doubledown makes amazing controllers that are both great to game with and great to show off as show piece controllers - the price is also very reasonable and fair. Very much looking forward to adding both to my collection - thank you to both TP and doubledown for joining forces on this super cool project - very excited! 

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    On 11/2/2019 at 10:27 AM, doubledown said:

    Well here it is...simple, sleek, yet stunningly sophisticated:

     

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    Modeled after the #2495 Display Kiosk...I've created this "Enhanced Controller."  It's not truly an Experience Controller, because that would have to perfectly replicate this:

     

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    And even though I am right-handed, I prefer to play Joystick/Left & Pushbuttons/Right.  So I replicated the Joystick and Pushbutton hardware and color scheme, but added 2 additional buttons (in black to camouflage with the control panel), and built a 12 button keypad with 10 grey, and 2 black, 24mm pushbuttons, surrounded by a custom (color-matched) keypad CPO, mimicking the look of the original Coleco keypad.  The idea for the custom pushbutton keypad, was to offer a more arcade-like and interactive control feel, vs. the standard metal-domed membrane keypads.    

     

    The controls I selected:

     

    (1) Wico (reproduction) red-ball, 8-way, leaf-switch joystick

    (1) Red, (1) green, (2) black GGG Classx leaf-switch pushbuttons

    (10) Dark hai, (2) black Sanwa silent 24mm pushbuttons

     

    ...and I added a full-sized reproduction of the Donkey Kong instruction card artwork from the original kiosk.  I may still add the white-outlined rainbow ColecoVision logo, and/or "The Arcade Quality Video Game System" tagline artwork at some point, but I'll look at, and decide on that later.  

     

    While I have the other "game-specific" controllers, I still needed a universal controller for myself, so this was my vision.  As I had no layout/artwork constraints with this one, I spent a bunch of time with the ergonomics of the control layout, and it is perfect.  The controls are in-board and upward enough so that your wrists are fully supported on the control panel at all times, even when in your lap, and my fingertips comfortably hover/rest over all four pushbuttons without having to twist my wrist, or overly spread out my fingers.  Now that its finally assembled I'm super happy with how it looks and feels, now I just need to wire it up and give it a test run!  Enjoy.

    Brilliant Enhanced KIOSK controller - love your innovation around the number buttons as arcade type fire buttons if you will - VERY COOL! You definitely need to have that multi colored CV word at the front and the arcade experience wording somewhere - super beautiful stuff.

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