Controllers made for a certain particular game?

[CV Gus]

Have you ever built or redesigned a controller for a particular game?

 

Pitstop.

 

One of my more recent is a modified Driving controller for the CV. One of the main features ia the plug for TWO pedals: the other is a brake that, in the case of Pitstop, acts as a brake (by acting as if you pull down on the joystick- don't forget the diode!). This required a different cable, though.

 

It is also powered directly from the Roller Controller. I suppose the same could be done from the CV itself.

Edited December 2, 2008 by CV Gus

[+Stephen]

I built a custom rotary controller (using an optical encoder) so I could properly play Tempest 2000 on the Jaguar. I also built a (rather large) arcade stick for the Jaguar. It had an 8-way digital stick, the 8 buttons the pro-controller provided (A,B,C,X,Y,Z,L,R) and separate small buttons for the complete number pad and pause/option). I got all the parts from Happ controls. Unfortunately, the optical encoder I used has been unavailable for years.

 

Stephen Anderson

[Rob Mitchell]

I built a custom controller using an old Atari Pinball console. I use it to play all the pinball games on: Atari, Vectrex, Bally Astrocade. In place of the paddle knob I put a driving controller .. and hot glued a bunch of pennies in the black knob to get the feeling of a heavy knob spinner. I also use some of the original console switches for functions. I put a toggle switch on the back to select between pinball and spinner.

 

I also have lots of digital to analog circuit adapters that I have wired together to use the Starplex 5 button controller on the Vectrex and the 5200. Plus simple adapters to play on the Bally Astrocade and the O2.

 

Rob