Posted by Lindner24 on 19, 2001 at 11:24 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Has anyone ever hacked a 720 joystick? posted by Lilwolf on 19, 2001 at 10:39 PM:
It is like a spinner control, but it has two large optical wheels (stacked on top of each other). One is like you would normally see, with many teeth, and the other is for calibration, which has only one tooth.
Actually, that chain is just for tension adjustment, you can tweak it for rotation resistance.
I bought one off ebay a while ago and haven't tried to interface it yet. I have a Happs optical board that i will hook up to a KE72. I'm just worried about getting it calibrated (getting your guy to face the way you're pointing)
I will be working on this soon and will let you know..(but it might be a while)
P.S... this is also one of my favorites, and is literally the last game I played in a real 1980's arcade.
: It's a joystick that rotates. It's has a weird gearing that has what looks like a motorcycle chain that then rotates something else...
: Anyway, has anyone ever hacked one?
: : I'm considering buying one. But I'm not sure if I will ever get it working with 720 itself.
: : one of my favorite all time games and I would love to be able to really play it again.
: : Any comments?