Our friend Lucas was recently married and for a gift James had a great idea. I had just come off my Street Fighter IV inspired
arcade stick building kick, and Lucas was a big fan of Smash TV. So James said "build Lucas a dual-stick controller for Smash TV on MAME." James would pay for the parts and I would build it. So it was born.
I used a
GP-Wiz40 USB controller from GroovyGameGear.com. This makes it a generic HID input that works on any PC or Mac. The sticks are Happ 8-way Competitions. The construction is MDF with a particle board top panel (I wanted to keep it authentic as possible). The control panel overlay is a reproduction of the arcade original from
MameMarquees.com. And of course it has red T-molding, just like the arcade. A final touch was a lighted coin slot-style button for adding credits. It's a bit large but... "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
More pics, including during construction,
here.
I used a GP-Wiz40 USB controller from GroovyGameGear.com. This makes it a generic HID input that works on any PC or Mac. The sticks are Happ 8-way Competitions. The construction is MDF with a particle board top panel (I wanted to keep it authentic as possible). The control panel overlay is a reproduction of the arcade original from MameMarquees.com. And of course it has red T-molding, just like the arcade. A final touch was a lighted coin slot-style button for adding credits. It's a bit large but... "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
More pics, including during construction, here.
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