gamepad type controllers for test rig

[massatari]

I see that some of you having nice gamepad type controllers on your rigs/benches. What do you all suggest as a good gamepad for a jamma rig/bench?

I just use an old midway control panel with a joystick and some buttons but its big and clunky & would like a neater setup.

 

[fcjim]

I use a Sega Genesis 3-button controller. You have to take it apart and add jumpers to get some of the buttons to work, but it's pretty straightforward.

 

[SCUBA King]

Iman, i wish someone would build a canned package for this… @braedel

 

[parism]

This is all you need for testing functionality.

Jamma Testers for Sale

riddledtv.com

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[Jamesv833]

I use an Undamned USB decoder and a PS2 controller.

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[massatari]

This is all you need for testing functionality.

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Jamma Testers for Sale

riddledtv.com

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I had not seen this before thanks for pointing it out.

 

[fcjim]

This is all you need for testing functionality.


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That's very cool for testing inputs, but sometimes you've got to play a game to test it right, and I think playing a game using that thing would be a pain in the ass. So I'd still keep a game controller handy even if I had one of those jamma testers.

I was fixing a Dig Dug board that worked great except the cucumber was invisible. And you had to play through level 4 to get to the cucumber, so I played a lot of Dig Dug with my genesis controller that day. Trying to get that far with that jamma tester would have been miserable!

 

[VectorCollector]

This is all you need for testing functionality.

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Jamma Testers for Sale

riddledtv.com

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Not all boards are JAMMA (or adaptable to JAMMA).
Most SuperGuns have a pair of control ports, so a real controller can be added. YMMV

 

[parism]

Not all boards are JAMMA (or adaptable to JAMMA).
Most SuperGuns have a pair of control ports, so a real controller can be added. YMMV

Agreed, but aren't superguns JAMMA?

 

[mecha]

Agreed, but aren't superguns JAMMA?

superguns are JAMMA, yes. but they're more like bridges for console gamers. I think VectorCollector was getting at the RiddledTV gadget not being applicable to non-JAMMA games. unless of course you have access to a ton of JAMMA adapters like I do now.

gamefixer got the hookup on a 2 player plastic panel that happened to have a speaker inside it with coin buttons. it fit all my needs for testing games at the battlestation(tm)

 

[VectorCollector]

superguns are JAMMA, yes. but they're more like bridges for console gamers. I think VectorCollector was getting at the RiddledTV gadget not being applicable to non-JAMMA games. unless of course you have access to a ton of JAMMA adapters like I do now.

Correct. LOL

 

[mecha]

also likewise I would find trying to play games with that RiddledTV gimmick quite... laborious. you ever see the fighting game community kids today with those hitbox things? they use buttons instead of joysticks and I find it very weird. HOWEVER it would be kind of awesome instead of the bulky controller box thing if you just needed to verify the inputs work at the basic level.

 

[massatari]

it would be kind of awesome instead of the bulky controller box thing if you just needed to verify the inputs work at the basic level.

That's what i was thinking. Keep this on the rig for i/o verify and test switch, pull out the box when there's anything beyond that.