homemade tempest help!

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i got a cab from a friend that made this came out pretty nice but.....quickly found getting all the parts not cost effective so.... i am wondering if i could take a multi pcb that has tempest on it and get it to work with a spinner and hook up a lcd? like a poor mans tempest! i also need a marquee for it wood and all.
 

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Two totally different spinners. It would not be fun to play Tempest with an Arkanoid spinner.

It looks like it has a spinner. I think he's just asking if anyone has used a spinner controller on a multi pbc. How it functions I would assume.

I've thought about turning my empty Arkanoid cab in to a multi but have never tried a spinner on a multi board, sorry.
 
I would go with a Raspberry Pi and run Retropie. It has all the Tempest games, and recognizes an aftermarket spinner as a mouse. It will look fine after some tweaking on an LCD.
 
I see no reason why you could not wire the the two signal outputs to Player 1 L and R inputs on your JAMMA harness. You would need to feed your spinner whatever voltage it needs from your power supply (probably +5V). I've done this with a trackball and a spinner should be the same as one axis of a trackball.
 
Anyone try spinner on multi pcb for tempest or arkanoid?

yeah i needed to order a cheap adaptor harness to work with 412 in 1
it handles both player 1 and 2 with a single plug.
Also, the lcd is not as bright as crt so i had to switch the tinted glass out with clear plexi.
also (before anybody ask) the streaking in the paint is the clearcoat. i rolled the white on and added alittle extra protection with some spray clear
until it gets side art...
 
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The button placement would make 8lb 5oz baby Jesus cry!
does anyone know what the 4 wires are going into the tempest spinner and which color is which?
 
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