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Simple joystick? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Hello retrogaming!
I'm looking for advice on a simple joystick that will work well on my Win PC for arcade games in MAME and other games like Road Redemption.
I tried this: https://www.8bitdo.com/arcade-stick/
but didn't really think it is worth $90. And more complicated than I need.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.

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[โ€“] tommy@mastodon.bida.im 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@guyrocket Well, for the arduino part, the github link i provided should cover most of the required info.
For the actual box, i was going to follow one of these 3 projects:
* bambooarcade.com (down for good but it's been backed up by archive.org)
* https://slagcoin.com/joystick/example2.html
* https://slagcoin.com/joystick/example3.html

Slagcoin.com is full of super interesting info.

Actually i just found out another project that could replace DaemonBite: https://gp2040-ce.info

I think the general instructions are pretty simple: it's just a matter of flashing the software on the board of choice, wiring everything as per the diagrams and shove everything inside a box (cardboard, ikea plastic boxes, wood, 3d printed cases... there's plenty of options)