Whilst ordering some project parts I came across the zero delay arcade board and thought I'd see if I could put together a button box for E : D.
To put it in context, I'm a keyboard only player so wasn't interested in any of the analogue stuff, just a way to free up some of the keys on the keyboard and make it a bit more fun.
In order to test the board, I quickly put together a button box to fit over my keyboard. It's a festival of cardboard (fashioned from the box it came in) and blu-tak, using some fantastic sanwa arcade buttons and joystick along with adafruit illuminated buttons. Obviously at this stage its a bit of a temporary mess however it will work with some work.
The board is only £8 and comes with a full loom and usb cable that plugs'n'nplays and is registered by windows as a generic controller, therefore working straight away with E : D.
If you're after a fairly cheap interface to make a button board then I highly recommend it.
The sanwa buttons and joystick and fantastic quality although more aligned with a pacman cabinet than E : D. The big adafruit buttons are excellent (and illuminated if required).
Whilst a temporary arrangement, after a couple of hours playing the pacman / HAL9000 mashup has really grown on me so I think I'm going to keep it. I just need to do something with the crummy tactile buttons by the joystick and build a decent enclosure… and finally get the hyperspace / HAL button to glow ( & speak - I'm sorry Dave!!)
To put it in context, I'm a keyboard only player so wasn't interested in any of the analogue stuff, just a way to free up some of the keys on the keyboard and make it a bit more fun.
In order to test the board, I quickly put together a button box to fit over my keyboard. It's a festival of cardboard (fashioned from the box it came in) and blu-tak, using some fantastic sanwa arcade buttons and joystick along with adafruit illuminated buttons. Obviously at this stage its a bit of a temporary mess however it will work with some work.
The board is only £8 and comes with a full loom and usb cable that plugs'n'nplays and is registered by windows as a generic controller, therefore working straight away with E : D.
If you're after a fairly cheap interface to make a button board then I highly recommend it.
The sanwa buttons and joystick and fantastic quality although more aligned with a pacman cabinet than E : D. The big adafruit buttons are excellent (and illuminated if required).
Whilst a temporary arrangement, after a couple of hours playing the pacman / HAL9000 mashup has really grown on me so I think I'm going to keep it. I just need to do something with the crummy tactile buttons by the joystick and build a decent enclosure… and finally get the hyperspace / HAL button to glow ( & speak - I'm sorry Dave!!)
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