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RxBrad<p>Somehow I ended up spending almost $40, just to light up three additional buttons on my arcade machine to match the one that's lit up now.</p><p>($5 worth of compatible WS2812B LEDs, $15 for three buttons that accept the LEDs, $9 worth of JST connectors, and $8 worth of wire)</p><p>Christ, Brad..... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rxbrad.com/tags/arcade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arcade</span></a></p>

Hey, it works! No more reaching under the control panel when switching between 4-way games like Pac-Man, and 8-way games like The Simpsons!

Drilled 4 new mounting holes under the control panel to replace my old OMNI2 (Sanwa JLW) joystick with a new Sanwa JLF. Replaced the "Select" button I had mapped to Enter (and never used) with the 4-way / 8-way toggle duo-button. Rearranged some wiring... And it's good to go!

Highly recommend this bad boy!

thunderstickstudio.com/product

Now to get it all scripted up so it automatically switches modes when launching the game. (Will be a little extra effort, because their Linux support software assumes Debian/Retropie, and I'm on Arch/Manjaro).

Also, now that I have one LED button, am I going to be a lunatic and light this whole thing up now? (maybe just the 4 admin buttons)

Here's Hopeakuula Arcade's main room. Located in Kouvola, Finland, this hobbyist run, not for profit arcade has been welcoming the pinball-curious folks since 2011.

Mostly run by yours truly and my partner in life and crime, @quester, we aim to keep pinball alive for the next generations of players. The collection has over 35 games, ranging from 70s electromechanicals to the latest 2020 ones.

Believe it or not these things were for sale in Spain during the 80s. At that time everything was new, possible, amazing,...
As a kid think about having an arcade like machine in your bedroom connected to your computer or console. It was also a computer desk. I've never met anyone with one of these but it looked, and still looks, cool 🤓

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Dang... The Thunderstick 4way/8way Servo is for snap-in Sanwa JLF design joysticks; and I'm pretty sure my old GroovyGameGear OMNI-2 is based on the screw-in Sanwa JLW.

Hey, arcade heads! How easy is it to mount a JLF stick in a spot where a JLW used to live? Can you typically just swap out the mounting plate? Some sort of adapter? Or should I just drill new mounting holes in the existing routed area?

Ooh! At some point, a 4-way / 8-way changer was created for arcade sticks that doesn't change the footprint of the joystick.

Having to change the footprint always held me back from installing a Servo-Stik on my arcade machine.

I might have to buy one of these Thunderstick TOS GRS Servos.... It's also a lot cheaper than the $70 + shipping from the UK for the Servo-Stik upgrade. (Looks like they're on Amazon, too)

thunderstickstudio.com/collect