Controls

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Authentic Controls and Control Panels give you that original arcade feel. The main purpose of building your own cabinet or control panel is to interface real arcade controls to your computer with the correct software to get the total arcade experience. This page includes some possible control layouts and control types. Here's the reason most people enter this hobby; to play the games you love with actual arcade hardware, just as they were intended. There's a vast array of different controls out there...

Control Panels

• Control Panel Overview
• Static Control Panels
• Swappable Control Panels
• Rotating Control Panels
• Modular Control Panels

Arcade Control Hardware

• Joysticks
• Pushbuttons
• Trackballs
• Spinners
• Light Guns
• Driving Controls

Pinball Hardware

• Pinball Plungers
• Tilt sensors

Interfacing Controls

Hooking up various arcade controls to a home PC can be a daunting task. Here are some of your options...

• Keyboard Hacks
• Encoders
  • Keyboard Encoders
  • Gamepad Encoders
  • Rotary Encoders
  • Optical (Mouse) Encoders
• USB Game Pad Hack
  • Dual Strike Hack
• JAMMA
• Rotating Monitor
• Auto-Rotating Restrictor Plate(s)

How To Videos

Wiring an Arcade Control Panel for Beginners

See Also

• Basics
• Software for Control Layout
• Software