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<blockquote data-quote="HotHamBoy" data-source="post: 241793" data-attributes="member: 4638"><p>Hey guys! If you are looking for an iPad controller, might I suggest the iCade Core arcade controller? Prices on these things fluctuate wildly. When I bought mine they were going for about $23 on Amazon. Right now the cheapest new price I've found is $35, up to $60. </p><p></p><p>Now here's the rub: the stock buttons/stick are garbage. Stiff. Icky. But they are easily replaced. A full set of 8 goldleaf switch pushbuttons will set you back about $14, a better stick about the same. Swap them out and you now have a fantastic portable arcade machine. </p><p></p><p><em>But....</em></p><p></p><p>That's not why you want the icade... Forget about that, just buy two of the pushbuttons, grab a dremmel and some cheap wire, and drill holes on the side of the plastic case. Wire the buttons (no soldering required) to the existing contacts, snap the case back together and after about an hour of work <strong>you will have a perfect pinball controller with side buttons</strong>.</p><p></p><p>I've done this on a Sunday afternoon and it was really fun. I had such a good time, and the pinball feels so much better, that I took my USB arcade stick controller and performed the same operation for my laptop. Bought a rotating monitor for about $120 and now I have a ghetto Virtual Pin set up with a portrait display. Beats the pants off of standard controller play and 16:9 views.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HotHamBoy, post: 241793, member: 4638"] Hey guys! If you are looking for an iPad controller, might I suggest the iCade Core arcade controller? Prices on these things fluctuate wildly. When I bought mine they were going for about $23 on Amazon. Right now the cheapest new price I've found is $35, up to $60. Now here's the rub: the stock buttons/stick are garbage. Stiff. Icky. But they are easily replaced. A full set of 8 goldleaf switch pushbuttons will set you back about $14, a better stick about the same. Swap them out and you now have a fantastic portable arcade machine. [I]But....[/I] That's not why you want the icade... Forget about that, just buy two of the pushbuttons, grab a dremmel and some cheap wire, and drill holes on the side of the plastic case. Wire the buttons (no soldering required) to the existing contacts, snap the case back together and after about an hour of work [B]you will have a perfect pinball controller with side buttons[/B]. I've done this on a Sunday afternoon and it was really fun. I had such a good time, and the pinball feels so much better, that I took my USB arcade stick controller and performed the same operation for my laptop. Bought a rotating monitor for about $120 and now I have a ghetto Virtual Pin set up with a portrait display. Beats the pants off of standard controller play and 16:9 views. [/QUOTE]
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