Some games below have dual joystick spinner controls e.g. Note that pot based rotary controls are not included e.g. pole position, turbo, fire truck, night driver. There's another list there of spinner steering wheel games, e.g. Also, someone is making a direct Amiga usb optical mouse at one of the couple main online Amiga stores, although it is about $40, IIRC. Also, the bottom of the spinner is curved (top of mouse) so it sits a little skewed when not in use, as far as aesthetics.Īlso, as far as using usb mice in general as controllers, I sometimes see the right mouse button/B1 acting in its original function for some reason, which messes up playing, like in Tempest for the super-zapper 2nd button.Įdit: Since you are using a usb mouse, you can also use an adapter to use it on Amiga and Atari systems, among others. The main peculiarity of this method is that the buttons end up on the bottom of the spinner because you use the mouse upside down. The fidget spinner acts as a basically frictionless spinner, so it'll spin 15 times or so from a single twist. This is all very inexpensive and requires minimum time and no special skills to create, like $25, or less if you have extra mice and glue already. The easiest spinner is to use an optical usb mouse, a fidget spinner, some type of firm thin disk about 1.5 inches in diameter, a knob of choice and some Krazy glue. Right now I have modded a knob off a gas grille Got it from there, & will let you know how it looks next to an origonal Ebay one showed a pic of this website's keychain My point was why pay $6, then spend the time to hack a dolly wheel from a hardware store, resulting in something that looks pretty awful, when a real knob is available for only a few dollars more. It's amazing what an eBay search will pull up. There are spinner knobs on eBay sold specifically for Atari machines. Obviously, the specs of the original Atari arcade controls (like shaft width and length) would determine what to buy. Notice how many nice looking knobs are available in the first few pages of that Google search, many for under $10. Many people have success with volume control knobs. I got mine for $10 from Groovy Game Gear, admittedly that was in 2013.
Suzo Happ has arcade spinner knobs, although they appear to be starting at $20. $14.95 for anodized spinner knob from Groovy Game Gear
$12 for an arcade spinner knob from Ultimarc I have no idea if these knobs work work on Atari arcade machine controls without modification. However, quality arcade spinner knobs are out there for reasonable prices. I have no idea where to get an Atari arcade knob for $10. Where can I get an Atari arcade spinner knob for ten bucks ? (ie.