Gift and project for Neo Geo hardware hacker types

[Nightmare Tony]

I had mentioned that while at SNK I had designed a steering wheel addition to the Neo Geo to play some serious Thrash Rally. This was shown at some trade shows but did not garner enough attention to warrant manufacture, sadly.

And so I present to you the schematic for making it yourself.

Sure, there is a long set of rules about it. I am leery of someone taking it and selling on their own without getting legal permission and licensing from me. this is for your own personal use if you want the challenge to add this bit of controller festivities to Thrash Rally.

If you DO wish to make a kit to sell of this, please do contact me first for arrangements.

Enjoy!

http://www.nightmarepark.com/6502/Neo Geo Steering Wheel Schematic.pdf

 

[68k]

I am leery of someone taking it and selling on their own without getting legal permission and licensing from me.

It's as if you are speaking directly to kenny.

 

[Black IcE]

Thanks for posting this. I have been curious about how this was done ever since I first read about it a while ago.

 

[aria]

This is so damn cool. I actually really like Thrash Rally so this would be fun to have for it.

 

[Nightmare Tony]

Thanks for posting this. I have been curious about how this was done ever since I first read about it a while ago.

No problem and you are welcome to build your own for personal use. It was done on a breadboard for the prototype. I have my pictures from SNK over here so once I scan I will post those pertaining to this project.

I will not release the ticket dispenser Neo Geo project because it is all complicated as heck and I lost my source code and schematics. On that one, I spied on the data and address bus using 74245 buffers and flagging when the score memory location was hit. It fed into an Apple 2E to process all that goofiness.

 

[aria]

This is such a neat thing that I've put a noticed at the top of the forum and deleted the two Kiwi references (because he doesn't deserve any attention here). Expect more people reading about it.

 

[shadows]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Nightmare Tony]

This is such a neat thing that I've put a noticed at the top of the forum and deleted the two Kiwi references (because he doesn't deserve any attention here). Expect more people reading about it.

Thanks! A gift for the community. Those who want to try it, go for it.

 

[supergoose]

thanks, Tony. that'll be one of my next projects for sure.

 

[NeoTurfMasta]

Thank you so much Tony. What this will work great with is the Pop 'n Bounce project I'm working on.

 

[Tyranix95]

WoW! Very Cool, T.

Thanks!

 

[Nightmare Tony]

Thank you so much Tony. What this will work great with is the Pop 'n Bounce project I'm working on.

Does Pop N Bounce use the LR joystick inputs? From what I read, it may not help with that project. Worth a shot, though...

 

[NeoTurfMasta]

Yep, only L/R for movement and A for shooting.

 

[NeoTheranthrope]

Is there enough info to possibly re-create the actual hardware on a 3d-printer or something similar?

 

[Nightmare Tony]

Is there enough info to possibly re-create the actual hardware on a 3d-printer or something similar?

The hardware is simple.

Happ steering wheel. Drill holes, mount in Neo panel.
Floor pedal with push button to wire tot he A pushbutton
Circuit linked to convert the steeling pulses to LR signals.

 

[SNKorSWM]

Does it also work with Over Top?

 

[NeoTheranthrope]

The hardware is simple.

Happ steering wheel. Drill holes, mount in Neo panel.
Floor pedal with push button to wire tot he A pushbutton
Circuit linked to convert the steeling pulses to LR signals.

Is it any of these?

 

[Dion]

Does it also work with Over Top?

Or Neo Drift?

 

[Nightmare Tony]

Or Neo Drift?

I didnt try it with others, but if they steer with LR like Riding Hero, then they should work.

I used a happ, dual photocell like a trackwheel, no feedback motor.

 

[Neorebel]

This is really cool of you! Someone build one and post up some pics!

 

[Xian Xi]

Awesome, thanks Tony.

 

[DanAdamKOF]

So this decodes a "wagon wheel" rotary encoder to CW/CCW (L/R) pulses? All in analog? I bow before you.

 

[werejag]

thank you Nightmare Tony

time to convert a ps2 or ps3 wheel for the aes

 

[Nightmare Tony]

So this decodes a "wagon wheel" rotary encoder to CW/CCW (L/R) pulses? All in analog? I bow before you.

No, all digital, it uses the 90 degree offset type optical encoder. So a Centipede or Tempest control can be used on it. The upper flip flop tells direction and the lower one shot times the pulses to a solid signal so there is a kind of control where if you turn slowly, it turns more slowly.

 

[Lee Gray]

Cool, is the prototype still out there ? as an official unproduced neo geo accessory would be worth a small fortune.