Well, just when you thought that this product couldn't get any better........I can now announce that every Hankin table manufactured by Homepin will include the brilliant electronic, 4 way/ 8 way selector designed by David from AVD in Brisbane (and © AVD) - used under licence by Homepin.
To explain simply, in "off" mode the board allows the normal switch actuations to pass untouched and so the controls operate in "8 way mode" - at the press of a button the smart circuitry kicks in and only allows the FIRST switch actuation and dissallows any second switch input.
Games such as Pacman and Donkey Kong are VERY difficult to play using an 8 way control and games such as Zaxxon and Scramble are IMPOSSIBLE to play with a 4 way control.
This normally doesn't matter if you only have a single game board installed as you can set up the controls mechanically for what the board requires. When you start dealing with XXXin1 boards however, where the games are usually mixed 4 and 8 way games it becomes a bit tricky. That where this interface board saves the day!
The board plugged into the test rig:
....and a video of the board in action on the test bench (I simply have no idea how to link Youtube video correctly so if a mod would like to tidy this up please do):
http://youtu.be/xs064faIMPQ&feature=youtu.be
