ThunderStick Arcade1Up 12 in 1 Interface Board

This is MUCH the same post I submitted for the Arcade 1UP Spinner that this is for except the forward (read on). Others here have already reiterated more than I need to add. I will just say again, No cutting ANY wires. You can leave the original spinner in the control panel. I just carefully placed it under some of the wiring harness bundle and sort of in front of the tracball. Reuse the shield from the original spinner over your new spinner. This interface board I also just carefully placed under the wiring harness bundle. I bought the spinner, and the 12 in 1 interface board which you need on the 12 in 1 to connect both the spinner and trackball at the same time, after seeing it on Glen's Retro Show on YouTube. All I can say is if you like Tempest and Major Havoc and want to play them on your Arcade 1Up Asteroids, 12 in 1 or 6 in 1 cabinets like they were meant to be played, BUY IT! (NOTE THIS INTERFACE BOARD IS STRICKLY ONLY NEEDED FOR THE 12 in 1 ) There isn't much I can say here that virtually all the other five star reviews haven't already said. Reiterating some, it is a first rate arcade quality spinner, complete with everything you need to install (except some of your time - NOT MUCH and a phillips screwdriver), instructions are with it as are the URL for Glen's Retro Show YouTube videos on it too and the 12 in 1 interface board for review and installation, if you would rather watch than read. It has a small spacer to make up for the control panel protector thickness - if you have one. There are no wires to cut, solder or modify, just plug and play. This is a high quality smooth spinning spinner of which , honestly, the only one that is better is on the original Atari Tempest Arcade Coin-Op. (I know, I own one of those too.) This will make playing Tempest like it should have been from the start. This was so little cost even for both it and the interface board Arcade 1 Up likely could have / should certainly have done this themselves to begin with and likely their sales would have been even higher. JUST BUY THIS, INSTALL IT AND ENJOY THE GAMES INSTEAD OF GETTING UPSET AND FRUSTRATED WITH THE "UN-SPINNER" THAT CAME WITH THE MACHINE. THANK YOU GLEN P AND KEVIN L FOR PRODUCING AND OFFERING THESE!

Awesome product! Does exactly what it’s supposed to do! A couple of things to consider: 1) the board is packaged in an anti-static bag in a small bubble wrap bag. This was shipped in a bubble envelope, which, when delivered, was left on the ground below my mailbox, and when I discovered it later, it had blown across my yard. So you may want to be sure to be home when it’s delivered. 2) When you are ready to install the interface, you may be surprised to discover that Arcade1Up ran a trail of glue across the cable plugs across the motherboard, making it seemingly impossible to unplug the trackball cable to plug into the interface. I used a dull exactoblade to carefully cut loose the hardened glue to free up the plug to gently rock it loose. After that, installation was a snap, and Tempest played just as I remember it. Awesome!

This is a must have purchase if you picked up the Glen's Retro Show 1Up spinner (which I did in the pre-order before Amazon). While the installation is simple enough, what wasn't addressed is the fact that the original spinner board needs to be tucked away somehow unless you want to remove it completely. As its physically connected to the trackball (hence the need for this interface board in the first place) you will either need to cut it, desolder or tuck it out of the way. I found a very easy way to move it out of the way without removing it altogether, using the existing interface board screw. Securing it here in no way blocks the control panel cover, and you can add a few zip ties to help secure the wiring. Take a look at the before and after photos which also show the installation of the GRS spinner.

OK, This thing is awesome. I used this in my Simpsons arcade1up machine. One port connects back into the arcade1up machine so that the trackball continues to work as intended in simpsons bowling. And then I connected the microusb port into a USB hub that I have hooked up to the USB port on the machine. Now when I launch retrocarch via keyboard trick, I can use the trackball as a mouse in MAME games like tempest, centipede, breakout, etc... Pretty cool. Not perfect solution, but the closest I think you can get to a working dual solution that lets you use the trackball without losing functionality in the base games. I have one question though, Is there a similar product that can connect one or two of the joysticks and buttons in the same dual manner fashion? so that I can have them hooked up via 4pin and usb as well? That would be superb!!!

I can't really complain. I would have liked to see a little more documentation in the package on what all these pins are doing, but overall, it was pretty much plug and play. I used it to add an arcade trackball to my pc and it works fine.

Finally got my board. Really easy to plug in. You should probably get some double sided tape to attach to the main controller. Also if you do not want to remove the spinner that is currently attached by cutting the wires you can use the tape to attach it to the controller board just to hold it there. The combination of this board and the spinner makes this 12 in 1 really close to arcade style. Really worth it. 5 stars. Thanks to the guys who worked on this. Really great job!

I purchased a new spinner control for my 12 in 1 Arcade 1 up Astoroids machine to replace the horrible dial control that came with it. I bought it directly from the Arcade 1up website for $18.49 but didn't realize that it only works with the 4 in 1 machines, even though it clearly states it. Because the roller control and spinner are wired together on the 12 in 1 machines. After searching the web and looking at some other much more expensive options, I found this. It works great! No cuting and splicing or soldering! Plug and play! Now I can enjoy Tempest the way it should be. All for $30.00! Highly recommend.

Complete junk doesn't even get a signal to recognize it's connected at all. I am beyond pissed I think they should reimburse me for ruining my control deck. I cut the hole because it said it was working with Windows. Now I am out the $40 I spend for a powered USB hub because was told that should fix it did not. To top it off I cut a hole in my $100 control deck. Did I mention I butchered my deck because they released a product that states it works when they know damn well it does not. So who is giving me my cash back plus the $140 to replace what they ruined.