EG STARTS Arcade DIY Kit Part 2x 8 Way Joystick + 16x LED Illuminated Push Button + 2 Player + Coin Buttons for Raspberry Pi 3B Model Project DIY Red & Blue

I bought this to upgrade my Mortal Kombat II Arcade 1up cabinet I just bought used to upgrade with a PC etc.Following the many videos on Youtube made it easy and this hardware works really well. Easy to install and cable.Everything works, only mapping the keys is trickier than it could be in my opinion, but doable. Lights all work. Interestingly not all the buttons are wired the same, so you may have to swap the Red and Black on a few. I found most were red cable to the red side, but some were the other way around. This is just to get the lights working, as they are LED and require the polarity to be correct.Very happy with the end result. Enough buttons to allow you to choose colours of buttons and I added a couple as suggested by Youtubers, and there are enough in this kit to allow you to do it.I had a small issue and contacted the seller through Amazon. They responded immediately with good solid advice which sorted my very small issue.Nice to get such a product and service from China.

Really easy to set up. Microswitches feel great and the lights are a bonus.

So far, so very good. I'm back to the 80's and my childhood dream of owning proper arcade machines like those from Big. Well, instead of course nowadays we can do it with a Raspberry pie running Retropie. I bought this set of two player buttons and have built a test assembly to try out one of the sets and I have to say I'm very impressed with the results. It's a proper retro feel to the joystick and buttons, they illuminate nicely thanks to an LED backlight. I powered one set off of the Raspberry Pie with no issues, and Retropie detected the controller board with no problems. Can't say much about longevity or wear and tear yet as I've only just got it setup. Cables are all good quality, and the microswitches rotate out of the housings easy enough. Be advised that you remove the microswitches in order to mount the buttons in place and you're likely to put some of them or all of them in the 'wrong way round' which simply means the LED will not light in this orientation. As the instructions say, just swap the power lines round and you're back up and running.

The buttons and joysticks work well, but half my LEDs weren't working, unfortunately. You get spares but not enough to replace them all. Still, my boy was thrilled with his bartop arcade build so I am happy overall. I can replace the broken LEDs later. Easy to install.

I bought when converting a 1up Arcade cabinet, they work really well and were pretty easy to set up.They look very good when all lit up in the dark.I'd recommend them.

Exactly what i wanted. Was a bit fiddly working out how to sort out the LEDs but swapping wires around got me there in the end. Software worked immediately and was recognised too once all the wires were on.The buttons are very rugged and well built, so twisting them in order to dismantle or replace parts can be nerve racking to a first timer, but don't be afraid to put in that little extra twist!Came with spare parts too!

These ultimately function as controls reasonably well my main issue is the light up section of this product...I build arcade machines as a side line business and as a rule I use normal (non illiumanted) Japaense made controls but a customer wanted a rush pre Christmas order and was insistent he wanted illuminated controls so had to get these. The holders for the bulbs are very loose and just really badly made which makes for a poor fit and results in bulbs that flash intermittently or just randomly turn off.The bulbs themselves are equally poorly made with cheap wire badly wrapped around some equally cheap plastic by someone of questionable skill.If you want to spent many hours taking your arcade machine apart to fiddle and fight with this nonsense then you are a better person than me... these would drive me insane if they for a personal machine but when building a machine for a client they just cause too much trouble and time wasted.I have seen better versions of illuminated buttons that have actual real leds build into the body of the button and sealed in resin / plastic and work perfectly these are just a joke!

I bought two kits, Everything went together really nicely and works well on both however I did have an issue with one of the USB encoder boards 'UP' direction not working, let the seller know and they sent a new one out right away.no issues with the replacement, great customer support. it's good to know if you do run into any issues you can rely on them to put it right.

Good components and the cables are saving me so much time

Simple install and plugged the USB into Raspberry Pi setup with RetroPi. Mocked it up on a cardboard box first to get the feel of how I wanted the buttons. 2 player kit came with all the parts shown plus some spare parts. Did not include hardware to mount the joystick or board to the wood.As shown in the seller’s photo about half the buttons had to reverse the wires to get them to light up. Weird, but a simple fix.A couple things that are not explained and I figured out with a little fiddling:1. To take apart the buttons twist the switch about 1/8 turn counter-clockwise. If you want to change the image squeeze the white tabs to release the button then pop the top off.2. The “Easy switch from 8-way to 4-way” on the joystick was not easy to figure out or do the first time. My video shows how. This one is loosened up a bit now, first time was stiff and tricky. Also note there is one position that will allow the center ring to fall out.

Au top!!!! Nikel super fonctionnel avec raspberry pi3b+ attention au cas ou vous faite la meme utilisation que moi.... une des 2 cartes est prioritaire CAD 1 des 2 cartes est jouer 1.... au cas ou votre joueur 1 se retrouve a droite des boutons.... inverser les 2 cartesAttention aussi, les memes boutons doivent etres clipser au meme endroit sur les cartes sinon tout est déréglerBref au top merci seul bemol pas d instruction sur ce que j ai mentionné

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Decent kit that worked great for me.