Is it possible to play Eco Fighters without a spinner?

[donluca]

My memory could be failing me on this, but I think I saw some years ago a rom hack which enabled you to play Eco Fighters without a spinner, using a button to rotate your weapon.

Have I smoked something funny or does something like this exist (and google is failing me)?

 

[nem]

I have never played the game, but I thought it's supposed to work with button rotation 'as stock'. One button for clockwise rotation, the other for CCW.

It's only when you connect the spinner adapter board to it you unlock the spinner functionality.

EDIT: the manual confirms this:

https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/E/eco-fighters.pdf

Funnily enough there's no mention of the spinner adapter. Probably wasn't sold outside Japan.

 

[The Spaniard]

When I had one previously it used 2 buttons to spin in both directions if I recall correctly. This was on a legit board, no hacks.

Didn't even know this game used a spinner.

 

[donluca]

Oh gosh, you're right. Don't know what I was thinking. Well, thanks for clarifying that

 

[undamned]

Yeah, no spinner is standard and if you did want to use a spinner you need a pretty fancy interface board that was never officially released by Capcom. There's a Japanese guy who figured out how to make it work and he sells them for around $250.
-ud

 

[donluca]

Ok, ok, so I must have remembered exactly the opposite: there was someone who made this and forgotten worlds work with a spinner, but the original versions worked without. My bad!

 

[imbord3rlin3]

Yeah, no spinner is standard and if you did want to use a spinner you need a pretty fancy interface board that was never officially released by Capcom. There's a Japanese guy who figured out how to make it work and he sells them for around $250.
-ud

Do u know where I can find this guy? I would love to play eco fighters with a spinner

 

[nem]

I remember seeing them on Yahoo Japan more than five years ago. Good luck finding one now.

https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2015/12/07/meant-to-be-played/

Weren't Apoc / @Mitsurugi-w working on a repro board now?

 

[ShootTheCore]

More info on the spinner board here:
http://www.higenekodo.jp/
http://www.higenekodo.jp/untiku/eco.htm

Looks like these are the guys that produced the Eco Fighters spinner board. Still available for 28,000 yen.

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

We still plan to repro it.

 

[Bonky]

I have it if you need help for repro Mitsurugi-w

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

We have one. And we are closer than you think.

How many do I need to manufacture?

 

[ShootTheCore]

I’d take one if the price is reasonable.

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

Well I can promise it will be cheaper than 28,000 yen.

 

[imbord3rlin3]

u name your price and i will pay it @Mitsurugi-w . i will pay it so hard and so fast it will break the space time continuum

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

Ok. 27,000 yen.

 

[imbord3rlin3]

Ok. 27,000 yen

if ur serious ill hit u up right now. my body is ready

 

[Bonky]

This is the good pcb ? (attached)

 

[imbord3rlin3]

im pretty sure eco fighters needs to tap into the kick harness.

 

[Bonky]

I have played Eco fighters with the adapter of Brizzo "for puzzle bobble".
Need some modification and it's working

The pcb in pictures on the last post, i have it later and i just played puzzle loop 2.