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My 1st MAME: Review of: U-HID, U360, UltraLux, SpinTrak, Tornado Spinner, etc.

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ubiquityman:
It's been a while since I last posted, but I will add a few comments in hindsight:

The Ultimarc Ultrastiks are great in terms of convenience as mame does the analog->digital mapping automatically.  This provides compatibility with a maximum number of games.  Because of this, for Players 1 & 2, I would never use a microswitch joystick.  My slight complaint with the Ultimarc Joystick is that it doesn't return to dead center.  It returns close to center, but there is a "dead zone" where the joystick is not quite at center, and the spring no longer has enough energy to return the joystick it to center.  This is somewhat taken care of when I calibrate the joystick.  I move the joystick around in the "dead zone" center when the windows joystick calibration is looking for center.  As a side note, Ultimarc also provides good support on issues, and I've been quite pleased with their service support.

I still don't like the spinners.  They leave a lot to be desired.  The main problem is the lack of indent and general lack of friction.  It is still on my to-do list to see if I can modify the spinner to have indent points, or if I find a better replacement, I will swap out the spinners with a different brand.

For my use, 4-players is definitely the way to go.  It's much more group oriented in that it leaves fewer people out of the action.  An alternative would be two head-to-head 2-player units.

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