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| ark_ader:
Spinner joystick would be a bonus, Ikari type games would be accomodated as would tempest (don't know about star trek or DOT/Tron) as would warlords. You could have a push down mechanism that would unlock the joy to spin or tighten-loosen for free or restricted spinning. Saying that why not just have a pot at the end like Jakks. I voted for the top fire, but a recessed top fire that was not accidentally pressed would be a good idea. Also it has to be USB with provision for 12 buttons and an extra 8 way. |
| drventure:
Put an electromagnet assembly in there to give it a completely customizable haptic response curve (imagine a force feedback spinner knob). Oops, probably just doubled the price though :( +1 on the USB device. I wouldn't want anything that wasn't a USB, HID compatible device. |
| CheffoJeffo:
All of this is very interesting and, since I'm not seeing a lot of comments from people who have a lot of experience with controls, I'll continue to play devil's advocate -- I love the creativity, but am not seeing anything to get excited about as yet. Both variable resistance spinners and sticks with optical rotation (that could be used as a spinner as people have suggested) have been available for quite a while. I am not seeing anything particularly new here (other than the variable "clickiness", which poses several practical problems and I would LOVE to see how that would work because it could be rather cool) and wonder how combining those two would amount to an improvement over what already exists. I have to wonder about patents on the existing equipment and how they would come into play, if at all. Add to that the inevitable discussion about spinner resolution ... how hard is it for dedicated spinners to get things right for a wide variety of games ? I know that we now have spinners that seem to handle Arkanoid, but it seems to me to be a really bad example to use for where gameplay would be improved by a lower resolution spinner. We've already seen rotation added to a digitally-restricted stick and, while I think it is a totally cool idea (and something I would use if I was unfortunate enough to be limited to a single CP on a single cab), I don't see people raving about them. So, tell me why this device would be so cool ... actually I can already see that it would be cool ... tell me what would make it marketable and special. |
| Space Fractal:
Yep its a spinning arcade (not a flight) joystick handle I meant. Its of course far from perfect for a real spinner, but perfectly in some cases and I would propenty use that as a second joystick. If that handle could work, rotating is really not required and I think spinner/joystick compo could been used for Ikari at all (not really checked that in mame, but known about it)? Its might fell a little abit wrong, but hence its a "all-in-one" joystick. hence why would been awesome to see a joystick with extract that compo (but would not mind if its digital or analog). Nope, Happ dont sent private to Denmark and EU. Its just a idea how the handle could been used. |
| drventure:
@Cheffo Yeah, I'm only speaking out of what seems like an interesting idea to me. I DEFINITELY don't have as much exp with +actual+ controls as you and many of the other guys here have, so I'll happy defer to that experience. Take my thoughts on such things with many grains of salt! Besides, shoehorning the electromechanicals that would be required into a joystick shaft might be a little tough on the engineering side anyway. I'm more a software guy than a hardware guy :) |
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