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| Gromet:
Etumor, Welcome to the board, Just wanted to tell you that it was your design that had first inspired me to go with a dual layer design. I had seen a pic of it somewhere and could never figure out where I had seen it. I later found out there is a link to your site on the OSCAR board. Thank you for the inspiration, I LOVE my CP and your design. If I could go back I wouldn't change a thing... As for SirPoonga, Since I posted my response to him, he has yet to respond. I don't know if he has not seen my response or has chosen to ignore it. Figures... Thanks for the backup, I do appreciate it. Again, Love your design, and I credit you completly for the dual layer Idea... |
| CitznFish:
--- Quote from: etumor on August 26, 2003, 07:47:38 pm --- --- Quote from: Gromet on August 20, 2003, 07:07:53 am ---SirPoonga, I understand your standing and place on this board and have the utmost respect but my god you are rude. " oh no, not another with that crappy trackball layout on the double decker design. That is a horrible spot to put a tball unless all you play is missle command and centipede." I don't know your situation perhapps you were orn with some sort of deformaty or are just a bit "slow" that you cant control your flailing arm Golden Tee slam moves. I play a ton of trackball games ( Marble Madness being my favorite) all day long and like I said the onlr reason that you would possibly have any issue would be in playing golden tee but i'm sorry even on a real golden tee dedicated machine there is no reason to HAVE to go so nuts with the trackball. Have you ever stepped up to my cab or one with these specs or are you just speculating that you would have an issue with it? Even if you have as a Global Moderator" of the board I guess I just didn't expect such a quick rude remarklike that. I can handle criticism as well as anyone but there is no need to be rude about it. Sorry for the rant, just supprissed me is all... --- End quote --- I'm going to have to back Gromet up on this. I built the original double decker control panel (http://www.cybercoma.com/supercade), and I've read the comments that "SirPoonga" made about it as well -- and I was pretty surprised, since to my knowledge, I've never had him over to play my machine, so I don't really know where he is drawing his conclusions. Granted, I have never played any golf games, so I can't attest to their playability (nor do I care, but I understand that some people are quite fond of them). But Missile Command, Centipede, Millipede, Marble Madness, and Crystal Castles all play beautifully -- and I can't imagine a game where you have to spin the trackball harder than Marble Madness. SirPoonga has also complained that the double layer design makes it difficult to reach the upper controls -- this is absolutely not true. I've had dozens of people play on my machine, and not a single one of them has ever complained about having to reach over the lower controls -- that was the whole point of the design from the beginning, was that the upper panel is raised up so that the controls in front of it don't get in the way. I realize that everyone is entitled to their opinion -- but this is at least the fourth time that SirPoonga has bad-mouthed my design, so I thought it was time to stand up for it. -Jeff "etumor" Allen --- End quote --- About time you post on this board! :) I've been admiring your design for at least 7 months. I love that you posted your plans. i do have a question though... how do you have it set up for Asteroids? I love the vanguard layout! (One of my fav games!) |
| etumor:
--- Quote from: CitznFish on August 27, 2003, 01:11:22 am ---About time you post on this board! :) I've been admiring your design for at least 7 months. I love that you posted your plans. i do have a question though... how do you have it set up for Asteroids? I love the vanguard layout! (One of my fav games!) --- End quote --- I'm not big on messageboards these days. Too much name calling and stupidity (nothing personal against this messageboard or anyone on it -- it's an observation about messageboards in general -- this one seems pretty civil and helpful). Earlier today I was browsing the site, and it suddenly occurred to me to run a search on the messageboard for "Supercade," out of curiosity. I was pleased to see that there had been a fair amount of discussion about my cab. To answer your question, on Asteroids I use the upper center joystick for right/left movement, and the side buttons for the other three controls (thrust, fire, and hyperspace). Yes, I know that isn't the authentic way to play it, but it's close, and it still feels right. -Jeff "etumor" Allen |
| SirPoonga:
etumor, you made supercade, huh? I have to ask, how do you play trackball games? Doesn't the top deck get in the way? Or do you just player missle command, centipede, and marble madness? |
| Gromet:
SirPoonga, So you have never played on a dual layer CP, yet you come in and put them down for being badly designed and not being playable. You have absolutely NO CLUE what you are talking about and have no place making statements without anything at all to back them up. After your comments I went home and have been playing the hell out of Golden Tee games. My knuckles are still in perfect shape. I could see it being a problem if you had the sensitivity turned way down on your trackball and had to wind up and really HIT the hell out of the ball to make a swing. I have mine set too normal levels and have no problems at all playing and Playing well... I was quite impressed with my scores on quite a few of my games. I just don't understand where you get off trying to comment like you are an authority on the subject, when the fact is you have NEVER even stepped up to a dual layer CP. Come on over and play my machine for a few hours, i'll have plenty of Band-Aids on hand for you, Just in case. If after you play on it you still have issues, than you can rip the design to shreds if you like, but please keep your opinions to things you have a clue about. |
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