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wbassett:
To me Defender and Stargate are the types of games that are hard to master but once you do... what a ride!

I used to be my home town champ on Defender.  Once the game was mastered, the trick was to get the score as close to all 9's without rolling it over (it would reset back to 0).  When I built my MAME cab, I fired it up and challenged my son at a game.  He's an XBox and PS3 guy, so the 'cheesy graphics' and games I was showing him didn't impress him much and he said they couldn't possibly be that fun (or hard).  Defender left him with his jaw on the floor!  Especially when he saw his old man's rapid fire technique!  He walked away with a lot more respect for the game and a desire to someday master it!

The type of games I really hate are the ones that you can never really master no matter how hard you try.  Those are the real quarter eaters.  Back in the day... once I mastered Defender and Stargate... I could put one quarter in and literally play for hours, or until I got bored with it.
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: D_Harris on May 11, 2011, 04:44:43 am ---It's like using a trackball on "Track & Field". Why bother?

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Cause thats what they had at my arcade and it was a load of fun?

The trackball was a better control setup for track & field. I've done both and the trackball was by far the most enjoyable.
arzoo:
My two favorite games!  ;D
D_Harris:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on May 11, 2011, 09:11:17 am ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on May 11, 2011, 04:44:43 am ---It's like using a trackball on "Track & Field". Why bother?

--- End quote ---

Cause thats what they had at my arcade and it was a load of fun?

The trackball was a better control setup for track & field. I've done both and the trackball was by far the most enjoyable.

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It was fun for you because the trackball made it easier than original controls. :D

As for StarGate, the MAME score moved up several times last month as a result of one of the top competitors getting a StarGate control panel from me, which re-ignited the competition on this title. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=110415.0

And I've spoken to a couple others who now have motivation to get the original control format so they can get back into it.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York


leapinlew:

--- Quote from: D_Harris on May 11, 2011, 10:35:25 am ---It was fun for you because the trackball made it easier than original controls. :D

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If your saying a game is fun because the controls aren't difficult to use, than I agree 100%.

Also, as far as I'm concerned, these are the original controls. They came from the factory with trackballs installed. I have played with the button version, and it was fun too, but racing with the trackball was much more fun.
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