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pinballwizard79:

scofthe7seas did you know DreamAuthentics sells evil SS parts too via their sister website?

http://www.retroarcadeslive.com/webstore/webstore.asp

Ok, hijacking done... back to spinner sassin

RandyT:


--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on September 27, 2011, 11:26:45 pm ---Some talk about the Apache's "low resolution" but I compare that to buying a 1080p tv just to display 600*800 resolutions.... it doesnt make sense.

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Actually it makes perfect sense as the analogy is, unfortunately, flawed.  Try playing an analog dial game, or Arkanoid 1 and 2 with a hi-resolution spinner, and then a low resolution spinner.  If you can't see and feel a difference in gameplay, you probably don't play those types of games too often. ;)

It should also be mentioned that every driving game originally used either an analog potentiometer, or a geared optical encoder.  Both of these are very high resolution, and many folks successfully use their high-resolution spinners to enjoy this type of game as well.

RandyT

pinballwizard79:

Phooey

I play racing games & Arkonoid with my Apache all the time.

We shall just agree to disagree, I dont want you to ignore my future orders  ;D

RandyT:


--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on September 28, 2011, 07:21:21 pm ---Phooey

I play racing games & Arkonoid with my Apache all the time.

We shall just agree to disagree, I dont want you to ignore my future orders  ;D

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Heh, not to worry about that.  I didn't say it wouldn't work, it just doesn't work as well ;).  Great examples are SuperSprint and Pole Position.  The controlability with a high resolution spinner over a low-res one is a night and day difference...at least in my experience.  The original TurboTwist (version 1) was the first non-geared spinner to be able to play Arkanoid properly.  It was invented to address playability concerns, which have been voiced over and over on these forums.  The TurboTwist2 handles the even higher requirements of Arkanoid 2, as well as the analog dial and steering wheel controls.  If there was nothing to be gained, the high resolution spinners wouldn't exist.  That's not to say that low-res spinners don't do a great job on the titles they are suited for.  It's only that the performance falls short in a number of applications.  If those applications are important to the user, they should probably take resolution into consideration.

RandyT

t3design:

Is there a way to increase the resolution of an old optical spinner (like a Tempest spinner)?

Would creating a new encoder disc with more holes make any difference?



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