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Hardware cheating: normal desktop trackball on MAME? Griffin Powermate/spinner?
P-chan:
A buddy has one of these floating around:
http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-K72337US-Orbit-Trackball-Scroll/dp/B002OOWB3O/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_b
Will this work with Centipede/Missile Command/etc under MAME?
Also, what about this as a spinner:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Griffin%20Technology/NA16029/?utm_source=amazon&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=productads
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PowerMate is an assignable controller. That means you can program it to do anything* you want, in any application. Program the wheel to scroll your email, set the button to switch to your browser. Customize it to your needs and get wild.
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drventure:
A trackball is just a mouse to mame, so anything that looks like a mouse to the os will technically work.
Thing is, it might not feel terribly much like an arcade trackball.
There's a big difference in the feel of a little desktop trackball, and a 3" Happ arcade trackball.
But, if you were building a small scale bartop, it might be the better option. All depends.
MTPPC:
Mame can use any mouse for input. I'm sure that kensington is seen by the PC as just a mouse> I use this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-2-1-4-Trackball-MAME-PS2-Arcade-Pc-Not-HAPP-/120848605081?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D130550347141%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7787182999886792754 and it works good.
As far as that spinner goes, I don't know if it would work because the latest mame versions look for direct input and ignore software driven devices like joy2keys. I guess you'd have to try it.
leapinlew:
I used the griffin for a spinner. It doesn't work very well. Needs more weight, needs to spin more freely and needs to feel more solid.
alfonzotan:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on April 17, 2012, 01:15:43 pm ---I used the griffin for a spinner. It doesn't work very well. Needs more weight, needs to spin more freely and needs to feel more solid.
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Second this. The Griffin knob never worked well for me, wound up returning it.