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PL1:
--- Quote from: santiago on July 07, 2012, 10:40:32 am ---I'm going to try making the spinner, which games use it?
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Several favorites:
Tempest
Omega Race
Puzz Loop (1 and 2)
Arkanoid (and related breakout type games)
Off the Wall
Cameltry
Star Trek - Strategic Operations Simulator
Warlords
You can substitute a spinner for these specialized controllers:
Major Havoc - Roller controller
Lunar Lander - Thrust controller
Games that have other requirements:
Tron - Triggerstick
Discs of Tron - Triggerstick, hi/low spinner (I use a rocker footswitch for the hi/low function)
Zwackery - Triggerstick, hi/low spinner (?)
Racing games that use a 360 degree wheel - Pedals
If you plan on doing a mouse hack, forget about Arkanoid. You'll need a TT2 or a SpinTrak to get the desired precision, unless X2's lasermouse hack works WAY better than expected.
If you try the laser mouse hack, get one that is intended for gaming.
My first attempt to make a mouse pinball launcher with an old Logitech rated at 20 inches per second (IPS) was total fail. :dizzy:
When I checked specs, measured and did the math, it made perfect sense that it needed something like this G500. (I bought a used one missing the weights)
A quick twist test on my pinball shooter looks promising. The laser is reading an untreated 3/8" round aluminum shaft from Lowes/Home Depot.
Scott
Xiaou2:
Ok, I scrolled thru an older version of mame32uifx, and used trackball as a guide... because sadly, mames controller lists is a steaming pile of Dog Crap.
Running each one, I found the ones with Dial settings. Even then, some of the games didnt use the dial, and had the wrong controller settings in the menu. Certain games did however allow a spinner to be used IF you changed a dip-switch, and or a service menu setting.
Heres the basic Spinner (dial) list:
(Im sure Im missing something)
APB
ARKANOID
AZTARAC
BADLANDS
BLASTEROIDS
BLOCK BLOCK
BOXING BUGS
BUGGY BOY
CAMELTRY
CAR POLO
CERBERUS
CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT
CHANGE LANES
COSMIC CHASM
CRATER RAIDER
DANNY SULLIVANS INDY HEAT
DARK PLANET
DEAD EYE
DEMOLITION DERBY
DRIFT OUT (CHANGE DIPSWITCH)
FIRE TRUCK
FREE KICK
GIGAS
GIGAS MARK II
GRAND CHAMPION
HARD DRIVIN
HOMO
HOTROD
IMOLA GRAND PRIX
IRONMAN STEWARTS SUPER OFF-ROAD
IXION
KICK
KICKMAN
MAJOR HAVOC
MONTE CARLO
MOON WAR (proto frenzy)
MOONWAR
NIGHT DRIVER
OFF THE WALL
OMEGA RACE
PLUMP POP
POLE POSITION
POLE POSITION II
PUCHI CARAT
PUZZ LOOP (SETTINGS)
PUZZ LOOP 2 (SETTINGS)
RAZZMATAZZ
REDLINE RACER
RIDDLE OF PYTHAGORAS
ROAD BLASTERS
ROUGH RACER
SPEED FREAK
SPRINT 1,2,4,8
SQUASH
STAR TREK
STOCKER
STREET HEAT
SUBS
SUPER BUG
SUPER FREE KICK
SUPER SPEED RACE JUNIOR
SUPER SPRINT
TAC SCAN
TEETER TORTURE
TEMPEST
TOP SECRET
TOURNAMENT ARKANOID
TURBO
TWIN SQUASH
TWO TIGERS
TX-1
VICTORY
VS BLOCK BUSTER
VS HOT SMASH
WALL CRASH
WARLOARDS
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
WHEELS RUNNER
WINK
WIZ WARZ
WOLF PACK
WORLD RALLY (SETTING)
ZEKTOR
CRAZY CLOWNS
DOUBLE CHEEZE
ZWACKERY
TRON
MAD PLANETS (TS)
GHOX
DISCS OF TRON
KOSMIK KROOZER (PUSH SPINNER+TRIGGER STICK)
Some of these games require Trigger sticks, or Pedals, & possibly shifters.
You could make pedals plug into the control panel via a wire+jack system. Pedals could also double as buttons, however, game which require fast fire, would probably be out of the question for the slower foot presses. (though, autofire might solve that)
These are some of the games that use Pots, which can also be controlled with a spinner:
BLUE SHARK
BOMB BEE
CASCADE
CIRCUS
CITY BOMBER
CLOWNS
CRUIS'N USA
CUTIE Q
D-DAY
DATSUN 280 ZZZAP
DAYTONA USA
DRIVERS EDGE
ENDURO RACER
F-1 GRAND PRIX STAR II
F1 EXAUST NOTE
FINAL LAP
FINAL LAP 2
FINAL LAP 3
FINAL LAP R
FIRE ONE
GEE BEE
GP RIDER
GREAT 1000 MILES RALLY (SETTINGS)
GRUDGE MATCH
GYPSY JUGGLER
HANG-ON
HYPER CHASE
KONOMI GT
LAGUNA RACER
LIMITED EDITION HAND-ON
M79 AMBUSH
MAX RPM
OUTRUN
OUTRUNNERS
PAPERBOY
POCKET RACER
RIDGE RACER
RIDGER RACER 2
RIP CORD
SARU-KANI-HAMU-ZOU (GREAT GAME)
SPACE WALK
STRAIGHT FLUSH
SUPER BREAKOUT
TOURNAMENT TABLE
UP SCOPE
CALIFORNIA SPEED
CHASE HQ
CHEQUERED FLAG
CISCO HEAT
CONTENENTAL CIRCUS
DIRT FOX
DOIBLE AXLE
FOUR TRAX
GRAND PRIX STAR
POWER DRIFT
ROAD RIOT
ROUND UP 5 - SUPER DELTA FORCE
SANFRANCISCO RUSH
SIDE BY SIDE
SIDE BYT SIDE 2
SLIP STREAM
SPECIAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
SPEED RACER
SPEED UP
STADIUM CROSS
SUPER CHASE - CRIMINAL TERMINATION
SUPER HANGON
SUPER MONACO GP
SUZUKA 8 HOURS
SUZUKE 8 HOURS 2
TOP SPEED
TURBO OUTRUN
VIRTUA RACING
WEC LE MANS 24
WINDING HEAT
SPY HUNTER
SPY HUNTER 2
RACING HERO
CYBER CYCLES
RAD MOBILE
RAD RALLY
RADICAL BIKERS
RAVE RACER
Some of my Fav spinner games, in no particular order:
Star Trek
Tac Scan
Mad Planets
Zektor
kick
Pole Position
TX-1
Supersprint
Championship Spring
Major Havok
Turbo
Tron
And yes, the G500 mouse is exactly the kind of mouse you would want. At 5700dpi, its probably able to match (or exceed) Arkanoids sensitivity with ease. And nicely enough, Logitech has the ability to increase or decrease the sensitivity via button presses / hotkeys... which you would need if you wanted to play both low-res optical games, and high-res games.
santiago:
The guy that sells me the 8-way joystick told me that it could be use as a 4-way. I dont think he even knows about 4-way's. Nevermind.
About the spinner, thanks for all the replies, but I'm gonna leave it as 'maybe-in-the-future addon'. Maybe in the next week I'll be posting in the Projects announcements page!
Xiaou2:
A lot of 8way sticks can be made to work as a 4way, by inverting the bottom actuator...
However... even if you do that, it wont feel or react the same as a true 'restricted' 4way.