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tobiasbp:

--- Quote from: HanoiBoi on March 22, 2013, 07:20:17 am ---OP, you mentioned a 4-way joystick, and later shared that the machine isnt working yet....

I believe Space Invaders originally used a 2-way joystick

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The prior owner installed a 4-way joystick. The machine came with a pac-man clone.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: tobiasbp on March 20, 2013, 06:21:45 am ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on March 20, 2013, 06:12:03 am ---Space Invaders II

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9668

Very frenetic with two players. You'll enjoy it (",)

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Wow...Thank you, it looks great. Also very appropriate as my cocktail cabinet is an original Space Invaders part II ;)



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Ha! That's funny (",)

Xiaou2:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on March 20, 2013, 11:35:05 am ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 20, 2013, 08:44:36 am ---Oh dear my fellow arcade enthusiasts cannot remember Atari Football, with that lovely trackball that gave you all those blisters. No?

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No I remembered it, read above... it just totally blows.  ;)

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 My question to you is..  have you actually played a real machine with those 4" trackballs?   Otherwise, your opinion isnt much value.

 Personally, Im not a sports nor football fan... and XO didnt really look that good.   But the collector gave me a few credits on it, and
I have to say, it was really fun.   Using trackball to run was refreshing and more realistic..   and it was a real physical work out,
to keep at peak play.   I was exhausted after a few rounds.  Quite fun.


 There are many other top view multiplayer games... such as a Tank game I cant recall the name of,  and Segas  Hot Rod.
Many cocktail games were just flipped however.
 

Howard_Casto:
Yeah they very reasons you said you liked it are the one's that made me hate it.  Wearing myself out rolling a ball around isn't my idea of fun and on top of that it's football and I've yet to play a football game and like it. 

Xiaou2:

--- Quote ---Yeah they very reasons you said you liked it are the one's that made me hate it.  Wearing myself out rolling a ball around isn't my idea of fun and on top of that it's football and I've yet to play a football game and like it. 
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 You didnt answer the question...  which pretty much means, no, you have no physical experience with the real hardware.

 As for games requiring Physicallity,  its all the rage today.

 Are you also saying you would rather play a lightgun game with a gamepad, because holding a gun in the air is too fatiguing?
 Are you saying you didnt enjoy Marble Madness, Crystal Castles, Kick,or any game that uses a unique analog control?

 Using a joystick to simulate a person running is not only boring... but its unrealistic, and severely limiting.   Realistic analog control takes
even a simplistically drawn game, and makes it addictive and fun.

 And really, think about it...  What is fun about football?   Its the running, dodging,weaving, trying to escape enemy attackers.

 When a game character has unlimited fatigue, its also unrealistic, and limiting.  Even basic shumps reward players whom can rapidfire for long durations.. which can get very fatiguing.  The rewards are overcoming the fatigue, and pulling off some sweet moves.

 The other side of analog, being throwing.   A good analog trackball football game allows for far more skill needed for passing.  It also gives u far more control of the vectors.   Samely, using a select system to pass, is again... boring, unrealistic, lifeless, and has no skill required.

 Which brings me to wonder... if your one of those gamers whom cant stand anything that has any real difficulty?
If so, then I can see why you cant accept something like this.

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