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| fleskebacon:
How do you play rotary joystick games like Ikari, Midnight Resistance, Heavy Barrel etc. without a proper rotary joystick? I know there are joystick hacks for a couple of these, but that's beyond the point. I have a six button layout, and one spinner. It's not gonna be optimal in any case, but what is, in your opinion, the best way to make this work with a regular joystick, buttons and a spinner? I've tried using buttons for turning, works ok, but not great. Kept tinkering with the sensitivity settings without really finding a setting that worked well. Using a spinner in addition to buttons and joystick requires either three hands(!) or incredible dexterity. What do you prefer, and what settings do you use? |
| PL1:
Here's one approach that works great for Xybots. (I know . . . not a true mechanical rotary game, but same principle applies) With a 6-button layout like this . . . 123 456 . . . map the buttons this way: 1. Turn left 2. Fire 3. Turn right 4. Zapper/Start IIRC 3 is the largest number of player buttons on rotary joystick games. (list here) Scott EDIT: You may also need to change these MAME settings. |
| fleskebacon:
Hey! Positional Digital Speed = 0 Positional Sensitivity = 100 This made my day. Cannot believe I haven't tried this! Thanks! :) |
| DarthMarino:
Though far from ideal, I've used a spinner and a flight stick together. |
| Brian74:
I just use my rotary's connected to two kades! |
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