Amiga mouse games on a cabinet..

[Mil7br4nd]

Hi there!
Im new to this forum so i should start by introducing myself.
Im Alex, from Denmark and im 35 years old. As a summer project for my self i decided to start building my own arcade, to for fill my childhood dream of owning my own arcade.
Currently im not far from being done, with the hardware part. I will create a separate build thread, later on, but i can show you a picture of my cabinet as it looked a couple of weeks ago



And now to my question

Are you guys able to play mouse controllede amiga games properly on your arcade, if so how? 

[yotsuya]

Honestly, if I wanted to play mouse-controlled Amiga games, I'd do it on my main PC, not an arcade cabinet. But that's me.

[Mil7br4nd]

But that really doesn´t  answer my question

[Generic Eric]

Use a trackball.  Invert the axis.  That is how I'd look to do it if I wanted to.


The correct answer will be more likely if you present which emulator and which game you are trying to play with a mouse.

[yotsuya]

But that really doesn´t  answer my question

Q: Are you guys able to play mouse controllede amiga games properly on your arcade, if so how?

A: This guy is not able to play mouse controllede amiga games properly on his arcade because it's not set up to.

[Mil7br4nd]

I guess ill use WinUAE and to name some of the games that i remember to be great games

- Cannon fodder
- Dune
- Ports of call
- Oil Imperium
- Defender of the crown
- Syndicate

It was just to tap in to your experiences trying to play games like that on an arcade

[Generic Eric]

Years ago ppjoy would have been suggested.  You can still find it, but its not really in development anymore.  You may consider reading about autohotkey, but I don't know if that is what it is used for.

There are arcade style USB trackballs available.  Looking at your bartop, I don't think that will be an option.

Alternatively, you could do like I do.  When I need to use a mouse on my arcade.  I do.  But it ruins the experience and there is really no room. 

You have more free surface area on your CP than I do on my CP.  You should use a small wireless mouse if you attempt this.  Another option is one of those gryation presentation mice.  I had one that I was convinced I was going to stuff into an arcade style gun.  I could point it like a gun though.   *shrug* 

Similarly I have Sins of a Solar Empire, which I don't play because of its dependence on a mouse and my best PC is in my mame cabinet.


Lastly, you could try a touchscreen. 

[yotsuya]

I hear you, my friend. And I don't mean to come off sounding like a cabsole, but it's been my experience that these games don't translate well over to a cab with standard arcade controls. That's what I was hoping to show.