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Arcade games you can play with a Star Wars Yoke
Vocalitus:
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--- Quote from: Vocalitus on February 01, 2021, 02:39:59 am ---Arkanoid
Kick
Missile Command
Marble Madness (maybe)
Tempest
I'm sure others will work. It just a spring restricted mouse.
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if you're going to just start listing random trackball and spinner games, why bother.
this sounds like the worst possible way to play any of these games.
there's no way you can do the proper acceleration and angles needed for any of these.
later
-1
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Its the challenge to play these games on a non spring (apparently) restrictive mouse.
Have you tried it?
bobbyb13:
After playing the games in their original cabinet state anything but the proper control is a disappointment.
Granted we are talking emulation of course, but I believe most people here are aiming to play any/all of these games with as authentic a setup as possible.
There is plenty of challenge built into the games themselves when played with the controllers the original designers mated to them. Using something different certainly gets in the way.
And with a few rather rare exceptions for some people that I have seen, they are far more fun played with the real thing.
Maybe a few games you list are possible to enjoy (somewhat) with the wrong controller, but to put Tempest here...?
Might as well use billiard balls in a bowling alley.
And still, as Scott so eloquently elaborates, a flight yoke is not a mouse.
Vocalitus:
--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on February 12, 2021, 04:38:44 am ---After playing the games in their original cabinet state anything but the proper control is a disappointment.
Granted we are talking emulation of course, but I believe most people here are aiming to play any/all of these games with as authentic a setup as possible.
There is plenty of challenge built into the games themselves when played with the controllers the original designers mated to them. Using something different certainly gets in the way.
And with a few rather rare exceptions for some people that I have seen, they are far more fun played with the real thing.
Maybe a few games you list are possible to enjoy (somewhat) with the wrong controller, but to put Tempest here...?
Might as well use billiard balls in a bowling alley.
And still, as Scott so eloquently elaborates, a flight yoke is not a mouse.
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I understand purists mentality. Having a Starwars flight Yoke is pretty cool to have especially if you were lucky enough to snag the 1up cabinet for $75.
But to justify spending $250 on a part that you will have to modify in your existing cabinet when a mouse would suffice, is difficult in this rough economy.
Really, how many times do you play Star Wars? Every day, once a week or when it takes your fancy, so you look to other uses for the controller, like a driving controller.
In order to use it like a steering wheel it would have to go left to right and visa versa. Now you could probably play driving games on a (HOTAS) joystick (I play flight sims and Elite Dangerous) but I tried playing Tempest with it and it worked, not as easily with a spinner but it was challenging to play just the same. I have been playing Tempest and its variants since it came out, and owned one in another life.
So excuse me for having a bit of fun and trying new ways to play the old and tired format, and why not change this forum to KLOV if you are going to be a bunch of purist ass-hats.
negative1:
it's one thing to be a purist.
but this is a forum about building arcade controls.
not playing games with the wrong ones.
later
-1
bobbyb13:
--- Quote from: Vocalitus on February 12, 2021, 08:38:33 am ---
--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on February 12, 2021, 04:38:44 am ---After playing the games in their original cabinet state anything but the proper control is a disappointment.
Granted we are talking emulation of course, but I believe most people here are aiming to play any/all of these games with as authentic a setup as possible.
There is plenty of challenge built into the games themselves when played with the controllers the original designers mated to them. Using something different certainly gets in the way.
And with a few rather rare exceptions for some people that I have seen, they are far more fun played with the real thing.
Maybe a few games you list are possible to enjoy (somewhat) with the wrong controller, but to put Tempest here...?
Might as well use billiard balls in a bowling alley.
And still, as Scott so eloquently elaborates, a flight yoke is not a mouse.
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I understand purists mentality. Having a Starwars flight Yoke is pretty cool to have especially if you were lucky enough to snag the 1up cabinet for $75.
But to justify spending $250 on a part that you will have to modify in your existing cabinet when a mouse would suffice, is difficult in this rough economy.
Really, how many times do you play Star Wars? Every day, once a week or when it takes your fancy, so you look to other uses for the controller, like a driving controller.
In order to use it like a steering wheel it would have to go left to right and visa versa. Now you could probably play driving games on a (HOTAS) joystick (I play flight sims and Elite Dangerous) but I tried playing Tempest with it and it worked, not as easily with a spinner but it was challenging to play just the same. I have been playing Tempest and its variants since it came out, and owned one in another life.
So excuse me for having a bit of fun and trying new ways to play the old and tired format, and why not change this forum to KLOV if you are going to be a bunch of purist ass-hats.
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:laugh2:
Your version of "works" and mine (and that of many others here) obviously differ.
The purists you speak of buy real machines, rendering this discussion (and your incorrect assessment of controls) moot.
Sorry to have an opinion (which happens to be strikingly similar to that which you will find many here have I suspect.)