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Author Topic: Two trackballs on a CP?  (Read 2157 times)

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Two trackballs on a CP?
« on: March 20, 2020, 05:18:07 pm »
Apologies if this has been asked before but I am getting an error when I use the search.

I am working on my CP plans and since I’m starting with a fully stocked prototype CP given to me, I am trying to decide what to keep and what to pull.

My friend used a 6-button setup for each joystick, but he also mounted two trackballs and a spinner. For the life of me, I can’t recall a two player game that used two trackballs. Am I missing something?

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2020, 06:28:14 pm »
I can’t recall a two player game that used two trackballs. Am I missing something?
Marble Madness allows simultaneous two player.



There are also cocktail cabs like Centipede that used two trackballs and screen flipping for alternating between two players.




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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2020, 06:32:44 pm »
Rampart has 3 trackballs, and I believe there was a Sonic game that also had 3.

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2020, 07:05:19 pm »
Rampart has 3 trackballs, and I believe there was a Sonic game that also had 3.
Good call.   :cheers:

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2020, 07:26:26 pm »
That's the one!  What a neat Sonic game.

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2020, 07:52:11 pm »
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Hyper Sports or Track and Field. Maybe both?

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2020, 09:19:20 pm »
Is that yellow thing next to Sonic supposed to be Tails? He's terrifying

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2020, 04:35:12 am »
Is that yellow thing next to Sonic supposed to be Tails? He's terrifying
Nope thats Ray.

Hes a flying squirrel....

Ile let you make your own conclusions on that lol

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2020, 01:13:25 pm »
Atari Football, Blades of Steel.  That's all I can think of at the moment.

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2020, 02:30:15 pm »
What was the tool used to search by controls? MAWS, Romlister, or something else? It's been a few years since I've thought about it.

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2020, 03:06:46 pm »
Answering the question a little less literally, there aren't a whole hell of a lot of games worth playing that use multiple trackballs.  I don't think cocktail games count (unless he built a cocktail of course) and imho marble madness is probably the only simultaneous two player trackball game you'd actually want to play.  I did a lot of controls.dat entries and trackball games are pretty rare as-is.... probably due to the added expense of the controls. 

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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2020, 03:12:41 pm »
What was the tool used to search by controls? MAWS, Romlister, or something else? It's been a few years since I've thought about it.

MAWS was the one I used but I don't think it is around anymore.  ids created a new version of it -

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136193.0.html


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Re: Two trackballs on a CP?
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2020, 03:50:05 pm »