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Arcade Spinner Games and MAME Sensitivity Settings
bobbyb13:
This is just awesome.
Thank you immensely for all the work on this.
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Vocalitus:
Nice List Ken.
Thanks for this. :applaud:
KenToad:
Thanks for the kind words. :cheers:
I found some more information on Wiz Warz, so I updated that entry and Mad Planets, and made some other minor formatting edits.
Here's Doc's video on Arena/Wiz Warz:
Also linked in the description of that video is a RedBull story about Arcades and some details showing how they recreated the game cabinet. Here is the link. The first Arena / Wiz Warz segment begins at minute 6:55: https://www.redbull.tv/video/AP-1MSW6GUR91W11/arcade-renaissance?playlist=AP-1MSW6FYF11W11:episode
Ropi Jo:
This is perfect timing as I finished my dual spinner CP at the weekend. The main machine is not running quite yet but this list will be most welcome, thank you.
Please can I ask (as I cannot remember how a real arcade spinner feels).... if I give the spinner a real good spin, and let it run, roughly for how long should it spin?
I used heavy flywheels that allow mine to spin for over 20 seconds (the bearings are very free running and offer virtually no drag).
KenToad:
--- Quote from: Ropi Jo on November 24, 2020, 03:57:14 pm ---This is perfect timing as I finished my dual spinner CP at the weekend. The main machine is not running quite yet but this list will be most welcome, thank you.
Please can I ask (as I cannot remember how a real arcade spinner feels).... if I give the spinner a real good spin, and let it run, roughly for how long should it spin?
I used heavy flywheels that allow mine to spin for over 20 seconds (the bearings are very free running and offer virtually no drag).
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Your spinners spin way longer than any arcade spinner that I'm aware of. If you don't count steering wheel games, most of the spinner games either used a limited or no inertia spinner, meaning that they didn't spin freely much, if at all. Tempest is probably the biggest exception. Most others relied upon fine control, meaning the spinner only spins when you want it to. This is a roundabout way of reassuring you that your spinner setup will be great. I used a free spinning spinner setup for years before investing in Turbo Twist 2 spinners with the accu-twist system (basically just a piece of felt that adds friction when you tighten the knob down tighter to the base). Have fun and make sure you post a thread in the project forum if you made your own setup.