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Arkanoid Spinner
leapinlew:
Totally agree on the turbo twist spinner - I use it and it's great. The slippery feeling is because the sensitivity is much too high. I had the same issue initially as well.
This post describes what spinner settings should be in mame:http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=164017.0
The setting for Arkanoid is 48.
As far as the resistance, that's not something that can be emulated. The arkanoid spinner had some gear resistance that you're not going to get with these free wheel'n spinners, but I think once you get the sensitivity right, you'll be happy with it.
PL1:
Looks like you've got an Ultimarc SpinTrak.
No sense swapping it for a TT2. Both are the same resolution -- 1200 transitions per rotation.
Neither of them is geared like the Arkanoid spinner, but either of them will work fine for MAME games after you set the sensitivity in that game's menu.
Related thread: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,164017.0.html
Scott
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 10, 2022, 08:22:48 am ---Looks like you've got an Ultimarc SpinTrak.
No sense swapping it for a TT2. Both are the same resolution -- 1200 transitions per rotation.
Neither of them is geared like the Arkanoid spinner, but either of them will work fine for MAME games after you set the sensitivity in that game's menu.
Related thread: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,164017.0.html
Scott
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:cheers: totally agree, and I see we quoted the same thread.
azs:
Appreciate all the feedback!
What is strange is that when I first got this game, the sensitivity setting was at 41%. I was finding that there was a lag between me physically rotating the spinner and the paddle moving. This was especially evident when the ball speed increased. With the ball speed very fast, I felt like it was impossible at times to control the paddle and that I was having to overturn my wrist in an effort to get to the ball. When I bumped the setting up from 41% to 60, I felt as if my control improved but it felt too slippery and over sensitive.
This is why I became convinced it was the physical spinner and NOT the sensitivity settings.
Do original Arkanoid spinners still exist? Would I be able to use one with the way my game was configured? That said all of you seem to agree the proper settings with my existing paddle should suffice.
What’s so confusing is all the replies I got from everyone made perfect sense. Yes as I explained above, I felt like the original setting of 41% felt off to me. But then again so does 60%.
All I know is when I played Arkanoid in college in the late 80s, the spinner was perfect and NEVER an issue in game play.
With the way my game plays now, it’s almost physically impossible for me to get beyond a certain point because my inability to really control to paddle at high ball speeds.
PL1:
--- Quote from: azs on September 10, 2022, 12:22:19 pm ---I was finding that there was a lag between me physically rotating the spinner and the paddle moving.
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Do you also see this lag in Windows?
Scott