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Sticks left vs. sticks right.
Tiger-Heli:
Good comments, Urebel. Thought I would contrast my preferences.
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on March 13, 2004, 06:43:31 am ---I'm a rightly (& probably do to conditioning, also); here's my feelings:
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I'm a southpaw, but tend to like the traditional layouts. (I.E. for most games I prefer Stick Left, buttons right, including Pac-Man). Here are the exceptions.
--- Quote ---Atari 2600: Love the stick right, button left thumb. I grew up on this. Only problem is there's only one button.
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Haven't played this in years - Can't remember if I used the stick right, or if I held the base in my right hand and used my right index finger to press the button. Might have depended on the game I was playing.
--- Quote ---Arcade digital stick & 1 button:
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As I said above, I like stick left, button right.
--- Quote ---Rotary stick:
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Prefer stick on left, buttons right.
--- Quote ---Trackball: trackball right, buttons left, except when spinning the ball right or down-right. Left gets faster spin in those two directions. My one trackball test CP has buttons both sides; my two trackball CP has button to left of the TBs (couldn't fit on both sides).
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Definitely prefer trackball left, buttons right. (Remember having to cross my hands over when playing Centipede).
--- Quote ---Spinner: spiner right, buttons left. Planning to have buttons on both sides of the spinners on my two spinner CP.
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Agreed spinner right, buttons left. Possibly conditioned from Tempest. At least that's how I remember playing it. Maybe I should find an actual Tempest game before I commit to my spinner module.
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Trigger/thumb stick: feels nicer with right, but I actually play better with my left if only a trigger button. If both trigger & thumb button, right wins both in feel and preformance. My 2 player thumb & trigger stick CP has buttons on both sides of both sitick.
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Feels better left. I never played much TRON, but I think I would cross hands on it.
--- Quote ---Mouse & keyboard: mouse right, keyboard left.
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mouse left, keyboard right, but I don't do that thing with the buttons swapped around, though.