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Sticks left vs. sticks right.

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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.

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