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new Ultimarc 2.5" or used 3" Golden Tee?
Snarbald:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on May 02, 2004, 07:03:36 pm ---IIRC, Centipede USUALLY used a 3", Missle Command had a 4-1/2" on the uprights and a 3" on most cocktails, and Millipede USUALLY used a 2-1/4".
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My girlfriend's aunt and uncle have an original dedicated centipede cab in their basement and it most definately has a 2.5" trackball.
rchadd:
My 3" Happ Golden Tee hight lip TB arrived today - it was a bargain at the sales price of
vputz:
I too was swayed by the siren lure of the $60 high-lip; shipped out to-day (hopefully I'll have it by the weekend). I'm curious to see how this pans out...
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StLouisRod:
To answer your question, go with either an Imperial or Happ 3 inch trackball... You can't play Golden Tee Golf authentically without the 3 incher ;)!
And no offense to Andy at Ultimarc, but those Suzo/Wico 2.25" trackballs he sells for $28.00 blow chunks. It's made of thin plastic, with steel bearings, but plastic rollers. So the ball does not roll very smoothly and stops almost immediately after spinning it. And I even took it apart and put 3in1 oil on the bearings! The connectors that clip the wires to the optic boards tend to lose connection if you smack the trackball, which causes it to lose up/down or left/right movement until you jog the connector again. AND you have to buy special resistors and wire them up as pull-up resistors to get a mouse board to recognize it ::).
I know an arcade dealer who can get the Imperials 2.25" for $35.00, and he showed me one. It was very well constructed and the ball rolled great. Happs, of course, are also well made.
Just my 2 cents.
reebboy:
I agree with StLouisRod. I bought the Ultimarc ball because of the price. Its not bad but as he said it doesn't spin very well. If I could do it over I would still buy it but If I had the money I would upgrade to something better. It all depends on how much you want to spend.