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cbmeeks:

I want my CP to be lean and mean and if it's just "breakout" type games, then I can do without a spinner.

Thanks!

-cb

mr.Curmudgeon:

(Online database - Listing games by control)
via: http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/gamesbycontrol.php

Spinner
Arkanoid (World) arkanoid
Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (World) arknoid2
Blasteroids (version 4) blstroid
Wolf Pack (prototype) wolfpack
Tempest (rev 3) tempest
Tron (set 1) tron
Mad Planets mplanets
720 Degrees (set 1) 720
Aztarac aztarac
Forgotten Worlds (US) forgottn
Kozmik Kroozr kroozr
Crater Raider crater
Wheel Of Fortune wfortune
Victory victory
Two Tigers twotiger

Up/Down Spinner
Discs of Tron (Upright) dotron
Zwackery zwackery


REBIRTH:

There are A LOT more than that, not sure why that website missed a bunch.  If you look in the Mame games list and look for a control of "dial" you see all of them.  If you do not have a steering wheel, a spinner can be used to drive.

Minwah:

I was thinking this today myself, since I am in the process of making my trackball/spinner/analog stick panel...

I used MAMEWAH's Input Type and Category (catlist) filters, to give a list of non-driving spinner games:

720 degrees
Aqua Jack
Arkanoid
Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH
Atari Mini Golf
Aztarac
Beatmania (all)
Blasteroids
Boxing Bugs
Burmuda Triangle
Caliber 50
Cameltry
Car Polo
Cerberus
Cosmic Chasm
Cyvern
Dark Planet
DownTown
Embargo
Exterminator
Fighting Soccer
Forgotten Worlds
Gals Panic 4
Gals Panic S - Extra Edition
Gals Panic S2
Ghox
Gigas
Gigas Mark II
Gondomania
Guerilla War
Guts'n
Heavy Barrel
Hiphopmania Complete Mix 2
Ikari III - The Rescue
Ikari Warriors
Jan Jan Paradise
Jan Jan Paradise 2
Kaiser Knuckle
Kick
Kozmik Kroozr
Major Havoc
Midnight Resistance
Moonwar
Off the Wall (Atari)
Off the Wall (Sente)
Omega Race
Panic Street
Plump Pop
Pop 'n Bounce / Gapporin
Prebillian
Puzz Loop
Quester
Razzmatazz
Riddle of Pythagoras
Road Blasters
SAR - Search And Rescue
Sengeki Striker
Sen-Know
Star Trek
Subs
T.N.K. III
Tac/Stan
Tel Jan
Tempest
Time Soldiers
TouchDown Fever
Tron
Two Tigers
Victory
Victory Road
Vs Block Breaker
Vs Mahjong Otome Ryouran
Wall Crash
Wheel of Fortune
Wolf Pack
Zektor
Zwackery

Since the 'dial' input type in MAME is incredibly inaccurate, I started going thru the games to see which could actually be played with a dial - see the attached Excel sheet (rename to .xls) my WIP list.  The 'y/n/?' column is for my benefit, basically this is whether I can play the game on my panel or not.  Ones which are not playable are generally rotary stick games or games with unique controllers.  The list isn't great, but might be of some use :)

BTW if no-one has Excel post and I'll convert it...

Edit: just wanted to say that this list is generated from MAME v0.83, and doesn't include clones.

Edit 2: Car Polo slipped thru as it is classed as 'Sports', and Road Blasters as I didn't think to filter out 'Shooter / Driving' games.

cbmeeks:

Well, looks like I am buying a spinner...lol

So, do they work well for driving games???  Outrun??

Thanks

cb

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