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telengard:
I'm starting a new thread hoping that someone who owns or plays this game a lot might have some suggestions.  I played it a lot on Sunday and there is no analog setting I can get w/  MAME that is close to the original.  I'm not sure the best way to describe it but when I come to an intersection in mame it tends to go in the direction I'm *not* pushing the trackball.  This doesn't happen in the real thing.   I have a Happs 3" ball and have lubed it up to be sure it's functioning correctly.  Windows acceleration is off.  This post from a while ago on usenet mentions something similar:

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I have a 2nd happs 3" and I'm going to hook that up tomorrow to see if it behaves the same.  I would bet that it will.

Any ideas?
etumor:
Sadly, I can only report that I've seen the same behavior.

-Jeff "etumor"
Jakobud:
On a related note, was the CC trackball mounted at an angle?
etumor:
I was wondering about this myself.  Earlier this year I was at a party where I met a guy who owned an original Crystal Castles.  I asked him about whether or not the trackball was mounted at an angle.  He said he didn't really know, but he said he'd check for me.

A week later, I received the following email from him:

"Hey there!  I just took a look in my Crystal Castles, and actually ...the trackball is mounted in straight, just like on Centipede...how about that!"

So there you go!

-Jeff "etumor"
telengard:

--- Quote from: etumor on September 14, 2004, 02:15:56 pm ---I was wondering about this myself.  Earlier this year I was at a party where I met a guy who owned an original Crystal Castles.  I asked him about whether or not the trackball was mounted at an angle.  He said he didn't really know, but he said he'd check for me.

A week later, I received the following email from him:

"Hey there!  I just took a look in my Crystal Castles, and actually ...the trackball is mounted in straight, just like on Centipede...how about that!"

So there you go!

-Jeff "etumor"

--- End quote ---

So that rules that out.  Last night I looked at the Mame source and the schematics for CC.  Hopefully something will stand out.  I was sorta hoping the trackball was oriented differently since this might be easier to implement if necessary.
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