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telengard:


--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on September 16, 2004, 06:55:22 pm ---The direction you move the ball is exactly how Bentley moves in the game, i.e. if you move horizontal he moves horizontal, no up or down at all.  Something else that is weird is the TB for CC is mounted different than say Marble Madness.  It is mounted at an angle, which is actually straight.  Um, I guess that is confusing.  I should say that, the two rollers are vertical and horizontal and the horizontal one is parallel to the ground.  In my MM, the TBs are at 45 degree angles with the floor.  Is this as clear as mud?

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Hehe, no I'm confused (would pics help?) but this may explain why when you move to the right, you start to go up.  What makes it hard is that every ramp etc is diagonal so it's hard to say if it should go up when you are moving to the right.  Maybe a more specific test is in order.  How about this, on the first screen move to the upper left corner (this might be hard to do with those crystal balls there) and move the trackball down.  Does BB take a right (well right to the player) when you go by.  I guess the key here is to not do a diagonal down move in the same orientation as the ramp.  Does this make sense?

~telengard

telengard:


--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on September 16, 2004, 06:59:01 pm ---By the way,   I think CC has one of the best cabinets ever made (art wise) and I think you should use it to MAME out of.  CC is also one of the most under rated games ever made and you can get them for about $200 fully working (I got my almost mint one for $300).  They are so plentiful and can easily be MAME'd out.  Let me know if I can help in any other way.  Here is my website if you'd like to see pics of mine.  www.mooshack.com just check out the photo section

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Thanks for the info.  I think the CC cabinet is awesome also, lots of art, the lit up trackball, etc.  I also agree it is very underrated for a game.  I already have a mame cab but I am very keen to start collecting the real thing as I am getting sorta frustrated with small little things like this.   The games are sooo close but even still I seem to notice the differences and I've gone a long way to try and duplicate the original controls etc.  I also just really like the artwork etc on the cabinets.  I just need a huge house to keep them in.    ;D

~telengard

MoonDog:


--- Quote from: etumor on September 14, 2004, 02:15:56 pm ---"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!"
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From XtraSmiley's pics it does appear that the trackball is mounted at a 45 degree angle.  Notice the location of the mounting bolts.

goofy:

If you could shoot pictures of the differences, that would probably help.

XtraSmiley:

OK, the direction you roll the ball is where Bentley moves.  If you go up with it, he goes up, down, he goes down.  Left, he goes left, right etc...  Now, on the screen he goes in these directions in relation to the real world but since the game board is tilted to an angle, he looks like he is moving in angles.  Just keep this in mind, the TB is Bentley.  If you move it a direction and he doesn't move exactly like you moved the TB it's not working right.  I don't have my digital camera anymore so I can't take pics for you, but I hope this clears it up.

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