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vader:
Which one of these do you guys prefer, the Vortex or the Tornado.  I'm leaning towards Oscars even though I never played Tempest in the arcades simply because people tend
to like them alot, but that can be said of the tornado also.  Just looking for some opinions
out there and I'm sure they'll be on the way....

Tim
dweebs0r:
The SlikStik spinner wont work with your minipac encoder unfortunately.  Not really a big deal, it has its own encoder but if your were trying to keep only one cable coming from the controller than you'd have to plug both of em into a usb hub or something.

--Dweebs
vader:
Thanks Dweeb, I'm aware of that....but hell....one more wire out the back....not  a big deal......just concerned with functionality at the moment
dweebs0r:
I'm sure you've seen this but I've gotta give it to Kevin at Retroblast he has some great reviews.  One of them is a big spinner comparo:

 http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/roundup.html

Maybe it can answer your questions.  Overall, people seem to be happiest with the Oscar model b/c of the great spin times and feel, but for the pure retro, I'd hafta go with the Vortex spinner and a Vortex knob.

--Dweebs
maraxle:
Personally, I needed a spinner that worked in DOS for a project I did.  The Tornado couldn't do that for me, but the Oscar ones could.  That decided it for me. 

However, an advantage of the Tornado is the tiny footprint.  In that respect, there's no comparison.
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