Griffin Technologies PowerMate

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http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/index.html

Maybe I can get Front Line to work better now?

[hyiu]

I actually got one from the store and tried it....
I'm using the Windows Version.... (not Mac)

I've tried everything... but you turn A LOT... the cursor only moves a little.... did not go well for spinner games....

after trying for like 3 days... I quitted and returned it....
I've tried new drivers and stuffs....

if you can make it work, plz let me know...
(I would like to use it to play Arknoid...)
 

hope it helps...

[rampy]

Adjusting Mame's Analog settings didn't help?

Speaking of alternative controls... http://www.vintion.com/english/msc/game/ms300.htm check out that bad boy.. it's the gobot-transformers of steering wheels...

I haven't seen anything on the market before that resembles a hangon type control (except for xiaou2;s home made version)

Kinda cheezy.. kinda neat...

Rampy

[hyiu]

I increased Mame's sensivity to about 300%... still no effect at all....

also... I tried their new driver, mouse acceleration/speed... and others...

but still.... its speed is NOWHERE CLOSE to a playable speed...

For Arknoid, I need to go from 1 edge to the other quickly at times... and I'll need about 3-4 complete turns before I can get there..... (that's after speeding up everything....)

and I don't get help from their support about this....

so... I returned...

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ps:  I read thru. their docs... somehow, in the MAC version, it seems like they have an option for you to check to make it a spinner control for games.....

(but they do not have it for the Windows Verision....   )

so.... I returned it before I got stuck with it.....

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From what I've heard, you'd need to reduce the sensitivity, to say like 5 or 10%.    And this is because the code/rom/software isn't quick enough and needs to actually be slowed down dramatically.  Not sure where I read that.  Maybe on this forum somewhere.

[hyiu]

if I didn't remember wrong... I tried both ways....

its just not fast enough..... I believe at some point, I've made it negative percentage..... its still too slow....

anyway... I've already given up to use it as a spinner....

but just want to share my experience in case anyone would like to buy and try it.... (I would suggest go some place that they have a return policy....)  Personally, if I buy some stuff, I don't like to return it... but this case... I buy it specifically to use as spinner and I just couldn't get it to work....