aztarac spinner?

[usedelectronics]

I just won this on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6159876668


Is this a aztarac spinner? Any one know what other machines this spinner was used in?

[Xiaou2]

 Yes, thats aztarac. 

  Also, Its used in Mad Planets.
I only know this, because Ive been collecting underside control pics
for the project Ive been trying to put together.

 This is yet another reason for such a project.   To know where a controller came from, its history, its workings...ect.   Even if its just for plain trivial knowledge.

 Im pretty sure thats a really rare find.  Suprised it went so low in cost.   

 Then again... there arnt many of those games arround Ill bet.   But advertising it with those game titles, and posting to collector newsgroups, may yeild a higher resale.

[Lilwolf]

crude... I was suppost to get up and snipe that last night  ...

oh well.. you got a great deal

[OSCAR]

That is just an old Wico spinner, they used to sell it directly out of their catalog.

It's not a dedicated Aztarac spinner any more than a Wico leaf joystick is a Robotron joystick, if you take my meaning.  It's also the same one that's in my Mad Planets game.

[Lilwolf]

And there is a pretty nice mad planets CP up on ebay right now.

I was considering getting one to see if you could play it on its side for a cheap major havok spinner type.   But then figured its probably wont be better then just using a real spinner... until I could get a real major havok repo.... If you know anywhere to get one that is.

[RayB]

But if you're interested in what games use 2-way rollers like that...

Major Havoc
Kick Man (also known as Kick)

Anyone else care to add to the list?

[NoOne=NBA=]

Actually, the ones I've seen were mounted with the shaft poking through the CP, and a knob on the end of the shaft.

I don't know why they left the flywheel sticking out the side like that, but I've never seen one mounted with that sticking up through the panel.

As far as their rarity, somebody here bought an entire BOX of them about 6 months ago.

And, for the record, Kick used a big two-way trackball, not a roller.

[RayB]

And, for the record, Kick used a big two-way trackball, not a roller.

Dude, what's the difference between a ball that only rotates on one axis and a cylinder that rotates on one axis?

[OSCAR]

The shape.

 

[NoOne=NBA=]

Just keeping the information as accurate as possible for the people coming behind us.

[Stingray]

Those big rollers are neat in an oddball sort of way, but won't the games play just as well with a regular spinner?

-S

[MrArcade]

A spinner will work, but it won't give the correct "feel" and gameplay.

[RayB]

If you used a spinner, it would have to be a free-spinning type (non-geared--like Tempest). To get the right feel.

So again, to those who aren't so anal as to differentiate between balls or cylinders, which MAME games originally used a roller like this (ball or cylinder)?

 

[NoOne=NBA=]

Depends on what YOU decide should count, I guess.