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Top fire joysticks??
Jellyman_4eva:
Hey everyone,
I am still planning away and have now designed several panels to choose from!
I had a look at http://www.slikstik.com to see what they were making and came across these HAPP top fire 8 way super joysticks...
Question is, is there any games that actually used to use these??!!
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Jellyman_4eva on April 09, 2005, 04:49:17 pm ---Hey everyone,
I am still planning away and have now designed several panels to choose from!
I had a look at http://www.slikstik.com to see what they were making and came across these HAPP top fire 8 way super joysticks...
Question is, is there any games that actually used to use these??!!
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Depends what you are asking.
No games actually used the Happ Top Fire Super, AFAIK.
Games that used/needed a Top Fire Stick and could be played with a Happ Top Fire Super:
Battlezone
Tron
Discs of Tron (needs thumb button)
Assault (needs thumb button or two top fires)
Vindicators
Sarge
Games that used a Top Fire Stick but didn't really need one
Xenophobe
Zaxxon
Choplifter (some versions)
Gorf
(not an all-inclusive list)
Alternatives to the Happ Supers -
Several people have hacked a PC Joystick (especially a Raider Pro) to a Happ base (includes at least one thumb switch). http://www.oscarcontrols.com/projects/triggerstick.shtml
www.groovygamegear.com sells a top-fire version of the Prodigy joystick.
1Up (www.spincade.com) sells a modified comp or 49-way stick with Tron handles.
RayB used to sell modifed ball-top sticks with a top-fire mechanism, but he sold out.
Raven..:
I got a pair out of a Taito Silkworm. I figure I'll use them for things like Galaga...for no real reason. ;D
Martoon:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on April 09, 2005, 06:59:45 pm ---Assault (needs thumb button or two top fires)
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Actually, you just need a single-button stick plus a regular stick to play Assault. The original game had dual trigger sticks, but both triggers did the same thing (so you only need one button). Fun game, btw.
Hoagie_one:
Ninja gainden in teh arcades had a top fire joystick for some reason, when another button would of worked better IMO