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What are good spinner games?
USSEnterprise:
can games like Pole Position be played with a spinner?
Apollo:
Pole Position works great with a spinner, takes a little work to get the in game settings right but yes it works very well.
My favs, Tempest & Arkanoid.
DaFoo:
Spinner games are classic, but there are not many, mainly I think people buy spinners for tempest. So $90 for one game...maybe two..
But it's a hell of a game!
A buddy of mine had an entire Tempest arcade unti. So $90 seems cheap in comparison!
;)
I just installed my 2 49-way joysticks, and most of my 52 buttons. I still have the spinner, trackball, molding, monitor, etc. to buy... Ouch $$$
USSEnterprise:
isn't there some way to build your own?
Xiaou2:
Heres some Fav's
Tempest
Mad Planets
Star Trek
Super Sprint
Champoinship Sprint
Tac Scan
Cosmis chasms
Arkanoid
Pole Postion I & II
Tron
Two Tigers
Major Havok
* Others Ive found...
Discs of Tron
Aztarac
Off The Wall
American Speedway
Block Block
Kick
Cameltry
Wheel Of Fortune lol
Badlands
Indy Heat
Ghox
Goindol
Kozmik Kroozer
Omega Race
Riddle of Pythagoras
Zektor
APB
Boxing Bugs
Dark Planet
Moon War
Blasteroids
Firetruck
Night Driver
Off The Wall
Zwackery
Super Off Road
Touchdown Feaver
Many driving games that used a wheel, used an optical wheel that
spins freely 360 degrees. Same as a spinner, so spinners work great for
these.
The added weight of the wheel, leverage, and even sometimes the gearing used - does work a bit better than just a spinner though. A little more fun and control with a real optical steering wheel assembly.
Also note, that some spinner games need trigger sticks - such as tron, and mad planets.