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Earthworm:
That helps a lot.

Would it be heresy to have a wireless mouse optical mouse for modern fps and, as above, use a joystick for basic movement?

Does anyone use a mouse with their arcade cabinets?

pmc:
I've tried playing games like Descent with dual joysticks. It doesn't really work well. Never tried with j/s+trackball but it should work OK although I bet it's not much fun.

Here's a quake arcade cabinet that is buttons and a trackball.

Simpler stuff like Doom works OK but is more fun with a console controller.

I've played Quake III Arena, 1/2-Life, and Unreal Tournament on my Dreamcast in my cabinet, but to be honest it feels better with the original controllers. And in the end, I prefer a kb and mouse for that sort of thing. FPS isn't really and arcadie kind of thing I think.

-pmc
ArcaMan:
one of the best FPS control systems ever was a joystick(flight stick) and trackball ... PantherXL.

Players used the joystick for lateral movement, trigger and buttons for firing / object use etc. and the trackball for looking around. 

That could be replicated pretty easily with a arcade cabinet.

Unfortunately, it does take a little getting used to.

NoOne=NBA=:
The thing I missed most when trying to play FPS games with an arcade setup was the mouse buttons.
You can aim fairly well with a trackball, but having the five extra buttons available, and not having to use them with your main control hand, is a big benefit.

As far as using a wireless mouse on an arcade cabinet, it works fine.
The one problem it gave me was that I had to reposition the receiver inside the cabinet to get it to function properly.
I think the monitor was interfering with the signal with my first placement.
Earthworm:
Thanks everyone for the help.

What about other new games beside FPS. What works well with arcade cabinets?

Also, any pictures of new games on arcade machines?
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