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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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