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soulblazer28:

Not sure if anyone has played the game Leland's Quarterback at the arcades, it was one of my favs back in the day.  I play this on mame using very awkard controls (every play is a long bomb and rushing seems impossible). 

The game featured a sping-back lever to aim and throw (release) a pass; it would spring back to the UP position not the center.  There was also a similar College quarterback game with the same mechanism.  Not too sure but there might have been a baseball game that used it for batting too (this could be a false memory though).

I'm wondering if anyone has given any thoughts as to how this might work?  Maybe a regular spring back device where only the bottom half is exposed to the control panel? Hmm.

thetaylors3:

I recently saw an ebay auction for the controls I believe you are talking about.  I can't find it now, so maybe it ended.  I remember the baseball game too.  I don't recall which for sure, but there's another Leland game called Strike Zone Baseball that I believe uses the "joystick with spring return".  Go to www.klov.com and search for Leland to find it.  I would imagine it would behave like any other analog type input, so it could be done.

Kremmit:

Those little sticks end up on ebay pretty often, and pretty cheap, too.  They're analog sticks, and hook up to a PC with an AKI, A-Pac, or Dual-Strike hack.

cmkallen:

I have a complete quarterback harness with 2 of those joysticks, pcb board, manual I am willing to part with.  Not sure if PCB works but it did when it was taken from machine.

GGKoul:


--- Quote from: cmkallen on January 03, 2006, 07:30:32 am ---I have a complete quarterback harness with 2 of those joysticks, pcb board, manual I am willing to part with.
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