can i use a trackball for all games

[tyweed]

I'm interested in setting up an emulator and im disabled and its much easier for me to use a trackball. Can it be used for multiple games?

[eightbit]

Normally it will only work for all games that used a trackball, spinner or analog input.

Perhaps someone else will reply if they have ever heard of a way to get the trackball to work as a joystick.

[u_rebelscum]

Eightbit is right.  Trackballs will only work on games in mame that are looking for analog inputs (like trackball, spinners, 360 degree steering wheels, analog sticks, 270 degree steering wheels, and paddles).

I wonder if there is a mouse to joy program;  there are opposite progs that let you control a mouse pointer with a joystick.  If you could find a application that simulates a joystick with a mouse/trackball, and it's low enough that directX sees the joystick, you could use that and standard mame & mame32.  If there's one that works in dos only, I guess you would be stuck with dmame.  I don't know if one such program exists, though; sorry.  


On the mame side, it might be possible to hack mame to use mouse/trackball inputs as digital input (ie: most games' joysticks), but it would not be easy.

[mcleanjoel]

I'm interested in setting up an emulator and im disabled and its much easier for me to use a trackball. Can it be used for multiple games?

Wico has this pushbutton joystick for $22. I never knew what it would be good for but maybe it would work for you?

Here is the URL:
http://www.wicothesource.com/new2/pages/page79.htm