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leapinlew:

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--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 22, 2006, 02:17:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: Hurray Banana on February 22, 2006, 01:28:16 pm ---It's you ;)

Time Pilot uses an 8way

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yeah, I know what it uses... but everytime I play it - I think it would've been easier to control with a dial. each direction controlling like 1/4 of the circle just always felt odd to me. I mean, you really only need left and right anyhow...

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It used a "Monroe" joystick. It's not an 8-way like we think. It was a non-centering stick with a perfectly round metal shaft opening that you could perfectly rotate around. Yes, the main input was then done by 4 switches, but still, the motion you would use with this stick made it feel much more natural than it would using a regular modern joystick.

(Gyruss also used this joystick).


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I suppose thats why it feels so unnatural. I'm not suggesting he install a spinner on it - I was wondering if anyone else thought it played a little funky with a stick. The fact that you only turn left and right in the game sort of makes me wonder how it would play with a spinner. :)
RayB:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 22, 2006, 03:41:12 pm ---I suppose thats why it feels so unnatural. I'm not suggesting he install a spinner on it - I was wondering if anyone else thought it played a little funky with a stick. The fact that you only turn left and right in the game sort of makes me wonder how it would play with a spinner. :)

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It wouldn't even be possible to map a spinner to work. The game is not just "left and right" rotation. If you push up, the plane will rotate to face up. If you press down-left, it will rotate to face that position. And it rotates using the shortest direction to get there. Try playing with just the left and right keys. Left does not always rotate counter-clockwise, and right does not always rotate clockwise.

(But I'll hand it to ya, it would be interesting to play with that kind of control! )


myrmidon:

--- Quote from: RayB on February 22, 2006, 03:48:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 22, 2006, 03:41:12 pm ---I suppose thats why it feels so unnatural. I'm not suggesting he install a spinner on it - I was wondering if anyone else thought it played a little funky with a stick. The fact that you only turn left and right in the game sort of makes me wonder how it would play with a spinner. :)

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It wouldn't even be possible to map a spinner to work. The game is not just "left and right" rotation. If you push up, the plane will rotate to face up. If you press down-left, it will rotate to face that position. And it rotates using the shortest direction to get there. Try playing with just the left and right keys. Left does not always rotate counter-clockwise, and right does not always rotate clockwise.

(But I'll hand it to ya, it would be interesting to play with that kind of control! )




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I think everyone is missing leapinlew's point here.

From my understanding, leapinlew is merely trying to suggest that the game designers should have rather built the original game with a spinner rather than a joystick, and that this would have been a better way to implement the controls.

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: myrmidon on February 22, 2006, 05:11:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: RayB on February 22, 2006, 03:48:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 22, 2006, 03:41:12 pm ---I suppose thats why it feels so unnatural. I'm not suggesting he install a spinner on it - I was wondering if anyone else thought it played a little funky with a stick. The fact that you only turn left and right in the game sort of makes me wonder how it would play with a spinner. :)

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It wouldn't even be possible to map a spinner to work. The game is not just "left and right" rotation. If you push up, the plane will rotate to face up. If you press down-left, it will rotate to face that position. And it rotates using the shortest direction to get there. Try playing with just the left and right keys. Left does not always rotate counter-clockwise, and right does not always rotate clockwise.

(But I'll hand it to ya, it would be interesting to play with that kind of control! )




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I think everyone is missing leapinlew's point here.

From my understanding, leapinlew is merely trying to suggest that the game designers should have rather built the original game with a spinner rather than a joystick, and that this would have been a better way to implement the controls.



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Yeah, thanks for summarizing it better then I could - but just skip it. I obviously wasn't concise enough in my explanation. No big deal!   :)
jsw2068:
The monitor bezel is paper with some warping.

I can't find any markings on the cabinet or tell if it was something else. It was panted black inside and out and only a few wood blocks have sections of no paint (Just overspray).

Looks like it is not an orginal cabinet but a convert.

Any ideas what the cabinet might have been? anyway to tell?
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