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striff:
Has anyone used a Genius Kidsball on their Mame arcade cabinet or have used one? If so could you provide feed back on what's it like. I thinking of using one these for my arcade cabinet project..Thanks

Lilwolf:
I've heard they have a bad spin-back when spinning them fast.  They also don't have the weight.

I think you can replace the ball though with a true arcade tackball ball.

But I dont' think it's worth it myself.  You can get a wico trackball for 35 bucks these days (cheaper for the 2 1/4 ones).  Imperial has a good one with a ps2 connection.  Or go to ebay and look around.

btw, I got mine on ebay.  I thought when I bought it for 20 bucks I got a GREAT deal because it was a marbled ball.  Well, when I got it, it ended up being really really really dirty white ball... but I cleaned it up and it worked ok.  Then 10 bucks later I got new rollers.   btw, that was a happs trackball

dgodwin:
Did the trackball you got on ebay have a wire harness?  I've been looking for a trackball, but the less expensive ones don't have a harness.  Is there a place where you can buy just the harness?  Thanks

Daniel

1UP:):
The kidsball works great.  I have one in my CP, with a translucent blue replacement ball.  Backspin probs are only in certain games, but are usually fixable thru the sensitivity settings in Mame.  Missile Command works fine.  

The biggest problem is how to mount it, given it's bloated, rounded-foo shape.  I cut away a lot of the housing and put it into a square project enclosure so it's easier to mount. If I'd known how cheap the imperial balls were, I might not have gotten the Kye, but it all worked out in the end.

striff:
Thanks, for the info.
I'll probably go try the Kidsball only because I live in Australia and getting the Arcade versions, dealing with cross-rates and shipping becomes very expensive.
1UP:) You were talking about a replacemnet translucent ball, where can you get these? Excuse my ignorance but what is it exactly when you talk about the backspin problems?
Has anyone tried a billard ball for a trackball?

Thanks

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