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Kremmit:
No, the Frontline controller could not be easily emulated as a spinner. Soembody would have to do a big funky hack. The reason it's emulated as a joystick is because it really IS a joystick. Under the panel, there's 4 microswitches. The rotary knob on top rotates an actuator that cycles through the standard 8 directions, pressing one switch each for U, D, L & R, and pressing two switches to get the diagonals. Electronically, it is exactly the same as a joystick. So MAME's emulation on this one is dead on.
Which doesn't help people with no Frontline controller. A hack for this is on the list of proposed features for PowerMAME, but who knows if or when it'll get done.
destructor:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on April 26, 2006, 09:50:49 pm ---No, the Frontline controller could not be easily emulated as a spinner. Soembody would have to do a big funky hack. The reason it's emulated as a joystick is because it really IS a joystick. Under the panel, there's 4 microswitches. The rotary knob on top rotates an actuator that cycles through the standard 8 directions, pressing one switch each for U, D, L & R, and pressing two switches to get the diagonals. Electronically, it is exactly the same as a joystick. So MAME's emulation on this one is dead on.
Which doesn't help people with no Frontline controller. A hack for this is on the list of proposed features for PowerMAME, but who knows if or when it'll get done.
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One year ago was tournament in Frontline. I used two topfire joysticks, and I won ;)
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: destructor on April 27, 2006, 04:52:36 am ---One year ago was tournament in Frontline. I used two topfire joysticks, and I won ;)
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What kind of tournament lets you play Frontline Robotron-style?
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