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leapinlew:
You may not bang your finger. Your friends may. It's interesting to see how some people use the trackball. I have 1 buddy who uses his thumbs to roll it, my girlfriend pretty much hits it with a decent follow through, and I take a big follow through that has already caused me injury using a slikstik.
leapinlew:
About the players 3 and 4 joysticks - I would consider top fire joysticks for them. This way you can play some tank games (vindicators) and Total Carnage (which requires 2 joysticks and a bomb button).
Just a thought!
BlinKY1337:
56 inches wow this things gonna be huge cant wait to see it complete cardboard mockups are your friends
Czapala:
--- Quote from: BlinKY1337 on July 12, 2006, 02:44:46 pm ---56 inches wow this things gonna be huge cant wait to see it complete cardboard mockups are your friends
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I was only going with about a 16" by 48" until I saw UncleT's CP and he said it works well. So 56" give me more room for people to spread out. Like I said I am 6'5" and 350lbs. I need ROOM! :o
The down side is I have already gotten the joysticks ... the up side is I got P360's (for 1 & 2) because I think this will be used mostly for fighters, with the 4P and Dual joystick games as backups.
As far as cardboard mockups. I was trying to decide a good height for the CP. I decided at work to go with 45". Then I got home and took out the books and CP (cardboardpeice :)) and that was ridiculous. Of course I may still go with 42-43" :P
ahofle:
--- Quote from: Czapala on July 12, 2006, 01:28:35 pm ---The Topfire switches (vis a sliding switch) between 4-way and 8-way. So it is my dedicated 4-way too plus when I get to the light cycles in Tron I can move the switch to 4-way Mode and then back to 8-way for the rest.
check it out
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=195
and the TopFire version
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=192
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Ah yes, very nice!
About the trackball, I was just bringing it up so you'd be aware of it. It may not be an issue at all for you though. Definitely try it out in cardboard and take some mock 'drives' and see for yourself!