Author Topic: Arcade games that only use buttons(no joystick)? (Read 9387 times)

AE35 · « **on:** September 30, 2006, 08:50:56 am »

Hey all!

Yes, I'm hammering you...but I'm very keen on this hobby these days!

Has there ever been games that uses buttons only!? Without any stick
at all? I tried MAWS but it isn't an option to NOT search for joystick

Thanks,

Nicholas

tristan · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2006, 10:06:54 am »

Asteroids?

MustardTent · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2006, 10:21:32 am »

Quiz Games (think Trivial Pursuit) don't have sticks.

MiKman · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2006, 10:41:08 am »

Track and Field! At least the one at the arcade I frequented never had joys.

leapinlew · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2006, 11:05:27 am »

Phoenix and Chicken Shift

codeena · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2006, 12:39:51 pm »

Robotron 2084...just kiddin'. How about the original Space Invaders?

crzywolf · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2006, 12:47:34 pm »

Space Duel

koso · « **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2006, 03:21:12 pm »

Toobin'

TOK · « **Reply #8 on:** September 30, 2006, 03:35:24 pm »

Gravitar

torez · « **Reply #9 on:** September 30, 2006, 03:48:51 pm »

Think Star Castle, too

cw · « **Reply #10 on:** September 30, 2006, 05:37:53 pm »

armor attack, space war, space zap

grantspain · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2006, 06:06:01 pm »

the very original space invaders had a left and right button

Kremmit · « **Reply #12 on:** September 30, 2006, 06:27:03 pm »

ady · « **Reply #13 on:** September 30, 2006, 07:40:57 pm »

pac-land. both joystick and button only (button only was my preference).

RobotronNut · « **Reply #14 on:** September 30, 2006, 08:41:46 pm »

Quote from: grantspain on September 30, 2006, 06:06:01 pm

the very original space invaders had a left and right button

i find any game with a left-right 2-way joystick plays well with just buttons, e.g. galaxian, galaga, joust, puzzle bobble / bust-a-move.

i've been playing a lot of puzzle bobble lately, and i actually prefer buttons. i think i have more control than with a joystick.

Brad · « **Reply #15 on:** October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am »

How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad

Level42 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:37:29 am »

Quote from: Brad on October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am

How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad

Because it has a two way joystick for up and down.

I remember playing a Galaxian cab that had buttons instead of a joystick and I hated every second of it. LOOOOOOOooooooooong time ago, probably not an original cab.

leapinlew · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:38:43 am »

Quote from: Brad on October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am

How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad

Yes! Defender - except for the joystick - it used all buttons!

danny_galaga · « **Reply #18 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:44:18 am »

mahjong

effdubya · « **Reply #19 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:09:12 am »

BISHI BASHI!

the ones or playstation are so awesome, esp. the 3rd with dancing mats

Level42 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 01, 2006, 11:43:04 am »

Quote from: leapinlew on October 01, 2006, 04:38:43 am

Quote from: Brad on October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am
How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad

Yes! Defender - except for the joystick - it used all buttons!

Uhhhhhmmmm, am I missing the point of this thread or are others. The point was BUTTONS only. So even a two-way joystick is ruled out, because.....it's a joystick.

Defender has a JOYSTICK for up and down. So it's not buttons only.

And don't say it isn't true, I played Defender on the original cab a couple of weeks ago for the very first time in my life, and boy was I puzzled by that weird set-up of controls. I mean, I could have lived with the accelarator button, but freakin' h#ll, for reverse even a button more. Why didn't they simply use a four-way stick ?

RobotronNut · « **Reply #21 on:** October 01, 2006, 08:27:54 pm »

Quote from: Level42 on October 01, 2006, 11:43:04 am

Uhhhhhmmmm, am I missing the point of this thread or are others. The point was BUTTONS only. So even a two-way joystick is ruled out, because.....it's a joystick.

i took the liberty of mentioning games that can be played very well with buttons only. imo, this includes many games with horizontal 2-way joysticks. i actually think i can get higher scores using "left" and "right" buttons than i can with a "left/right" joystick.

defender, on the other hand, has a vertical 2-way joystick and is not playable with buttons only.

of course, if the op only wanted to know which games originally used only buttons, then... never mind!

NickG · « **Reply #22 on:** October 02, 2006, 06:49:47 am »

Pop'n Music

leapinlew · « **Reply #23 on:** October 02, 2006, 08:48:28 am »

Quote from: NickG on October 02, 2006, 06:49:47 am

Pop'n Music

Ahh! Good point.

I suppose all the Dance Dance revolution games qualifies as button only.

leapinlew · « **Reply #24 on:** October 02, 2006, 08:50:37 am »

Quote from: Level42 on October 01, 2006, 11:43:04 am

Quote from: leapinlew on October 01, 2006, 04:38:43 am
Yes! Defender - except for the joystick - it used all buttons!
Uhhhhhmmmm, am I missing the point of this thread or are others. The point was BUTTONS only.

And here I thought I was being clever. I was being sarcastic -

"Except for the joystick - it used all buttons!"

... I mean, come on.

Level42 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 02, 2006, 01:40:55 pm »

Oops, I missed that....sorry....sometimes sarcasm doesn't trandser well into text only....don't we have

for that ?


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