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AE35:

--- Quote from: Donkey_Kong on January 29, 2007, 08:30:14 pm ---AE35-

PLEASE read my wife & I's byoac review of the TT2 and maybe your wife will not quite kill you for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62443.0

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Great review!!

I'm really hyped for this spinner :)

So, Puzz loop...was it originally a spinner game??

fatfingers:

--- Quote from: AE35 on January 30, 2007, 11:35:27 am ---So, Puzz loop...was it originally a spinner game??

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I wonder the same.  And MAWS doesn't help me.  In one section it lists the controls as an 8-way joystick, and in the other section it lists the controls as a dial.   ???

Of course, MAWS also has a control panel picture and it definitely has a spinner on it.



RandyT:

--- Quote from: fatfingers on January 30, 2007, 11:58:24 am ---
--- Quote from: AE35 on January 30, 2007, 11:35:27 am ---So, Puzz loop...was it originally a spinner game??

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I wonder the same.  And MAWS doesn't help me.  In one section it lists the controls as an 8-way joystick, and in the other section it lists the controls as a dial.   ???

Of course, MAWS also has a control panel picture and it definitely has a spinner on it.

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The answer is that it is either.  The operator can set it up based on the controls at his/her disposal.

From the looks of it, it's another one of those titles that needs crazy resolution, so it probably used an Arkanoid-style dial control.  Think DOH!

RandyT
zelony:
I just got my TT2 last night.  Easy to install.  Smooth spin and I like the quality of the big blue knob.    Although it spins very smooth when installed, I could feel some grinding when I spun it in my hand. However, it did not move vertically, so it may just be the natural vibration of the bearings.  There is no noise from it.

I did have some problems setting it up and using it in Mame32.

The spinner worked fine in Windows, but when I launched Mame32 and tried to map the dial control to Mouse2 X-axis, it would either accept it but not work in the game or freeze up Mame32.

The only way I was able to get it to work was by unplugging my PS2 mouse and rebooting with only the spinner attached.  Then it worked fine.  Weird.

I am not sure if it is a Mame32 issue (latest version 1.11), or an issue with the spinner's interface.  I have been real pleased with the other products I have purchased from Groovy Game Gear, so I will have to tinker around with it some more.

I haven't looked yet, but I am hoping that I can wire in the Groovy Game Gear PS2 trackball to the Opti-Wiz board that came with the spinner.  That way I only have to have one mouse on the system.  That will probably help.  I have two LCD Top Guns, but they don't seem to cause any conflicts.

Jeff

mrbones:
Thanks for that post. My system has a wireless keyboard w/integrated mouse that are all PS/2. I hope I don't experience similar issues.
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