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Texasmame:

K.  Pretty sure first spinner game was PONG.  But the trac?  What was it?

FrizzleFried:

Atari Football?

I think that was the first trackball game I ever saw....


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This was the first game to use a trac-ball as the controller. Chances are that you will be more worn our after playing this game than after playing an actual game of football!

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http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=13018

BTW:   Pong used a DIAL not a spinner...so it's not the first spinner game.

Texasmame:


--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 24, 2007, 11:54:28 am ---Atari Football?

I think that was the first trackball game I ever saw....


--- Quote ---Trivia
This was the first game to use a trac-ball as the controller. Chances are that you will be more worn our after playing this game than after playing an actual game of football!

--- End quote ---

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=13018

BTW:   Pong used a DIAL not a spinner...so it's not the first spinner game.

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Hmm. . . yeah.  Well, I kinda was referring to the spinner as a control - I get what you're saying, tho.

Breakout was a true spinner game or not?

So, first true spinner game was. . .  ?

ark_ader:

Frontline

I think that pre dates anything else except wild west, but its the same hardware..... :blah:

Texasmame:


--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 24, 2007, 02:32:22 pm ---Frontline

I think that pre dates anything else except wild west, but its the same hardware..... :blah:

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Now that's not a spinner - it's something else (has it ever been properly named??)

Anyhow, for "spinner" I'm thinking something like Tempest's spinner.

I guess, technically, any driving game that used opto inputs for the wheel would qualify but I'm thinking as a handsized spinner, not a big steering wheel. . .



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