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| FrizzleFried:
I believe Breakout was a dial as well.... * Rotary: Analog Not sure what was the first true "spinner" game. |
| Texasmame:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 24, 2007, 04:41:18 pm ---I believe Breakout was a dial as well.... * Rotary: Analog Not sure what was the first true "spinner" game. --- End quote --- "Sit 'n' Spin" 8) |
| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 24, 2007, 11:54:28 am ---BTW: Pong used a DIAL not a spinner...so it's not the first spinner game. --- End quote --- When you say "DIAL", do you mean "POT based" (vs optical)? Limited turn? The reason I ask is in mame all spinners are "dial" inputs. IOW, to mame "dial" is any optically sensed, turned input, almost always 360 continuous spin. |
| FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on February 26, 2007, 01:44:40 pm --- --- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 24, 2007, 11:54:28 am ---BTW: Pong used a DIAL not a spinner...so it's not the first spinner game. --- End quote --- When you say "DIAL", do you mean "POT based" (vs optical)? Limited turn? The reason I ask is in mame all spinners are "dial" inputs. IOW, to mame "dial" is any optically sensed, turned input, almost always 360 continuous spin. --- End quote --- Correct...he was wondering what the first spinner "arcade" game was...not in MAME. I am not sure what the first spinner game was (Tempest on KLOV doesn't mention being the first)... Breakout used a dial (pot). |
| somunny:
--- 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 --- I would have guessed X's and O's also. Man, that was a frantic game. :) --- End quote --- |
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