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| SavannahLion:
I was looking over the Ram Controls website and I have to ask. Was Major Havoc the only game ever to use that roller? I'm game for popping $200 (when I get the cash) for the repro Havoc controller, I just need to know if it was ever used in other games. As near as I can tell, the answer is no. I just have to double check. |
| RayB:
No. "Kick" aka "KickMan" used a single axis roller too, but it was shaped like a trackball. |
| shorthair:
--- Quote from: RayB on April 23, 2007, 04:41:44 pm ---No. "Kick" aka "KickMan" used a single axis roller too, but it was shaped like a trackball. --- End quote --- Not that you couldn't use it for that, also. But, hell, if you have a spinner, why not use that? Why didn't they, for that matter? Hell, far as that goes, why didn't they just use a track ball and forget the jump button? |
| TOK:
--- Quote from: shorthair on April 23, 2007, 08:42:00 pm ---Not that you couldn't use it for that, also. But, hell, if you have a spinner, why not use that? Why didn't they, for that matter? Hell, far as that goes, why didn't they just use a track ball and forget the jump button? --- End quote --- Major Havoc conversions did have spinners. Pretty common Tempest conversion. |
| Kremmit:
There was a prototype Atari game called "Accelerator" at last year's California Extreme show that used TWO rollers. Unfortunately, it's not in MAME and isn't likely to be added. There was also a prototype Exidy game called "Teeter Torture" that used a similar side-to-side roller. So, to answer your un-asked question, yes, all that money for a control that's just for one game, a game you could play with a spinner anyway. BUT if you grew up playing on a real, dedicated Major Havoc machine, a spinner just doesn't cut it. That's why I'm buying one of the RAM rollers. |
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