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| deadkenndys1105:
I use my right hand for trackballs, spinner, or any game that only needs one hand. I left hand is good with buttons because I play a lot of millipede. |
| Apollo:
left hand for joystick games (unless it's robotron or karate champ or something) and right hand for spinner. Trackball games are a little different, left hand for something like centipede and right hand for golf or bowling games. |
| Jeff AMN:
I always use my left hand for joysticks. It's burned into my muscle memory and I can't change that. |
| notaburger:
I guess I never thought about trackball games, but for bowling games, I use two hands (actually, just my thumbs) i've only played golen tee a few times, but I think I used my palm for that game centipede, it just depends on the unit, i'm pretty comfortable playing it either way so i'll just play it however it's wired up |
| Crowquill:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on May 12, 2007, 06:38:17 am ---Most of the early games had buttons on both sides, so you could choose which hand to play with. That went out when the fighting game conversions took over, and there wasn't room for buttons on both sides of the joystick. --- End quote --- Actually it pre-dates the fighting games. It was when 2-player simultanous games started coming out. Look at Joust. Nintendo also seemed to think you should use your left hand to control the joystick from the beginning. Back in the glory days, I always played ambidexterous games with my right hand on the joystick. Nowadays if there are buttons involved I use my left for the joy. I think I've been conditioned to play that way. If I'm playing a Pac or Frogger, I use my right. |
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