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Ron:

I'm planning to build an Arcade-cabinet from scratch (using WinXP and MAME for Windows), so I want to know the following:

1. Is it possible to use 2 Trackballs at the same time, to play i.e. Marble Madness using the 2 player mode?

2. Can I do this with two USB-Trackballs too?

3. Which interfaces support USB? Only Happ-control?

4. Does anybody has experience with the USB-Happ-control interface?

SirPoonga:

--- Quote ---I'm planning to build an Arcade-cabinet from scratch (using WinXP and MAME for Windows), so I want to know the following:

1. Is it possible to use 2 Trackballs at the same time, to play i.e. Marble Madness using the 2 player mode?

2. Can I do this with two USB-Trackballs too?

3. Which interfaces support USB? Only Happ-control?

4. Does anybody has experience with the USB-Happ-control interface?


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1)  yes, but only with USB trackballs in windows  98 using analog mame.

2) see 1)

3) happ or a hack.

$) Not me.

u_rebelscum:

--- Quote ---I'm planning to build an Arcade-cabinet from scratch (using WinXP and MAME for Windows), so I want to know the following:

1. Is it possible to use 2 Trackballs at the same time, to play i.e. Marble Madness using the 2 player mode?
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Not with winXP.  You either need to go pure dos & dos mame, or win98/winME with two USB trackballs & mame:Analog+ (see my sig, below, for link)


--- Quote ---2. Can I do this with two USB-Trackballs too?
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Only with win98 or winME & mame:Analog+


--- Quote ---3. Which interfaces support USB? Only Happ-control?
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Like SirPoonga says, it's either happs or hack a USB mouse.


--- Quote ---4. Does anybody has experience with the USB-Happ-control interface?
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Just got one, works fine on my computer.  I have a happs 3" connected with the happs USB interface and a USB kensington trackball (2 1/4") working great on two player Marble Madness with mame:Analog+ and winME.

kevin:

hagstrom sells a USB interface that works with the happs track balls. You can also select unique USB IDs on the interfaces so that the machine isn't confused by duplicate devices.  

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