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miles2912:
A track ball is a mouse flipped upside down.  Try the games with a mouse and you will get a general feel.  A spinner is a Mouse that goes left and right. 

If you are a fan of the old spinner games (arkanoid and tempest come to mind) then a trackball will not cut it.  Yes it can be done but looses all of its nostalgia.  Most of us have a spinner and a trackball on their CP's.  The extra hundred or so that it costs is well worth it.

Don

unclet:
I believe the minimum you should have is two 8-way joysticks (6 buttons each) and one trackball.   You are on the right track. 

I have a couple of hacked mouse spinners on my cabinet and they rarely get used.   Only for some Warlords play every once and again.   If you can not even think of games which use a spinner then you most likely will not miss having one.

It is nice to have pinball buttons though I must admit ......
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