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--- Quote from: Zobeid on March 26, 2008, 01:01:09 pm ---I remember the impression that Pong made on me when I first saw it.  I never saw a coin-op Pong game, I didn't go into arcades, but I remember seeing a TV Pong game at a hardware store (Western Auto!) and being floored by it.
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The first game that I saw that was an absolute must-have was the Atari Video Pinball console.
It played pinball and Breakout on the same console.
My grandparents had a Pong machine in their garage, so Pong didn't have the draw it might have otherwise.

pmc:


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--- Quote from: pmc on March 26, 2008, 02:15:24 pm ---Speaking of Lunar Lander, I'd love to build a custom analog throttle control for my cab. That throttle control was the thing that made that game great. it's just not the same playing it with a little ole microswitched arcade button for throttle.

-pmc

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That would be awesome.  I agree that Lunar Lander is not the same with a button.  Has anyone tried configuring it with an analog controller?  That might help  I must say I do like that you can add as much fuel as you like by hitting the "5" key.   ;D

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My pedals (for driving games) are analog. I wonder how hard it would be to hack an accelerator lever into a Lunar Lander throttle. Hmmm...

-pmc

pmc:


--- Quote from: Chunce DeLeone on March 27, 2008, 03:05:22 pm ---Boot Hill, Gun Fight, was playing my machine the other day with my cousin and we were hopping from game to game and tried Gun Fight, Dude we played that sucker for like a half hour and it was the most fun I have had on my machine ever.  We were really into it,  its so simple and yet so perfect, and the head to head gameplay is awsome, i think this game is an example of why we do this, why we aren't happy with just an XBOX 360 or PS3, 

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Yup. Completely agree. What's your controller setup for this? The original had two sticks per player -- one to move your cowboy, and the other one to aim and fire your gun. The "gun" stick was shaped like a pistol hilt and had a trigger button on it. I'm not sure what MAME does for default mapping... I've never tried to play it on MAME because I only have one stick per player and assumed this was one game that I couldn't play properly.

-pmc

FrizzleFried:

Asteroids (of course)
Space Invaders
Lunar Rescue*
Balloon Bomber*
Space Laser*
Atari Football

* I was exposed to these games via the Space Invaders Multikit...



Spacejack:

Re: Lunar Lander

Those who are searching for analog thrust, don't forget you can use your trackball.  Set it up right and you can constrict the range to not have to roll the ball further than you can go in one "finger" (not take your finger off the ball)... it's not a springloaded pot, but you can get much better control than using buttons.

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