Games with wacky controls

[danny_galaga]

well, i went to a work conference at surfers paradise this weekend. today, before i went home i had a look at an arcade called time zone. i havent seen an arcade that big in ages  . and it was full of wierd and wonderful machines with wacky controls. for instance, a sega game where you have to put out fires with a hose! another one youve probably seen is the fishing game where you reel in fish.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9468

another one was virtua v3 (i think) where you control (a tank?) wearing a kind of helmet which has controls attaached. they had some great games in general. TWO sets of sega daytona 8 player hook-ups. one of which also had cameras. ive never seen this before. this seems to be it. doesnt say anything but you can jsut see the cameras to the left of each driver and pointing towards them:

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10571

 no one was playing at that point, but im guessing the camera gives a little image of your opponents on the screen or something? another sega game (lots of sega there actually). also a soccer goal scoring game where you kick an actual (tethered) soccer ball into a virtual goal.

this arcade is pretty cool. although there are a lot of games there im not really interested in there were a lot of old school 'carnival' type games there. also a dodge em car track, a mini bowling alley and an indoor firing range! i checked out the range, but it was too pricey for me. but it would have been interesting to try out their 458 magnum elephant gun 

edit: oh, and i couldnt see it on klov, but there was another car racing game i think from sega. four car hook up. each driver sits in a full size formula 4 styled car which tilts and and turns etc hydraulically while racing! thatll be a bugger to emulate!

edit edit: wouldnt ya know it, i may have stumbled on it (or very close):

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10337

[Level42]

Don't forget the "full size" motorcycle from Super Hang-On that was so cool to lean on but really was so hard to control that you lost quickly every time.

Cheers,
KenToad

Yep, my trick was not to actualy sit on the bike, but stand over it and use the bike as one big  "joystick". Beated most of my friends that way, but of course they claimed I was cheating. I said everything is allowed in love and videogaming

I remember playing a weirdo 3D game (when that technology was revolutionary) where you stand in some kind of boxing ring and you had to wear goggles with monitors in them that gave the 3D feeling and you had some kind of control in your hand to actualy move through the playing field. I remember there were 3D structures like buildings and stuff but I had no clue what the actual goal of the game was.

This is also a good thread to ask this: I seem to remember (but maybe my memory is tricking me) that I played a version of Afterburner in which you would be completely strapped to the chair and that made every movement the plane made, so making a roll would actualy make you go roll over too etc. Think the whole thing was on a sort rail system. Since the monitor was built into the "cockpit" the picture was always right. I can't find any pics of this huge version though. But I'm pretty sure I played something like this looioooooooong ago

[StuckInJapan]

Level42, I think you're talking about this:

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9217

I've only ever played G-LOC on it, but people tell me there was a
version of After Burner for it.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9844
might be what they're referring to.

Oh yeah, and the firefighting game danny_galaga mentioned has to be

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7212

[rdagger]

One of my favorites:
Lunar Lander

[Level42]

Level42, I think you're talking about this:

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9217

I've only ever played G-LOC on it, but people tell me there was a
version of After Burner for it.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9844
might be what they're referring to.

That's it ! Wow ! I really liked it. Want one in my living room
Well I played an "Afterburner"style game on it, it was with jets and stuff, so that's why I thought it was Afterburner.

Thanks for finding that StuckInJapan !

[Lilwolf]

Anyone mention prop cycle? 

I'm not sure if anyone wants to use this thread to keep a list for building special controllers... But if so, we might want to stick with emulated games... or games that have the potential of being emulated in the next 5 years.   

[Fozzy The Bear]

Ollie King (SEGA 2004)...... Now that has an really unusual controller!  A Skateboard!!   Very Cool Game!

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear) 

[danny_galaga]

Anyone mention prop cycle? 

I'm not sure if anyone wants to use this thread to keep a list for building special controllers... But if so, we might want to stick with emulated games... or games that have the potential of being emulated in the next 5 years.   

i hadnt even thought of prop cycle, even though ive played it and loved it (",) and ive even mentioned the idea of making one on my web site...

im quite amazed that there are actually two people who own that r-360 game!

oh, yeah and that is the firefighting game, stuckinjapan.