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"Official" list for PC Games On Cab
smariner:
Alright, updated list... Also split list into two lists for simple/real arcade game controls and COMPLEX arcade controls... Any other suggestions/additions???
Hope this helps,
Chad D. Bryant
protokatie:
@ SF: Yeah, I agree, GTA1 would be a better arcade feeling game, but I was trying to go for the "what is possible" bent (and since even vice city you rarely use many buttons, I figured it would be a good benchmark for that extreme).
@ChadDB NM, you already did what I was suggesting, hadnt read the list update. Might want to add that a trackball would be needed for vice city.
EDIT: Edited the @ChadDB part...
Hoopz:
A thread somewhat like this has been stickied in EE for a while. I'm not knocking this list. Rather, I'm going to suggest cherry picking the items listed in that thread to see what can be added. The two threads overlap in some ways and the other thread covers some things that don't necessarily belong here. I'm just throwing it out for conversations sake and so that someone can go through it and add items as needed.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=17208.0
As this isn't my list nor is the one in EE, I'm not going to be able to help go through the old one and see what fits here. That's a lot of pages! ;D
Space Fractal:
Closemul is a utility, not a game and should not been listed in this thread between games, but is in the wiki (which can been quit cool for some of these games, if they can't quit directly). The utility is used to quit any emulator, regardless the original could do that or not (etc force emulator to quit).
I assume Street Fighter 4 would use joystick/buttons (6 of them) like other Street Figthers games?
I asume class should been included freeware, indy (aorund shareware prices) or commerial? or just sorted by freeware first?
And of course Future Pinball and Visual Pinball is really just a PC game, but many threat these as a emulator/system by a frontend, because they support commandline to launch a table and start the pinball simulator directly without the editor, which is the only way to get it cab freindly. But most frontends can do that job, but some frontends just might require a wrapper to launch these tables.
For a year ago there was a big thread about this, I guess some of these still can been added here? I see if I can find it.
pmc:
I like the idea of moving the relatively static content to the wiki. I'll help populate the data.
Personally, I'm most interested in freeware and indy development. There's so much great and creative arcade stuff out there, I don't spend alot of time looking at commercial efforts. The retro stuff is easier to program now, developers are sensitive to the style, and they don't feel compelled to add bling to compete with other commercial offerings. And we can freely download, enjoy, and share the free stuff. :)
-pmc
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