Which Trackball to buy?

[NickC]

Trackball newbie here. Looking for a trackball, will probably buy from happs, which is the one to get since they have many?

3" DIAMETER WHITE TRACKBALL FOR GOLDEN TEE

[Mike]

You got the prices wrong the 3" diameter white trackball for Golden tee is the only one on sale for $69.99. If you want a new 3" trackball and want to order from happs I say hurry up and order it before it goes off sale. From what I've heard most arcade trackballs don't differ much other than size.

[meta87]

I bought a 3 inch imperial trackball for $59 on ebay, new. It works great.

Not sure if you need an optipac for the happs ball but the one I got worked right out of the box.

[GamingGreg]

Wico carries the 3" golden tee trackballs (part #22-2197) for $49.99 (new).  See here http://www.wicothesource.com/new2/pages/page89.htm
(price page here http://www.wicothesource.com/new2/pricing/81-184.htm)

[u_rebelscum]

Trackball newbie here. Looking for a trackball, will probably buy from happs, which is the one to get since they have many?

3" DIAMETER WHITE TRACKBALL FOR GOLDEN TEE

[TheManuel]

However, both show the same amount of ball.

Hey!  Somebody should thell Happ its balls are showing  

Marble Madness, Crystal Castles and ~100 others in mame.  

Don't forget the all important (if you are into retro-gaming) Centipede and Missile Command.

Trackball newbie:
I'm glad you are looking at the 3" variety.
I would not go any smaller than that (no pun intended in this case).

[Chris]

Is there a good list of trackball games?  Do any trackball games other than Missle Command use more than one or two buttons?

[TheManuel]

Is there a good list of trackball games?  Do any trackball games other than Missle Command use more than one or two buttons?

I hope somewhat has a better answer than mine but you could try and browse through the long list of MAME games that use a trackball in mame.dk (http://www.mame.dk/?special=trackball) and, for the ones you are interested in, click "details" and scroll down to the "Input Information" section and check how many buttons it uses.
I warn you that mame.dk is a mine field loaded with pop-up's so do save this as a last resort.

[TheManuel]

Is there a good list of trackball games?  Do any trackball games other than Missle Command use more than one or two buttons?

An "easier" way would be to create the listinfo file in MAME (just run MAME with the paramter -listinfo) and from that file, utilize the "find" command to get to each game that uses a trackball and read the amount of buttons for each.

[Zeitgeist]

Actually, Mame32 will do this for you.
Just select the Trackball folder to the right!

[u_rebelscum]

Actually, Mame32 will do this for you.
Just select the Trackball folder to the right!

FWIW, that list includes analog stick and spinner games, too.  A trackball will work great for most of those games, but the list is more that a list of trackball games.

A bunch of TB games use 2 buttons per player, but missle command used 3 (and thus arcade classics).  Wacko used a trackball and an 8-way joystick.  Some of the golf had a few buttons, IIRC

Quick list of roms mame drivers say use trackballs (ver 0.70, minus clones, I hope):

abaseb
arcadecl
atarifb
ataxx
beezer
bking
bladestl
bladstle
bootcamp
bowler
bowlrama
bsktball
cabal
capbowl
ccastles
centiped
centtime
clbowl
cloud9
combasct
dangerz
ebases
gghost
gimeabrk
gridiron
gridlee
gtg2
gtg2t
horshoes
irrmaze
krzybowl
lemmings
liberatr
magworm
marble
milliped
millpac
minigolf
missile
mjleague
poundfor
quantum
rambo3a
rampart
reactor
sdi
sdioj
sentetst
shootbul
shuffle
shufshot
shuuz
slither
snakepit
snakjack
soccer
sonic
spdball
spiker
stratab
suprmatk
syvalion
teedoff
tehkanwc
topsecex
trisport
usclssic
viper
wacko
wcbowl