Author Topic: Best Trackball games (Read 4467 times)

Richy · « **on:** June 26, 2003, 09:53:37 am »

I just thought i'd ask what good game there are to be used with a trackball. Games i like
Shuuz, Marble madness, coors light bowling, irritating maze, centipede, missile command.

Any other good ones?

AlanS17 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2003, 09:55:34 am »

Golden Tee is fun. It's not MAME, but I like it.

meta87 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2003, 11:10:22 am »

Golden Tee Golf 2 is in Mame.

Very fun. I like the American Horseshoe game but man is it hard! I hit just about everything but the target.

Chris · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2003, 11:25:14 am »

Shuffleshot can be addictive. World Class Bowling. Cameltry is technically a spinner game, but plays well with a trackball. Rampart.

Frostillicus · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2003, 12:39:59 pm »

I like crystal castles and cabal myself.
Oh and that vector drawing game where you draw a circle around something to get it to disappear...can't think of the name...starts with a 'w' maybe?? Not near my cab to check right now...

BillyJack · « **Reply #5 on:** June 26, 2003, 12:58:10 pm »

i read about it yesterday. it was called quantum, was it not?

REBIRTH · « **Reply #6 on:** June 26, 2003, 01:09:44 pm »

Quote from: BillyJack on June 26, 2003, 12:58:10 pm

i read about it yesterday. it was called quantum, was it not?

Quantum is the name of that game. That is one of the games I never saw back in the 80's but found through Mame and like it a lot.

Missle Command would be my favorite, but Shuffle Shot certainly brings back fond memories of my college bar days.

Birdtales · « **Reply #7 on:** June 26, 2003, 01:16:46 pm »

Cameltry ... although a spinner game it actually plays as well if not better with a trackball. My Son's favorite game.

The cranky hermit · « **Reply #8 on:** June 26, 2003, 01:28:38 pm »

Snake Pit rules!

Richy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 26, 2003, 02:27:36 pm »

Ok, thanks. I have some of them. Does shuffleshot need a powerful PC, because it seems pretty new?
Any others?

REBIRTH · « **Reply #10 on:** June 26, 2003, 04:18:22 pm »

Quote from: Richy on June 26, 2003, 02:27:36 pm

Ok, thanks. I have some of them. Does shuffleshot need a powerful PC, because it seems pretty new?
Any others?

Yes. I only have a 500mhz P3 and that game does not run that great. I usually play with the sound off since it has that echo thing going (and my cd player cranked, along with some beers, and an old shirt that hasn't been washed in 9 weeks - just to really bring me back to my college bar-hopping days when I was king of the table shuffle board).

AceTKK · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2003, 12:59:59 am »

Rampart is a fantastic game. Check is out if you haven't already.

-Ace-

Minwah · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2003, 04:45:07 am »

I found Peggle quite fun

Richy · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2003, 05:54:25 am »

Yeah, I have rampart and quantum. Another non trackball game, where the trackball works well is food fight.

jerryjanis · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2003, 04:03:47 pm »

Snacks'n Jaxson can't be left out of this list...

And yes - Snake Pit does rule.

StLouisRod · « **Reply #15 on:** June 29, 2003, 01:53:10 pm »

Ditto on Shuffle Shot (I've amassed 23 hours of play time on my Mame cab so far

. Great party game when you have all 4 players going).

Other fav's: Crystal Castles, Shoot the Bull (darts), Mini Golf, Tee'd Off, Golden Tee PC, Millipede.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2003, 02:22:56 pm »

Quote from: AceTKK on June 27, 2003, 12:59:59 am

Rampart is a fantastic game. Check is out if you haven't already.

-Ace-

Playing it 3 player rules. It's the whole reason I want two trackballs, and marble madness.

Quantum is great.

Chris · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2003, 02:46:01 pm »

Quote from: SirPoonga on June 29, 2003, 02:22:56 pm

Quote from: AceTKK on June 27, 2003, 12:59:59 am
Rampart is a fantastic game. Check is out if you haven't already.

-Ace-

Playing it 3 player rules. It's the whole reason I want two trackballs, and marble madness.

Quantum is great.

There is a 2 player joystick version of Rampart...

dhansen · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2003, 04:01:22 pm »

Quote from: Richy on June 27, 2003, 05:54:25 am

Yeah, I have rampart and quantum. Another non trackball game, where the trackball works well is food fight.

Ahhh!!! Thanks for the heads up on food fight, I thought I'd have to have another $#*@#& dedicated controller to play this game!!!

Doug

jerryjanis · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2003, 07:11:09 pm »

Quote from: SirPoonga on June 29, 2003, 02:22:56 pm

Playing it 3 player rules. It's the whole reason I want two trackballs, and marble madness.

In Mame, with the trackball version of Rampart, Player 3 movement controls do not work at all.

I have an updated MAME driver for Rampart (rampart.c) that fixes player 3. It will need to be applied to Mame Analog to actually use the three trackballs, however. I haven't submitted it to the Mame team yet, but I probably will when I get around to it. Just thought I'd mention it, if anybody's interested.

You can get it at:

http://jstookey.com/arcade/rampart.c

u_rebelscum · « **Reply #20 on:** June 30, 2003, 09:08:06 am »

Quote from: jerryjanis on June 29, 2003, 07:11:09 pm

I have an updated MAME driver for Rampart (rampart.c) that fixes player 3. It will need to be applied to Mame Analog to actually use the three trackballs, however....

Thanks! I'll try to remember to add to the next release of Analog+. If I forget, remind me.

Chris · « **Reply #21 on:** June 30, 2003, 10:56:15 am »

Rampart would be kind of interesting with a lightgun in place of a trackball....

Of course, you'd need to switch to the trackball for the repair/build phase...

Frostillicus · « **Reply #22 on:** June 30, 2003, 02:04:49 pm »

I can't get shuffleboard to play - I mean it loads up and all - but what are the controls and buttons? I roll the trackball forward but the puck stops abut a foot from the last line like it's hitting an invisible wall...this happen to anyone?

Chris · « **Reply #23 on:** June 30, 2003, 02:14:19 pm »

Quote from: Frostillicus on June 30, 2003, 02:04:49 pm

I can't get shuffleboard to play - I mean it loads up and all - but what are the controls and buttons? I roll the trackball forward but the puck stops abut a foot from the last line like it's hitting an invisible wall...this happen to anyone?

From the driver notes:

NOTE:
- May seem impossible to shoot a decent shot. Either the puck stops right after the "1" or the shot is way too hard and the puck flies off the board, making the game unplayable. Not a bug, but a requirement of certain drivers, which may or may not be normal(?). For the longest time I was using default Windows mouse drivers, and was clearly experiencing this "bug". I installed the latest M$ intellimouse drivers, and now the controls work perfectly. So I'd say, at least in my experience, that new intellimouse drivers are a "requirement". Note that I have received reports from others who got the controls working correctly with other drivers. Also note, this "issue" pertains to all trackball games, and that it's always best to set the mouse movement speed to the dead center position in Windows as well as turning off the any acceleration options and then adjust the analog sensitivity via the in-game menu how you like. Also, make sure any frameskipping is turned off. Smitdogg / xtremediver


Main	Restorations	Software	Audio/Jukebox/MP3	Everything Else	Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements	Monitor/Video	GroovyMAME	Merit/JVL Touchscreen	Meet Up	Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing	Woodworking	Software Support Forums	Consoles	Project Arcade	Reviews
Automated Projects	Artwork	Frontend Support Forums	Pinball	Forum Discussion	Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board	controls.dat	Linux	Miscellaneous Arcade	Wiki Discussion	Old Archives
Lightguns	Arcade1Up	Try the site in https mode		Site News


Unread posts \| New Replies \| Recent posts \| Rules \| Chatroom \| Wiki \| File Repository \| RSS \| Submit news