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Forgotten Worlds - Spinner as analog dial and push button?
BASS!:
why not just get a joystick with a top fire button, then you can get the regular spinner.
RetroGreg:
--- Quote from: uprightbass360 on March 20, 2009, 02:46:26 am ---why not just get a joystick with a top fire button, then you can get the regular spinner.
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+1
I play it like that as well. Not perfect, but close enough for me.
vestax:
--- Quote from: brokentoken on March 19, 2009, 10:21:18 pm ---You know, I've been playing Forgotten Worlds on and off for 20 years, and never knew that trick about hitting the button twice to destroy all characters on the screen. Nice.
After I had to get rid of my FW cabinet, I came up with an alternative in my MAME cab just for this game. It's not authentic, or perfect, but it works well. If you install these optical joysticks:
http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/rotary_optical_joy.htm
with an Optipac or other encoder, you can twist the joystick to rotate the weapon, move the player with the joystick, and use a regular button to fire. That configuration allows you to have a cleaner installation/play more games in the cab, and is generally cheaper. (find 'em cheaper on ebay)
FWIW...
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LOL yeah that double tap trick works on small enemies and when you need a lot of coins quick. Warning though, it takes a bit of your health when you do it.
I had this local arcade place that I went to everyday as a kid, I would play Strider, Forgotten Worlds, and Street Fighter (back in 1992?), which I beat each with 1 quarter. I was a money saving kid. hahaha. Those 3 games I'm willing to fork out money now to get it to where it used to be.
Thanks for for info, very much appreciated.
vestax:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on March 19, 2009, 10:27:43 pm ---It's always been a pet hate of mine when people go to extreme costs to partly re-create controls for just one MAME game, but if you're gonna do it, be sure the expense is worth it first and get the best you can. If you have to go for one, bite the bullet and get the best, which seems like the push/pull spinner. Optical/analog devices are never going to be cheap and if you get the less expensive ones you will notice the huge drop in quality.
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I see what you mean and I agree, I was just wondering if there's any alternatives. I'll probably will end up going with the push/pull spinner.
The top button joystick and regular spinner sounds like good idea but in the long run, I think I prefer the regular controls from the original.
u_rebelscum:
Yeah, Forgotten Worlds was one of my favorites. Part of what made it so good was the controller was perfect for the game, and the game perfect for the controller. Just like 720.
FWIW, the other push.pull spinner still out there is the apache blackhawk. I'd probably go with the TT-HL, but I don't have either so.... don't decide on my say so. (I do have the excellent TT2, though).