The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: GGKoul on March 16, 2004, 05:36:07 pm
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Idea:
Every once awhile, people post a list of the good non-traditional games that they play on their cabinet. I usually read this list and say, "I have to try that game out." And when I get around trying that game out. I usually forget what game I was looking for to try out. And I can't find that post that listed the games to try. Since the topics on the main forum move so fast.
So what I suggest:
Sticky this post under the "Everything Else" and people can either post a list of the non -traditional games they play or even easier past a link to the posting that had that list of good games to try out.
Example: This post has a listing of some 4 player party games that I've never heard and have never tried
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=17154
Here's a post that talks about 4 Player Simultaneous Games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=16101
Here's a post that talks about the "Dreamcast games must haves"
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=9984
Post regarding "Multiple 4 ways games"
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=16325
So if people could just post their list of games that the majority of the people don't normally play or link to an older post. Other people may enjoy a "new" game that they never even heard off.
Thanks
-GGKoul
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Sounds like a good idea. If it tanks, we can always kill it and unsticky it. Moving...NOW!
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Thank Peale!
I hope people like the idea and post there lists here. As I like hearing about those known games that I've nevered heard of before.
Let's make it work.
-GGKoul
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Guys we already have a sticky for this......
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=7479 (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=7479)
You need to delete this sticky to avoid confusion
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I believe that thread, howard, is more aimed toward non-mame games, while this one is more about mame.
I could be wrong on this, so feel free to correct me.
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you are right crash, although i think it would be easier to just add the MAME lists to that post also
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I actually posted this in the Software forum, but Peale switched it here.
This is for the MAME game lists that usually get posted in the Main Forum section and I just wanted a place to bookmark those posts.
Also a place for people to post what other "non-traditional" games they play.
Hopefully this works.
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Here's a list of Good Games people play
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=17168
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WindJammers is a fun game for two players. Frisby dodgeball.
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boxy boy
pigskin 621ad
dirt
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I think Chicken Shift is fun.
Allroy
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He he my wife loves Chicken Shift and Burger Time for some reason.
My favourites are Defender ( haven't got the control panel for it unfortunately ), Joust, KikiKaikai, Juno First, Ghosts & Goblins and many others of course.
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I just got my track ball...and I have to say a trackball game that I had never even heard of before called "Ataxx" is really excellent.
The AI is great and I find it to be really challenging.
It's very similar to Othello (remember that?) but a lot harder. I also like that when your computer opponent makes a particularly good move it laughs at you. I really like that goading into trying to beat the AI.
MameMaster! 8)
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Lately I've been playing a lot of Shuuz and Shuffleshot. Both great trackball games. And I have to agree with Mr. Do...what a great simple game.
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I don't know if this in Mame or not...
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/bowling.swf (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/bowling.swf) Its a shockwave version of SNK bowling
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I think it's called 'Egg Venture' and it's lots of fun. Shoot eggs!
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Here's another list of "The best games I've nevered played"
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=18086
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Here's a post regarding Golf games for you mame cabinet.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=18675
-GGKoul
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Gotta try "The Speed Rumbler"...Capcom was ahead of their time with this one. When your car catches fire, you can jump out of it and try to survive on foot with a shotgun and a somersault roll/dodge type manuever. Stay alive long enough, and your people bring you in a new car to get into into. Nothing is more satisfying than hopping out of your flaming heap, running around nilly willy trying to stay alive with guys shooting at you and cars trying to run you over to finally make it to your new ride and give those bastardds what they came for...SWEET!! ;D
Plus, there is a time limit that keeps it's time even if you continue, so the pressure is still on even though credits are not a factor.
If Capcom had only let you steal enemy cars...this would have been Grand Theft Auto's great-great-grandad!
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I was just stuck on the P's tonight. I played Penguin Brothers and Penguin-Kun Wars. I thought they were kinda fun.
Penguin Brothers is kind of like bomber man combined with bubble bobble.
In Penguin-Kun Wars, you throw balls at eachother and whoever has least balls on their side after the time expires wins. That description may sound really bad, but give it a try...it was alright.
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Here's a posting listing games for the wife.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19736
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Best Trackball & Spinner Games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19817
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Here's another dual joystick post
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=20143
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Midnight Riders is a great game, a little cheesy but loads of fun. ;D
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2 Player games on a Cocktail cabinet.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=7119;start=msg50692#msg50692
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A friend recently referred me to a game called Outfoxies. Seems like a pretty cool game, but I haven't been able to try it on real arcade controls (just keyboard).
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Here's a post that talks about games for the Women in your Life.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19736
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I just "discovered" a game called Tube It and I... can't... stop... playing...
APf
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Here's a post of games that use a Star Wars Yoke type joystick.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=22868
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If you want to look at other games by controls you can use this
http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/gamesbycontrol.php#top
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List of Classic Games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=23656
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I bought a Megazone board on ebay recently and I just keep playing it and playing it.
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List of 4 player games for a cocktail cab.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=24150&start=0
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Hadn't spotted this thread before, but I like it...
My favorite game which I never heard of --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- mame is probably Snake Pit. The trackball & stick combo is a great touch imo.
Another fun one from Sente is Off The Wall, similar controls but spinner & stick. I find the guys' arms pretty amusing :D
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Shoot'em up Games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=24590
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Updated Best Games I've never played...
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=18086;start=0
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I'd never heard of Puzzle Fighter until someone here mentioned it. Truly addictive!!
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Yep, its a good one
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Top 100
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19363
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Another 2 Joystick post.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=25264
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Crazy Climber controller discussion
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=25314
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Games that piss you off that you can't stop playing...
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=25830
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3/4 player racing games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=25889
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Over-rated games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=26485
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2 favourite games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=26943
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Coolest Shumps
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=26952
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Best Vertical Games....
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=27348
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Best Games for the Young ones....
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,10806.0.html
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,27379.0.html
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Games the use Black and White Monitors
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=27445
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Dual 4-way games include
Puckman Pokemon and several other 2 player Pac-Man type games.
Wizard of Wor
Bloxeed and MANY, MANY other puzzle games.
Karate Champ
Assault
Dual Trackballs - Marble Madness, CABAL, Rampart, Atari Basketball, Football, Baseball, and Soccer. Ataxx. Dunk shot if it ever gets emulated. Tehkan World Cup
Dual Spinners - Blasteroids, dual 360-degree driving games. Arkanoid Returns, Off the Wall (BOTH games with this title are dual spinner). Eliminator, Warlords, there are more.
Single Spinner - Tron, Super Breakout, Avalanche, Tempest, Arkanoid, Every Sega vector game. Homo, Goindol, and a whole bunch of other Arkanoid clones. Wheel of Fortune, Pachinko Sexy Reaction, Two Tigers, Omega Race, Gee Bee, Bomb Bee, Circus, Cutie Q, Aztarac, and many more.
Tron needs a trigger-stick that you don't mention.
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More Games I Should Try
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,27969.0.html
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2 Player Cocktail games.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,28325.0.html
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Rotary Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,28722.0.html
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QBert/Congo Bongo type games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,5292.0.html
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360 Wheel Games Breakdown
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,28960.0.html
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Christmas Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,29451.0.html
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Uo Poko - addicting game
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,29805.0.html
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Puzzle Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,29961.0.html
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2 Player at the same time games.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,30225.0.html
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Weird games find post
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,30841.0.html
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Music Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,31060.0.html
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Games that use BattleTank type controls
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,31476.0.html
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list of Mech (Robot) games.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,31941.0.html
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owww.... My head! your Thread gave me a seizure! >,< " I Sue!"
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owww.... My head! your Thread gave me a seizure!
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Is this listed here somewhere?
http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/gamesbycontrol.php
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Happ makes a mechanical rotary joy, they can be had used for less than the LS-30. Wico used to make some, too, they pop up on ebay once in a while. There are also optical rotary sticks out there, and the diy rotarys that Shape D. linked to are optical as well. Optical rotarys can be used to play mechanical rotary games, although some (including myself) don't think they feel right. Mechanical rotarys will not play optical rotary games, or at least will not play them well.
Here's a list of rotary games I put together out of a long older thread.:
kari Warriors
Victory Road
Heavy Barrel
Gondomania
Bermuda Triangle
Time Soldiers
Guerilla War
SAR - Search And Rescue
Downtown
Legendary Wings
Victory Road
Midnight Resistance
Ikari III - The Rescue
Exterminator
TNK III
Touchdown Fever
Caliber 50 (used optical rotary sticks, wouldn't play well if at all with mechanicals)
I make no claim as to the accuracy or completeness of this list, like I say, I just put it together from an earlier thread. corrections/additions welcomed!
Optical rotary sticks like the ones used on Cal .50, and the Build-Your-Own project sticks found on this board connect through an Opti-Pac, mouse hack, or other such stuff, same as a spinner.
Mechanical rotary sticks can connect through the Druin's interface , or can be connected directly through your keyboard encoder if you use MAME Analog+. Direct connection uses up 12 extra inputs on your encoder per stick, but provides the most accurate game play. Direct connection is only working for some games (so far).
re: Xybots
Xybots sometimes gets listed as a rotary game, but it used a unique Twist-To-Turn stick. The stick did not rotate, but could be twisted a little ways- then it would spring back to center when you stopped twisting. Twist right and let go once, and your charachter turned 90 degrees to the right. Repeat, and you've turned 180 degrees.. and so on. You could get Xybots working fine with a mechanical rotary and a Druins, or using "Rotate Right" and "Rotate Left" buttons, or even an original Xybots stick- but I don't think it would work very well with an optical rotary.
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Racing games with Shifters Question...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,29658.0.html
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Yoke games...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,33638.0.html
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Best PC Driving Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,33810.0.html
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2 Favourite games...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,26943.0.html
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Some Trackball games...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,31279.0.html
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Favourite Gun Game
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,35987.0.html
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I guess this is unstickied now..
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I guess this is unstickied now..
I allways thought this was a good sticky...........
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Heres another list of MAME games never played before.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,37165.0.html
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I guess this is unstickied now..
I did it like a month ago. Looks like someone else wanted it stickied again. Was trying to clean the 'sticky clutter' we seem to get.
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Most Overrates Games...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,26485.0.html
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Another Good Games post
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,17168.0.html
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Kid games..
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,38192.0.html
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I just though i would throw you one of my posts to break up all your posts back to back.
People! feel free to check in here now and then and make sure GGKoul is ok. :D
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Overrated Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=26485.0
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Pac-Man type games.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=42100.0
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Games you spent the most on as a kid
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=42202.0
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Games you are most likely to find chad fingering the coin doors on
link
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Games you are most likely to find chad fingering the coin doors on
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I won't touch that comment seph, but thanks for a good setup. ;D
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2 Spinners Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=39112.0
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=43885.0
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Best of Best Games.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=41961.0
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Another Top 10 Game Post
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=46737.0
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Cult like Arcade Games.. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=48059.0
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Another PC gun thread.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=3.0
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Favorite game you never played before Mame?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=49709.0
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Games for Guys Nite!
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=50546.0
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Another PC gun thread.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=3.0
link not working. goes to software forum
I found this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_light_gun_games#PC
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Vertical Scrolling Shooter Games.
I posted this in Miscellaneous Arcade awhile back.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=115346.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=115346.0)
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Tony Hawk is one of the few games that I have played a lot of when I was a lot younger but it was only recently, right when the PS3 era has gone up, when I have seen probably one of the most bizarre controllers for a video game I have ever seen.
And true enough, it has contributed to a lot of smashed tv sets and a lot of broken bones while being played.
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Can't believe this thread is still sticky... better add some new topics.
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15 years and this post is still sticky. Fun... Can't believe it.