Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: archagon on February 19, 2004, 09:15:06 pm
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Are there any 2+ player spinner/trackball games out there?
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Blasteroids
Marble Madness
Arcade Classics
Pong
Sonic Hedgehog
and more.....
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Aw nuts. Now I gotta spend even more money :P
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Blasteroids
Marble Madness
Arcade Classics
Pong
Sonic Hedgehog
and more.....
Pong used paddles (pots) IIRC...
Also not spinner exactly, but there are many simultaneous 2-player driving games which you could use 2 spinners for :)
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As far as spinners are concerned.... the only good games that come to mind are arkanoid and it's copy-cat clones. Tempest is also a good spinner game. Other than that there aren't any. The other games either use a specialized spinner, or are paired with a speciality control (like d.o.t) deeming gameplay with just a spinner useless. There are hardly any two player spinner games. (Actually I can't think of one, but I'm sure there is.)
There are, however, a ton of trackball games.
My theory on adding a spinner is if you have to ask about what games use it then you don't need one. The games that do use a spinner are very nostalgic, meaning if you play them new in this day and age you might not be impressed.
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There is a1 very fun 2 player spinner game that comes to mind.
'Off the Wall' It looks pretty dumb, but in practice, I've had a lot of fun with it.
I think the original used a paddle, but using a spinner works just fine (imho)
My business partner and I play that game about 5-10 times a day.
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There's also a 4 player spinner game, can't remember what it's called, but the 4 corners are the things that the players try to protect from a flaming ball and you can push a button to hold the flaming ball and it speeds up... anyways, it's pretty fun.
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There's also a 4 player spinner game, can't remember what it's called, but the 4 corners are the things that the players try to protect from a flaming ball and you can push a button to hold the flaming ball and it speeds up... anyways, it's pretty fun.
Atari's Warlords :)
I don't plan on making a 2 player spinner panel in the near future, although Blasteroids is reason enough for me to make one some day...
mahuti: Yes I like Sente's Off the Wall too, I think you need a joystick + spinner per player.
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yeah, forgot about the joystick.
It's a fun game with just one person too.
Blasteroids is quite fun, too.