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Title: Looking to purchase a pre loaded emulator to work with my Tankstick w rollerball
Post by: mcazille on February 08, 2023, 10:43:57 am

Hi everyone,  I was hoping for someone to point me in the direction of a preloaded game that will work with my xarcade tank stick.  Looking to play golden tee golf and other games with the roller ball.  preferably one that's compatible off of amazon.  Thanks!!!

Title: Re: Looking to purchase a pre loaded emulator to work with my Tankstick w rollerball
Post by: tommyinajar on February 08, 2023, 11:03:09 am

Those are 99% sure to have non legal game files on it, kinda a no no to talk about here.

. There are sites that have complete game sets for everything,Atari 2600, NES,Genesis,Mame arcade games, but those also are technically "illegal" too, but they have free legal stuff if you look.

If you buy one, you are locked in usually, so no updates, and the Emulator is probably 5+ years old. Lots of games are glitchy or just don't work.


You are paying someone for things THEY got for free, wrongly, and then making money on other peoples work to boot...

 Just google utube vids and sites to do it. they are plentiful. Whole games sets, you just unpack and run, newer than the Premade for sale ones.

Title: Re: Looking to purchase a pre loaded emulator to work with my Tankstick w rollerball
Post by: bollwerk on February 08, 2023, 01:44:32 pm

To add on to what Tommyinajar said .... when you use a pre-made image from someone else, you're COMPLETELY dependent on the creator of that image to help you fix problems, because no one else knows how that image was configured.
I've seen countless messages from people trying to get help to fix something in a pre-made image and no one is able to help.
This is a big reason why many experience folks in this hobby try to steer people clear of using a pre-made image.

Title: Re: Looking to purchase a pre loaded emulator to work with my Tankstick w rollerball
Post by: javeryh on February 08, 2023, 02:59:05 pm

Just download MAME and put your games in the roms folder, click on the exe and start playing.  It's not hard to figure out.

Title: Re: Looking to purchase a pre loaded emulator to work with my Tankstick w rollerball
Post by: mcazille on February 08, 2023, 06:54:44 pm

Thanks guys and my apologies for my ignorance in these matters.  i appreciate the advice and will carry on accordingly.  Cheers!!

Title: Re: Looking to purchase a pre loaded emulator to work with my Tankstick w rollerball
Post by: tommyinajar on February 11, 2023, 08:45:17 am

LOL I can tell you're new if you think that was an ignorant question, just look around a bit you will see some real doozys :laugh2: