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Title: What are good spinner games?
Post by: Big Ben on July 10, 2005, 02:45:51 pm: What are some good games that work with a spinner?
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: Kremmit on July 10, 2005, 06:36:15 pm: Best spinner and trackball games (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19817)

MAME games sorted by controller type (http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/gamesbycontrol.php#top)

360 degree wheel games (can be played with spinner) (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,28960.0.html)

GGKoul's great compendium of lists of games - this is where I dug up all the other links. Thanks GGKoul! (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,17208.0.html)
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: grueinthebox on July 10, 2005, 06:50:37 pm: *cough* Gals Panic S *cough*

Hmmm... Had something caught in my throat there. What was the question again? ;D
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: JONTHEBOMB on July 10, 2005, 07:06:55 pm: Tempest, Arkanoid, and Breakout are all great games for a spinner.
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: toolaa on July 10, 2005, 10:37:18 pm: Personal can't do without List, even though some of these were not technically used with Spinners they still play very well.

Omega Race (Better with Spinner)
Blastroids
Tempest
Cameltry
Major Havoc
Turbo (It's actually fun with spinner and no wheel)

Also, there is some cool Atari breakout puzzle game and the name escapes me for the moment, but I am sure someone here will remember it.
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: USSEnterprise on July 10, 2005, 10:44:49 pm: can games like Pole Position be played with a spinner?
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: Apollo on July 10, 2005, 10:48:43 pm: Pole Position works great with a spinner, takes a little work to get the in game settings right but yes it works very well.
My favs, Tempest & Arkanoid.
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: DaFoo on July 10, 2005, 11:24:24 pm: Spinner games are classic, but there are not many, mainly I think people buy spinners for tempest. So $90 for one game...maybe two..

But it's a hell of a game!

A buddy of mine had an entire Tempest arcade unti. So $90 seems cheap in comparison!

;)

I just installed my 2 49-way joysticks, and most of my 52 buttons. I still have the spinner, trackball, molding, monitor, etc. to buy... Ouch $$$
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: USSEnterprise on July 11, 2005, 12:37:13 am: isn't there some way to build your own?
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: Xiaou2 on July 11, 2005, 12:39:25 am: Heres some Fav's

Tempest
Mad Planets
Star Trek
Super Sprint
Champoinship Sprint
Tac Scan
Cosmis chasms
Arkanoid
Pole Postion I & II
Tron
Two Tigers
Major Havok

* Others Ive found...

Discs of Tron
Aztarac
Off The Wall
American Speedway
Block Block
Kick
Cameltry
Wheel Of Fortune lol
Badlands
Indy Heat
Ghox
Goindol
Kozmik Kroozer
Omega Race
Riddle of Pythagoras
Zektor
APB
Boxing Bugs
Dark Planet
Moon War
Blasteroids
Firetruck
Night Driver
Off The Wall
Zwackery
Super Off Road
Touchdown Feaver

Many driving games that used a wheel, used an optical wheel that
spins freely 360 degrees. Same as a spinner, so spinners work great for
these.

The added weight of the wheel, leverage, and even sometimes the gearing used - does work a bit better than just a spinner though. A little more fun and control with a real optical steering wheel assembly.

Also note, that some spinner games need trigger sticks - such as tron, and mad planets.
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: RTSDaddy2 on July 11, 2005, 12:11:44 pm: I'm glad someone finally got to Discs of Tron!
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: unclet on July 11, 2005, 02:46:58 pm: I have two spinners (hacked mice - one X-axis, one Y-axis) so I could play .......

WARLORDS ..... love that game
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: Stingray on July 11, 2005, 04:00:00 pm: Quote from: USSEnterprise on July 11, 2005, 12:37:13 am
isn't there some way to build your own?

Do a search for the "nasty spinner" or just PM thenasty and I'm sure he can point you the page on his site where the instructions are.

And Tempest is reason enough to buy a spinner. If that were the only spinner game ever I'd still have one.

-S
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: jcroach on July 11, 2005, 04:03:31 pm: Don't forget these classic Atari 2600 games!

Breakout
Canyon Bomber
Circus Atari
Indy 500
Kaboom! (an all-time personel favorite of mine!)
Night Driver
Star Wars: Jedi Arena
Street Racer
Super Breakout
Video Olympics
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: PaulG on July 11, 2005, 06:14:51 pm: Quote from: DaFoo on July 10, 2005, 11:24:24 pm
Spinner games are classic, but there are not many, mainly I think people buy spinners for tempest. So $90 for one game...maybe two..

But it's a hell of a game!

This is the age-old debate here. Most people seem to prefer trackball to spinner. I have to say, however, I was really surprised how much I grew to love my Vortex spinner. For single player games, I use my spinner quite a bit more than my Happ trackball (Now for party games, the trackball is unmatched.)
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: Heffaklumpen on July 12, 2005, 04:03:49 am: Quote from: USSEnterprise on July 11, 2005, 12:37:13 am
isn't there some way to build your own?

Of course it is - you could just build the controller optic board yourself, it's a matter of just a few simple components.
The question is why you'd want do that, since it would probably be more work than it's worth...
Title: Re: What are good spinner games?
Post by: CJK on July 12, 2005, 06:06:48 am: Quote from: Stingray on July 11, 2005, 04:00:00 pm
And Tempest is reason enough to buy a spinner. If that were the only spinner game ever I'd still have one.

Yes yes yes yes yes.

-- Chris