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Title: Quarterback spring control
Post by: soulblazer28 on January 01, 2006, 04:19:11 am

Not sure if anyone has played the game Leland's Quarterback at the arcades, it was one of my favs back in the day.  I play this on mame using very awkard controls (every play is a long bomb and rushing seems impossible). 

The game featured a sping-back lever to aim and throw (release) a pass; it would spring back to the UP position not the center.  There was also a similar College quarterback game with the same mechanism.  Not too sure but there might have been a baseball game that used it for batting too (this could be a false memory though).

I'm wondering if anyone has given any thoughts as to how this might work?  Maybe a regular spring back device where only the bottom half is exposed to the control panel? Hmm.

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: thetaylors3 on January 01, 2006, 08:39:35 pm

I recently saw an ebay auction for the controls I believe you are talking about.  I can't find it now, so maybe it ended.  I remember the baseball game too.  I don't recall which for sure, but there's another Leland game called Strike Zone Baseball that I believe uses the "joystick with spring return".  Go to www.klov.com and search for Leland to find it.  I would imagine it would behave like any other analog type input, so it could be done.

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: Kremmit on January 01, 2006, 10:09:05 pm

Those little sticks end up on ebay pretty often, and pretty cheap, too.  They're analog sticks, and hook up to a PC with an AKI, A-Pac, or Dual-Strike hack.

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: cmkallen on January 03, 2006, 07:30:32 am

I have a complete quarterback harness with 2 of those joysticks, pcb board, manual I am willing to part with.  Not sure if PCB works but it did when it was taken from machine.

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: GGKoul on January 03, 2006, 09:23:12 am

Quote from: cmkallen on January 03, 2006, 07:30:32 am

I have a complete quarterback harness with 2 of those joysticks, pcb board, manual I am willing to part with.

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: 19rjs99 on January 03, 2006, 11:09:03 am

They are Leland spring controls. They were also used on Worldseries Baseball by Cinematronics http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=W&game_id=10486

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: More Cowbell on January 03, 2006, 11:17:48 am

I loved World Series - The Season when I was a kid. I checked eBay and found nothing, I'll keep checking. In the meantime, if anyone has the Leland spring controls for WS, PM me.
Thanks

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: ozzi22 on January 03, 2006, 12:33:27 pm

Has anyone ever mapped their ps2controller anolog sticks for these games?  If so what is the best settings?

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: jajohnso34 on January 10, 2006, 08:48:39 pm

Quote from: cmkallen on January 03, 2006, 07:30:32 am

I have a complete quarterback harness with 2 of those joysticks, pcb board, manual I am willing to part with.

Title: Re: Quarterback spring control
Post by: mark shaker on January 10, 2006, 09:24:00 pm

These are the games I know of that use these spring loaded sticks:
   All American Baseball
   Alley Master
   Baseball, The Season II
   Super Baseball Double Play Homerun Derby
   Quarterback
   Strike Zone Baseball
   World Series: The Season

Does anybody know of any others?

   - Mark