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Title: Need to know the best spinner games!
Post by: rdowdy95 on August 07, 2006, 11:54:31 am

Guys what are your favorite spinner games.  I am thinking about adding a spinner when I get my control panel built, but the only game I know is that Arknoid game.  What other good games are there?  I guess I could look at MAWS to see all the spinner games, but I would like to know what some of your favorite games are.  Also on trackball games, any other good trackball games besides Golf games.

Thanks,

rdowdy95

Title: Re: Need to know the best spinner games!
Post by: shardian on August 07, 2006, 11:56:18 am

Spinner - tempest

Trackball other than golf- Marble madness

Title: Re: Need to know the best spinner games!
Post by: leapinlew on August 07, 2006, 12:00:43 pm

Trackball?

Awesome Party Games:
Shuuz
ShuffleShot
World Class Bowling

Good Trackball Games:
Crystal Castles
Missle Command
Marble Madness

Good games that work with the trackball:
Operation Wolf
Star Wars
(mostly any gun game)

For the spinner:
Tempest is a classic
Puzz Loop is a lot of fun
Tron (uses a spinner in addition to a trigger stick)
Blasteroids
Driving games can be played with the spinner

I can live without a spinner, but the trackball is a must

Title: Re: Need to know the best spinner games!
Post by: melarky on August 07, 2006, 12:07:25 pm

For spinner, I like cameltry alot (I played it with a trackball before I got a spinner, but it is a lot better with a spinner).

I also like the 360 degree steering wheel racing games (like Iron Man Stewarts etc...).  They work really well with a spinner (I bought one of those small plasti steering wheel knobs to use on racing games, but it's even fun with just a normal spinner knob).

The bowling games are fun for a trackball (like the ones listed above, but if your computer is fast enough, simpsons bowling is another fun one).  I also really like Hamster Ball (http://retroblast.com/reviews/hamster.html).  Not a real arcade game, but really run with a trackball on a cabinet (like an updated marble madness, my wife loves that game).

Title: Re: Need to know the best spinner games!
Post by: Ninten-doh on August 07, 2006, 12:17:59 pm

I second the nomination of Cameltry.  Love that game.  Playable with a trackball, but terrific with a spinner.

Title: Re: Need to know the best spinner games!
Post by: melarky on August 07, 2006, 12:41:53 pm

I've also read here that the game puzzloop is good with a spinner.  I don't have that game (it's listed, but it must be corrupt as it errors out when trying to load).  If you've played Zuma from popcap, it's apparently a lot like that game.