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Title: Arcade games that only use buttons(no joystick)?
Post by: AE35 on September 30, 2006, 08:50:56 am: Hey all!

Yes, I'm hammering you...but I'm very keen on this hobby these days! :)

Has there ever been games that uses buttons only!? Without any stick
at all? I tried MAWS but it isn't an option to NOT search for joystick ;D

Thanks,

Nicholas
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Post by: tristan on September 30, 2006, 10:06:54 am: Asteroids?
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Post by: MustardTent on September 30, 2006, 10:21:32 am: Quiz Games (think Trivial Pursuit) don't have sticks.
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Post by: MiKman on September 30, 2006, 10:41:08 am: Track and Field! At least the one at the arcade I frequented never had joys.
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Post by: leapinlew on September 30, 2006, 11:05:27 am: Phoenix and Chicken Shift
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Post by: codeena on September 30, 2006, 12:39:51 pm: Robotron 2084...just kiddin'. How about the original Space Invaders?
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Post by: crzywolf on September 30, 2006, 12:47:34 pm: Space Duel
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Post by: koso on September 30, 2006, 03:21:12 pm: Toobin'
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Post by: TOK on September 30, 2006, 03:35:24 pm: Gravitar
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Post by: torez on September 30, 2006, 03:48:51 pm: Think Star Castle, too
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Post by: cw on September 30, 2006, 05:37:53 pm: armor attack, space war, space zap
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Post by: grantspain on September 30, 2006, 06:06:01 pm: the very original space invaders had a left and right button
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Post by: Kremmit on September 30, 2006, 06:27:03 pm: (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c316/nafgan/Butler.jpg)
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Post by: ady on September 30, 2006, 07:40:57 pm: pac-land. both joystick and button only (button only was my preference).
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Post by: RobotronNut on September 30, 2006, 08:41:46 pm: Quote from: grantspain on September 30, 2006, 06:06:01 pm
the very original space invaders had a left and right button

i find any game with a left-right 2-way joystick plays well with just buttons, e.g. galaxian, galaga, joust, puzzle bobble / bust-a-move.

i've been playing a lot of puzzle bobble lately, and i actually prefer buttons. i think i have more control than with a joystick.
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Post by: Brad on October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am: How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad
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Post by: Level42 on October 01, 2006, 04:37:29 am: Quote from: Brad on October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am
How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad
Because it has a two way joystick for up and down.

I remember playing a Galaxian cab that had buttons instead of a joystick and I hated every second of it. LOOOOOOOooooooooong time ago, probably not an original cab.
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Post by: leapinlew on October 01, 2006, 04:38:43 am: Quote from: Brad on October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am
How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad

Yes! Defender - except for the joystick - it used all buttons!
(http://www.klov.com/images/D/cDefender.jpg)
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Post by: danny_galaga on October 01, 2006, 04:44:18 am: ;D mahjong ;D
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Post by: effdubya on October 01, 2006, 10:09:12 am: BISHI BASHI!

the ones or playstation are so awesome, esp. the 3rd with dancing mats
Title: Re: Arcade games that only use buttons(no joystick)?
Post by: Level42 on October 01, 2006, 11:43:04 am: Quote from: leapinlew on October 01, 2006, 04:38:43 am
Quote from: Brad on October 01, 2006, 03:51:55 am
How did anyone leave out Defender??

Brad

Yes! Defender - except for the joystick - it used all buttons!
(http://www.klov.com/images/D/cDefender.jpg)
Uhhhhhmmmm, am I missing the point of this thread or are others. The point was BUTTONS only. So even a two-way joystick is ruled out, because.....it's a joystick.

Defender has a JOYSTICK for up and down. So it's not buttons only.

And don't say it isn't true, I played Defender on the original cab a couple of weeks ago for the very first time in my life, and boy was I puzzled by that weird set-up of controls. I mean, I could have lived with the accelarator button, but freakin' h#ll, for reverse even a button more. Why didn't they simply use a four-way stick ?
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Post by: RobotronNut on October 01, 2006, 08:27:54 pm: Quote from: Level42 on October 01, 2006, 11:43:04 am
Uhhhhhmmmm, am I missing the point of this thread or are others. The point was BUTTONS only. So even a two-way joystick is ruled out, because.....it's a joystick.

i took the liberty of mentioning games that can be played very well with buttons only. imo, this includes many games with horizontal 2-way joysticks. i actually think i can get higher scores using "left" and "right" buttons than i can with a "left/right" joystick.

defender, on the other hand, has a vertical 2-way joystick and is not playable with buttons only.

of course, if the op only wanted to know which games originally used only buttons, then... never mind! :)
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Post by: NickG on October 02, 2006, 06:49:47 am: Pop'n Music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop'n_Music)
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Post by: leapinlew on October 02, 2006, 08:48:28 am: Quote from: NickG on October 02, 2006, 06:49:47 am
Pop'n Music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop'n_Music)

Ahh! Good point.

I suppose all the Dance Dance revolution games qualifies as button only.
Title: Re: Arcade games that only use buttons(no joystick)?
Post by: leapinlew on October 02, 2006, 08:50:37 am: Quote from: Level42 on October 01, 2006, 11:43:04 am
Quote from: leapinlew on October 01, 2006, 04:38:43 am
Yes! Defender - except for the joystick - it used all buttons!
Uhhhhhmmmm, am I missing the point of this thread or are others. The point was BUTTONS only.

And here I thought I was being clever. I was being sarcastic -

"Except for the joystick - it used all buttons!"

... I mean, come on.
Title: Re: Arcade games that only use buttons(no joystick)?
Post by: Level42 on October 02, 2006, 01:40:55 pm: Oops, I missed that....sorry....sometimes sarcasm doesn't trandser well into text only....don't we have ;) for that ? :D