List of Games with various controllers

Happ makes a mechanical rotary joy, they can be had used for less than the LS-30. Wico used to make some, too, they pop up on ebay once in a while. There are also optical rotary sticks out there, and the diy rotarys that Shape D. linked to are optical as well. Optical rotarys can be used to play mechanical rotary games, although some (including myself) don't think they feel right. Mechanical rotarys will not play optical rotary games, or at least will not play them well.

Here's a list of rotary games I put together out of a long older thread.:

kari Warriors
Victory Road
Heavy Barrel
Gondomania
Bermuda Triangle
Time Soldiers
Guerilla War
SAR - Search And Rescue
Downtown
Legendary Wings
Victory Road
Midnight Resistance
Ikari III - The Rescue
Exterminator
TNK III
Touchdown Fever
Caliber 50 (used optical rotary sticks, wouldn't play well if at all with mechanicals)

I make no claim as to the accuracy or completeness of this list, like I say, I just put it together from an earlier thread. corrections/additions welcomed!

Optical rotary sticks like the ones used on Cal .50, and the Build-Your-Own project sticks found on this board connect through an Opti-Pac, mouse hack, or other such stuff, same as a spinner.

Mechanical rotary sticks can connect through the Druin's interface , or can be connected directly through your keyboard encoder if you use MAME Analog+. Direct connection uses up 12 extra inputs on your encoder per stick, but provides the most accurate game play. Direct connection is only working for some games (so far).

re: Xybots

Xybots sometimes gets listed as a rotary game, but it used a unique Twist-To-Turn stick. The stick did not rotate, but could be twisted a little ways- then it would spring back to center when you stopped twisting. Twist right and let go once, and your charachter turned 90 degrees to the right. Repeat, and you've turned 180 degrees.. and so on. You could get Xybots working fine with a mechanical rotary and a Druins, or using "Rotate Right" and "Rotate Left" buttons, or even an original Xybots stick- but I don't think it would work very well with an optical rotary.


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