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Mini Trackballs? Possible?
DeLuSioNal29:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 13, 2010, 02:29:02 pm ---I use a Logitech trackball that I pull out of the coin door when needed. I have a space in the center of my control panel with enough room to place it. Works quite well for most stuff I play. One day I'll get a real one.
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I use this on my computer and (in my opinion) it's not great for MAME or gaming (Hamsterball). You can control it, but fast movements like that on an arcade machine will not work great. Poorly in fact. My trackball is night and day compared to the Logitech.
DeLuSioNaL29
BobA:
It has all been tried before but nothing beats are real arcade trackball.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on July 13, 2010, 07:04:29 pm ---I use this on my computer and (in my opinion) it's not great for MAME or gaming (Hamsterball). You can control it, but fast movements like that on an arcade machine will not work great. Poorly in fact. My trackball is night and day compared to the Logitech.
DeLuSioNaL29
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That's why I said it "works quite well for most stuff I play," which means not every trackball game, only the ones I find decently playable with it.
newmanfamilyvlogs:
While we're discussing PC trackballs, in my last 'scavenge parts from wherever' cab, I ended up with this:
The ball is reasonably large and worked quite well for almost all games that I played with it.
It is far from small however.
For scale:
edit: And for comparison, the prior trackball:
bkenobi:
There are smaller arcade trackballs available. The standard 3" one is rather large, but I recall there being several from 1-1/2" up to 3". The case will be bigger than a standard PC trackball (probably), but it will include mounting hardware that the PC unit won't have.
1-1/2":
http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/56020000.htm
2-1/4":
http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/565500xx.htm
3":
http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/560100xx.htm
FWIW, I have that Kensington trackball. I played around with it at the store and thought it would work well so I bought it (off ebay of course). I never ended up doing anything with it, though. Some day I'll get around to configuring it and giving it a try!
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