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Any reason why this two-trackball setup wouldn't work?

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Haze:

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--- Quote from: Fursphere on August 20, 2013, 11:51:21 pm ---No problem!

It's a damn shame Marble Madness 2 was never dumped and emulated in MAME.

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Well MM2 uses Joysticks not trackballs anyway, and is basically terrible ;-)

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Actually, the original prototypes had two trackballs.  Then some more were released with joysticks.   Ultimately they never went into full production.  Not enough interest or something.

You can see one here: http://www.safestuff.com/marbleman.htm


Although given the simplicity of the games, I'm surprised it hasn't been recreated.  If I knew how to program games, I'd take it on.

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Yeah, I'm aware of this.  I also don't think an actual copy of the software for the trackball version has ever been located, so even if the guy was to dump his roms for MAME (which he won't, ever.) then it would only be the joystick version supported.

Even if a trackball version did show up there's no saying how complete it would be either.  Development happens quickly and if they swapped it out pretty early (and keep in mind such a change is a fairly essential decision when it comes to level design etc.) then it might not even really resemble the near-final version we've seen much at all.

Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: Haze on August 21, 2013, 03:40:25 pm ---Well MM2 uses Joysticks not trackballs anyway, and is basically terrible ;-)

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Ha, yeah, I think keeping the ROM is a major ---meecrob--- move, but there is a reason the prototypes never made it to production.   :laugh:

McHale:
Track and Field also used 2 trackballs.



But I don't think anyone has gotten the trackball version working in MAME. 

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