Well I just finished with 2 hours of playing! It works great with my Happ 3" Trackball. I never played 2k4 on the PC, but I can say that this one is great with a dedicated cabinet. I only needed my mouse, and mouse buttons to play. You need the ALT key to open the menu in game play, but you should have it as button 2 on your cab anyway. You will need a keyboard to type your name in when creating your profile, but that is about it. Great game, and great addition to my cab!