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CP with Asteroids/Space Invader buttons?
Extreme8:
Does anyone have a control panel that incorporates the left / right direction buttons like the ones used on the Midway Space Invaders & Asteroids, or is the joystick the modern replacement.
If you do have the buttons, are they used or do you find the joystick is a better input device for these classics.
I've decided to give the GP-Wiz49 a shot so if they work out the way I hope I'll have a bunch of panel real estate left open after I remove my reunion stick and thought this might be an interesting option.
markrvp:
Asteroids feels better with buttons because that's what I was used to.
MikeQ:
Same here. I don't like the joystick.
My panel looks like this:
J1 OOO J2 OOO
OOO OOO
2 Joysticks with 6 buttons each
(+ spinner and trackball but that isn't important).
I use the lower left two buttons for rotate left/right and the lower right three buttons for thrust, fire, hyperspace. Works out well for me.
SteveJ34:
I'll chime in with the same opinion of Mark and Mike.
Asteroids is better with buttons.....we could play a long time on a single quarter hunting ships during my younger days.
I, too, use a combination of P1/P2 buttons mapped to Asteroid controls.
tivogre:
I have an authentic asteroids lay-out on my panel. Ateroids / Space Invaders with a joystick is just wrong...
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