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1st tracball game
Texasmame:
K. Pretty sure first spinner game was PONG. But the trac? What was it?
FrizzleFried:
Atari Football?
I think that was the first trackball game I ever saw....
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This was the first game to use a trac-ball as the controller. Chances are that you will be more worn our after playing this game than after playing an actual game of football!
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http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=13018
BTW: Pong used a DIAL not a spinner...so it's not the first spinner game.
Texasmame:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 24, 2007, 11:54:28 am ---Atari Football?
I think that was the first trackball game I ever saw....
--- Quote ---Trivia
This was the first game to use a trac-ball as the controller. Chances are that you will be more worn our after playing this game than after playing an actual game of football!
--- End quote ---
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=13018
BTW: Pong used a DIAL not a spinner...so it's not the first spinner game.
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Hmm. . . yeah. Well, I kinda was referring to the spinner as a control - I get what you're saying, tho.
Breakout was a true spinner game or not?
So, first true spinner game was. . . ?
ark_ader:
Frontline
I think that pre dates anything else except wild west, but its the same hardware..... :blah:
Texasmame:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 24, 2007, 02:32:22 pm ---Frontline
I think that pre dates anything else except wild west, but its the same hardware..... :blah:
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Now that's not a spinner - it's something else (has it ever been properly named??)
Anyhow, for "spinner" I'm thinking something like Tempest's spinner.
I guess, technically, any driving game that used opto inputs for the wheel would qualify but I'm thinking as a handsized spinner, not a big steering wheel. . .
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