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SavannahLion:
I was looking over the Ram Controls website and I have to ask.

Was Major Havoc the only game ever to use that roller?

I'm game for popping $200 (when I get the cash) for the repro Havoc controller, I just need to know if it was ever used in other games.

As near as I can tell, the answer is no. I just have to double check.

RayB:
No.

"Kick" aka "KickMan" used a single axis roller too, but it was shaped like a trackball.

shorthair:

--- Quote from: RayB on April 23, 2007, 04:41:44 pm ---No.

"Kick" aka "KickMan" used a single axis roller too, but it was shaped like a trackball.


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Not that you couldn't use it for that, also. But, hell, if you have a spinner, why not use that? Why didn't they, for that matter? Hell, far as that goes, why didn't they just use a track ball and forget the jump button?

TOK:

--- Quote from: shorthair on April 23, 2007, 08:42:00 pm ---Not that you couldn't use it for that, also. But, hell, if you have a spinner, why not use that? Why didn't they, for that matter? Hell, far as that goes, why didn't they just use a track ball and forget the jump button?

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Major Havoc conversions did have spinners. Pretty common Tempest conversion.

Kremmit:
There was a prototype Atari game called "Accelerator" at last year's California Extreme show that used TWO rollers.  Unfortunately, it's not in MAME and isn't likely to be added.  There was also a prototype Exidy game called "Teeter Torture" that used a similar side-to-side roller.

So, to answer your un-asked question, yes, all that money for a control that's just for one game, a game you could play with a spinner anyway.

BUT if you grew up playing on a real, dedicated Major Havoc machine, a spinner just doesn't cut it.  That's why I'm buying one of the RAM rollers.

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