UBERTRON777 wrote:I really want to play Tempest because I never have before and it looks like my kind of game, yet I do not own an arcade machine and I'm finding it very difficult to play in MAME. Obviously, my keyboard does not have analog control so whenever I move my ship it skips tracks. I can't really map the control onto my mouse either. Is there a way to play this more accurately without having to go to the arcade?
Spinner is the ideal way to play emulating the Arcade. Pricey or a mod proposition though. Why won't the mouse work? You can enable it right in the front end if a particular game supports it, which Tempest does. Also while in game you can press TAB and cursor down to player one input, press enter then click the appropriate mouse button.
Another option is a Trakball, not quite a spinner but a cheaper option that also works great on all the Trakball games such as CENTIPEDE, REACTOR and MISSILE COMMAND
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noiseredux wrote:does anyone know if there is/was a Spinner available for NES, SNES, PS1, PS2 or GCN?
dsheinem wrote:This reminds me that I wanted to hack together or buy a Jag and/or PS1 rotary controller before the Tempest TR in December. Anyone have one for sale?
so I guess you're saying there's a PS1 Spinner then?
I think any game that supports a mouse can also support a home built Trakball. A simple matter of wiring just one of the internal wheel sensors. Only problem is you only get the one direction so limited to only left-right or up-down.
FYI CRT, the thread/original question is almost a year old. Where were you then!?
I found a $70 hacked rotary controller for sale for the Jag which looks quite nice, but seems pricey. The only info I could find on a PS1 spinner was here: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 04&start=0. Not sure of any other were made.
Haven't seen any for GC either, noise. I would bet there is an NES one, anad maybe SNES...
dsheinem wrote:This reminds me that I wanted to hack together or buy a Jag and/or PS1 rotary controller before the Tempest TR in December. Anyone have one for sale?
I've been on the lookout for a cheap and ugly Jag controller myself to make one. I already have an 2600 driving controller to hack apart.
dsheinem wrote:This reminds me that I wanted to hack together or buy a Jag and/or PS1 rotary controller before the Tempest TR in December. Anyone have one for sale?
I've been on the lookout for a cheap and ugly Jag controller myself to make one. I already have an 2600 driving controller to hack apart.
Where'd you get the driving controller? Maybe I am not searching correctly, but they seem hard to come by on eBay...
dsheinem wrote:FYI CRT, the thread/original question is almost a year old. Where were you then!?
I found a $70 hacked rotary controller for sale for the Jag which looks quite nice, but seems pricey. The only info I could find on a PS1 spinner was here: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 04&start=0. Not sure of any other were made.
Haven't seen any for GC either, noise. I would bet there is an NES one, anad maybe SNES...
Oop, wasn't even a member then.
Well maybe info some might use?
noiseredux wrote:
dsheinem wrote:I would bet there is an NES one, anad maybe SNES...
any confirmation of this would be greatly appreciated!
There is a SNES mouse. Sacrilegious to gut one as a spinner though. But can be worked into a spinner setup by just using one of the wheel sensors. I can't think of any SNES Mouse games that would use that one direction though.
Mame Arcade Spinner games worth the effort, TAC SCAN and TEMPEST especially. Easy to mod a PC ball mouse as pictured above using just the horizontal wheel and sensor. Maybe do a Bacteria mod, gutting a 2600 driving controller.
