Rick Dangerous Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) We are playing Biopede in the Jaguar HSC currently and I was daydreaming about how amazing it would be to play with a Trak-ball. I wonder if anyone has ever explored this? @Bratwurst? Also trying to think of other games that would benefit from it to make it more worthwhile. Anyway, just a thought since the 2600, 5200, and 7800 ALL had Trak-Ball controllers Of course if these were made and readily available it might open up the homebrew market to make these types of games for use with this controller... Edited April 21, 2023 by Rick Dangerous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_rg Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Another option would be mouse control. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratwurst Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 The game would need to be coded for mouse support first. There are PS2 trackballs from what I can recall, which would probably work with the Jaguar mouse adapters out there. I could probably chop a trackball into a Jaguar controller shell then.. but for just one game... I have a lot of other projects on my bucket list. Probably not going to see anything from me anytime soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 PS/2 trackballs won't work as is with the usual Jaguar mouse adapters, as those are made for Atari ST or Amiga mice. But they should work if you add a PS/2 to Atari ST/Amiga mouse converter in between, or modify the trackball directly to get the quadrature signals for each axis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 4 hours ago, Zerosquare said: PS/2 trackballs won't work as is with the usual Jaguar mouse adapters, as those are made for Atari ST or Amiga mice. These should work, right? https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1193 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Yes, those ones should work. I was talking about the "simple" adapters such as these: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1191 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyaage Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 would be great if we could use an Atari trackball CX22 / CX80 without having to mod it for ST compatibility... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 This looks like it's doable, either by adding support for it in software (but then it would only work on new/rereleased games), or by adding an external converter (using a few logic circuits or a microcontroller). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Biff Burgertime Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 I'm sure the thought of a Trak-Ball puts most people in mind of games like Centipede and Missile Command, but due to the ubiquity of their cabinets when I was growing up, I immediately think of Golden Tee. Maybe someone could finally make good on Jack Nicklaus' failed promises from all those years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Editorb Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 My fave trackball game (and one of all-time faves period) is Reactor. Physics, graphics, sound all amazing. Better tie in the Jag so as not to derail thread: A Jag version of Reactor would be fun (if I didn't have the arcade ROM). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 That Jack Nicklaus golf game for the Jaguar was being made by the people who made Awesome Golf for the LYNX. My most "wished it was finished" jag game for sure. Golf is the best, even better as a video game! Maybe someday we'll get a Mean 18 port from the ST? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Rick Dangerous said: That Jack Nicklaus golf game for the Jaguar was being made by the people who made Awesome Golf for the LYNX. My most "wished it was finished" jag game for sure. Golf is the best, even better as a video game! Maybe someday we'll get a Mean 18 port from the ST? Love golf games. I use to be a golfer, but the time to play 18 holes became too much. I switched to Racquetball, and now chase that dragon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 The back of the JaguarCD box had a screen shot of Jack Golf, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, tripled79 said: The back of the JaguarCD box had a screen shot of Jack Golf, right? Yep, most of the games on the box weren't released. Looking at the back of the box is actually more fun than the majority of the Jag CD library so there's that at least. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 19 hours ago, madman said: Yep, most of the games on the box weren't released. Looking at the back of the box is actually more fun than the majority of the Jag CD library so there's that at least. Hooknose and booger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 6/6/2023 at 6:23 PM, madman said: Yep, most of the games on the box weren't released. Looking at the back of the box is actually more fun than the majority of the Jag CD library so there's that at least. These are the games on the back of the Jag CD box. Battlemorph - Released Black Ice, White Noise - Never completed Blue Lightning - Released Brett Hull Hockey - Released unofficially Creature Shock - Never completed Demolition Man - Never completed Dragon's Lair - Released Highlander - Released Jack Nicholas' Cyber Golf - Never completed Robinson's Requiem - Released post Atari Do the math. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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