Clock Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 What games work well with the Trakball? Missile Command is the only one I can think of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Centipede and Millipede are others. Crystal Castles should work fine as well, since that's the way the coin-op was played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 What games work well with the Trakball? Missile Command is the only one I can think of... All old Atari games can only use the Trakball in joystick emulation mode. Only my MC TB hack allows real Trakball (or mouse) control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 I've never understood the difference between your MC hack with proper TB control and the standard one in JSTK mode..... Can someone explain that to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Sega Sportspad controller also works great with some game provided the trackball controller is in Joystick mode. Add to the list: Reactor. You could also play Football with the trackball controller like the arcade version. PS some of the trackball controller's ball are the same size as the pool ball. Replace that drab white back with something like an 8 ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I've never understood the difference between your MC hack with proper TB control and the standard one in JSTK mode..... Can someone explain that to me? I don't own the trackball but I think it just emulates the joystick which only goes in 8 directions. I don't know if I am right about this. But I do own Missile Command (Amiga Mouse) and it plays just like the arcade with very precision controls. (just like a regular mouse) I don't think the trackball in joystick mode could do anything that the joystick couldn't do (i.e. - go in more than 8 directions) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 The directions are not the big problem, even a trakball in joystick mode can mix x and y movements. But the speed and the precision make the difference. With a real trakball, you can move to any point on the screen within a fraction of a second. And just like with paddles in 1D you can hit that 2D point very precisely. An emulated trakball moves with a quite slow and constant speed which was designed for joystick control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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