Number of MAME games that use Spinner controls?

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I was looking at finishing up purchasing all the parts for my control panel.
I'm still debating on the spinner.

Does anyone know exactly how many games in MAME actually use a Spinner?

I see the Push Kit option as well for the spinners...is it worth it to get
this too?

Just looking for some input.

Thanks.

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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:52:05 GMT, "Mike" <moparmaniac@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I was looking at finishing up purchasing all the parts for my control panel.
>I'm still debating on the spinner.
>
>Does anyone know exactly how many games in MAME actually use a Spinner?
>
>I see the Push Kit option as well for the spinners...is it worth it to get
>this too?
>
>Just looking for some input.
>
>Thanks.
>

If you're on the fence about a spinner, the trackball works OK in a
lot of spinner games. If you're not a diehard fan of a spinner game,
you might find you can live without it. I play a lot of Tempest and
Cameltry with a trackball, and it's not too bad.

Tim

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OK, well looks like the spinner is a go then...what about the push kit to
act like a button?? Needed / Not needed???



"Hung N" <find@my.crack> wrote in message
news:Xns95FC4ECA86D6sneakyboyfastmailfm@198.164.200.20...
> FSogol <fsogol@nomorespamplease.nu> wrote in
> news:Xns95FBAF77D6710jwatsongaaaecom@68.1.17.6:
>
>> "Mike" <moparmaniac@hotmail.com>after crossing the finish line at the
>> Special Olympics proudly proclaimed:
>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone know exactly how many games in MAME actually use a
>>> Spinner?
>>
>> 247 use a dial type spinner. 90 use a dial type spinner. (At least the
>> last time I checked (Mame .80?) I couldn't live without a spinner and
>> Tempest.
>
> - any number of Breakout and Arkanoid clones/spinoffs, including Off The
> Wall! (3 simultaneous players) and Warlords (4 simultaneous)
>
> - Tempest
>
> - Championship Sprint (3 sim), Badlands (2 sim), APB, Danny Sullivan's
> Indy
> Heat (3 sim?), Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road (3 sim), other games using
> 360-degree steering wheels
>
> - Caliber .50, Guerilla War, Heavy Barrel, Ikari Warriors, Forgotten
> Worlds
> (all 2 sim), Tron, other games using combination stick-plus-dial or
> rotary-
> stick hybrid controls
>
>
> Conclusion: just put the damn thing in, and consider two while you're at
> it!
> :-)

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Dead_Dad <XXXspamtrap007@yahoo.comXXX>after crossing the finish line at
the Special Olympics proudly proclaimed:

>
> As of v.90, 269 use some form of dial, and 167 use a paddle. (I'm not
> sure exactly what the difference is.)
>

I'm wrong a lot, but don't paddles only turn 180 degrees?
--
FSogol

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FSogol wrote:
> Dead_Dad <XXXspamtrap007@yahoo.comXXX>after crossing the finish line
> at the Special Olympics proudly proclaimed:
>
>>
>> As of v.90, 269 use some form of dial, and 167 use a paddle. (I'm
>> not sure exactly what the difference is.)
>>
>
> I'm wrong a lot, but don't paddles only turn 180 degrees?

Not really, they do have a stop and start point, dial just spins. Most
paddles have more than a 180 degrees of change, I'm not sure about the
ones in MAME but it would be nice to know what the degree of arc they do
have....

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Dead_Dad's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
> FSogol wrote:
>> Dead_Dad <XXXspamtrap007@yahoo.comXXX>after crossing the finish line at
>> the Special Olympics proudly proclaimed:
>>>As of v.90, 269 use some form of dial, and 167 use a paddle. (I'm not
>>>sure exactly what the difference is.)
>> I'm wrong a lot, but don't paddles only turn 180 degrees?
> BINGO! That's right. Paddle = pot. I'd forgotten about that.

I've seen some that could turn 270 or more degrees, but dials/spinners the
difference is one has stopping points, the other doesn't. Thats the most
simplistic explanation.