Re: playing the games: Tron and Gorf, Star Wars and other


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Posted by dave on 1, 2000 at 11:35 AM:

In Reply to: Re: playing the games: Tron and Gorf, Star Wars and other posted by Krusty on 1, 2000 at 10:50 AM:

: You get used to whatever is available at the time. As long as all games of the same name are uniform, usually it isn't a problem.

+ okay, that makes sense... i saw a tron machine for sale somewhere online and really wanted it until i remembered that the joystick is on the right.... ah well, i'm weird i guess.

: Yes, you could only have one shot on the screen at a time. If you fired, it would cancel the other shot and start the new one from the bottom again. I bet that was really frustrating for people who just pounded the fire button...

+ that would be me. exactly why i asked the question too... hahahaaa yep, i'll take a galaga machine and pound away at the button instead...

: I think Roadblasters, STUN Runner, and Hydra used a similar control, although I don't remember if they had the vertical axis set up on them. You'd be better off getting one that worked with Star Wars, because I'm sure it would work with the others as well.

+ this is what i'm thinking. You know, that is a neat consideration, people who have the space and knowhow could make several MAME machines, each having a theme... one for space/flying shooters with joystick and fire button(s), one for driving/flying shooters with the steering/yoke, one for games like tempest and arkanoid, with the spinner, and then trackball games! it'd be a multimachine arcade all to itself. Like, my NES cabinet is going to be predominantly games like 1942 and lifeforce and xevious, because with turbofire and a joystick you can't beat that kind of gameplay.

thanks for the feedback!




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