New aquisition: Xenophobe - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Sep 2002

You can always build your own panel. I have friends who run MAME on a PC
using real arcade controllers. Happ Controls (http://www.happcontrols.com/)
sells buttons, joysticks, trackballs, even coin input boxes. Not necessarily
cheap to buy all the parts from them, but they are the real things.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Sell [mailto:msell@ontimesupport.com]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:40 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: New aquisition: Xenophobe

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...
 >I do both.  MAME is portable, but MAME on a PeeCee
keyboard can't match
>the feel of real buttons, etc. 
...
 Yea - no kidding. Try playing Robotron on a PC.... Or
Star Wars (using keyboard)

...
 >The other issue of emulators vs the real thing is
odd controllers - 
>spinners come to mind immediately: Tempest, Star Trek and Arkanoid.
>Xenophobe is another, because of the thumb buttons.  I've played it
>with MAME (and on my Lynx) and it's not the same feel.  It's much
>smoother with the original hardware. 

...
 I also like putting quarters in my machines. It's
sort of a savings account for my addiction.
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