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by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/30/2006, 3:25am PST |
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Fussbett wrote:
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=268
See that? It fits into a standard fucking BUTTON HOLE. Genius. Plus a wide selection of knobs including a mini steering wheel. You're $200 away from a Sprint/Badlands cabinet.
Fitting in the button hole IS genius. I will give him that. Well, I mean that it's the sort of design that we can appreciate, in our thirties, like how old hackers appreciated the original Apple when they received it. I don't know how he's getting the resolution he claims without gears.
My brother bought me the Apache Controls push/pull spinner for Christmas and it's great. There is an enormous thread over at arcadecontrols.com with some of the most autistic people in the world talking about spinner resolutions. It doesn't surprise me to learn that the GroovyGear guy is trumpeting his advances in Arkanoid. Apparently there are three levels of gears on Arkanoid providing an enormous level of resolution, easily the most for any game anyone still talks about. I get that people have certain arcade games they are obsessed with - the GG guy likes Arkanoid in the same way I cream all over Discs of Tron. The problem is...
Arkanoid fucking cheats!
It is a rat BASTARD of a game. It is a miserable, skeeving, cheating bitch and you should only reconcile with it long enough to tie it to the bedpost and shit on its chest. Don't even get me started on the sequel. The Revenge of Doh is obvious: collision detection between your platform and the ball will simply be ignored whenever it suits that horrible game. The original is playable but filthy. Doh is a giggling guttercunt that should make you put boxing gloves on before playing because you'll definitely be punching it and why not cushion those blows.
I get that I'm crazy. I've got spinners in three forms around here -- I'm as mental as the rest of those yammering shut-ins on arcadecontrols. I am one of them and that's fine. But I at least let a game that does not cheat drag me down into a pathetic heap. Cheap-ass shit. HEY LET ME SHOW YOU MY CUSTOM ROAD RASH CONTROLLER
We're also rapidly reaching the point where there are more spinners in production than there were games that used spinners.
SPINNERS
Oscar Vortex
Oscar Model 3
SlikStik Tornado
Oscar Pro
Oscar Up/Down
Apache Blackhawk
Apache Push/Pull
TurboTwist
TurboTwist 2
EZ Arcade Spinner
ArcadeGames4U Cyclone Spinner
GAMES THAT USED SPINNERS
Tempest
Arkanoid
Arkanoid II: The Revenge of Doh
Tron
Discs of Tron
Pong
Warlords
the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey! |
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The Control Panel Files by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/22/2006, 4:37pm PDT 
Re: The Control Panel Files by Fussbett 06/24/2006, 8:58am PDT
Re: The Control Panel Files by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/24/2006, 1:41pm PDT
Re: The Control Panel Files by motherfuckerfoodeater 06/24/2006, 11:09pm PDT
The Apache spinner is on sale and reviewed. by Fussbett 07/03/2006, 4:30pm PDT
WHAT IS A PUSH/PULL SPINNER? (logs) by Fussbett 07/06/2006, 8:22pm PDT
Re: The Control Panel Files by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/05/2006, 2:23am PDT
Right behind you, buddy! by Fussbett 07/06/2006, 9:19pm PDT
16450 Asteroids NT by Fussbett 07/08/2006, 12:21am PDT
Happ Ultimate installed on the test plank by Fussbett 07/11/2006, 8:40pm PDT
It's ERECT!!! by Fussbett 07/16/2006, 10:11pm PDT
"Mommy, what are those two Sega systems doing TO THE EXTREME?" NT by "They're BLAST PROCESSING, dear." 07/16/2006, 10:16pm PDT
Re: It's ERECT!!! by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/17/2006, 12:39am PDT
Re: It's ERECT!!! by Fussbett 07/17/2006, 8:24am PDT
Home Depot has summer hours, but no sunny moods. by Fussbett 07/19/2006, 1:54am PDT
Re: Home Depot has summer hours, but no sunny moods. by Joe M 02/22/2013, 3:51pm PST
Why would you choose the TurboTwist over the SlikStick Tornado? Just the $20? NT by Fussbett 07/08/2006, 4:39am PDT
Why would you choose the TurboTwist over the SlikStick Tornado? Just the $20? by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/08/2006, 11:56am PDT
I've got a good-looking knob you can spin on NT by One more obvious joke guy arriving 07/08/2006, 9:30pm PDT
Right on the button. Anyone else want some? NT by Quentin Beck 07/08/2006, 10:00pm PDT
Here's the problem with the TurboTwist by Fussbett 07/17/2006, 12:19am PDT
PUSH PULL IT IS, BABY!! NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/17/2006, 12:28am PDT
GroovyGameGear owner slams Apache spinner by Fussbett 08/16/2006, 3:16am PDT
Re: GroovyGameGear owner slams Apache spinner by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/18/2006, 2:08am PDT
TurboTwist: arrived, installed by Fussbett 10/09/2006, 3:19am PDT
Re: TurboTwist: arrived, installed by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/09/2006, 12:05pm PDT
Re: TurboTwist: arrived, installed by Ray of Light 10/09/2006, 1:01pm PDT
Spinner speed FIXED by Fussbett 01/13/2007, 6:24pm PST
TurboTwist 2 debuts -- makes other spinners look like DOGSHIT! by Fussbett 12/30/2006, 2:35am PST
I have a spinner update, too! by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/30/2006, 3:25am PST
Does it have to be MAME? There's LOTS of superior arkanoid clones out there by Mischief Maker 12/30/2006, 4:14pm PST
Arkanoid needs to be beaten, not sidestepped. NT by Fussbett 12/31/2006, 2:38am PST
Arkanoid by Fussbett 12/30/2006, 5:45pm PST
Re: Arkanoid by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/26/2009, 10:36pm PDT
Full DUAL sealed-ball bearing design provides for maximum shaft stability. by Entropy Stew 01/14/2007, 5:26pm PST
TurboTwist spinner, two and a half years later by Fussbett 06/26/2009, 8:49pm PDT
Corrected spacing by Fussbett 06/26/2009, 8:51pm PDT
blow in the end of the cartridge? Pour water on it? NT by Entropy Stew 06/26/2009, 9:56pm PDT
If it's any consolation... by Mischief Maker 06/26/2009, 10:36pm PDT
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