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Spinner games list

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Hi, list here games that use spinner, or are best played with spinner:

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Tempest/tempest -perfect for spinner(spinner+2buttons)
Tempest Tubes/temptube -as above(spinner+2buttons)
Tac/Scan/tacscan -scrolling shmup, nice use of spinner(spinner+2but)
Major Havoc/mhavoc -2D/3D shmup/maze, nice with spinner(x-axis roller+2buttons)
Star Trek/startrek like Battle Zone, ok for spinner(spinner+4buttons)
Cameltry/cameltry -perfect for spinner(spinner+1button)
Peggle/peggle-misc game(unknown, spinner best for play)
Puzz Loop/puzzloop-puzzle(spinner +1 button)
Beam Invader/beaminv -spinner controlled toughie space invaders clone (spinner+1button)

Pong/pong -all these type of games are great with... (spinner)
Super Breakout/sbrkout -why breakout not mamed? (spinner +button)
Straight Flush/sflush -breakout style with cards (spinner)
Free Kick/freekick (freekckb.zip working) -football(soccer) themed breakout game(spinner)
Arkanoid/arkanoid (spinner+1button)
Arkanoid-Revenge of DOH/arkanoid2 Arkanoid sequel, with some extra items(spinner+1button)
Arkanoid Returns/arkretrn Arkanoid sequel -97, with extra items(spinner+1button)
Off the Wall(Atari'91)/offtwall -arkanoid style (spinner+2button)
Off the Wall(Sente'84)/otwalls -Tennis, nothing to do with arkanoid type games (spinner+ x-axis joystick)
Riddle of Pythagoras/ridleofp -arkanoid style (spinner+1button)
Gigas/gigasb -arkanoid style (spinner+1button)
Gigas Mark II/gigasm2b -sequel to previous (spinner+1button)
Pop'n Bounce/popnbounc -arkanoid style puzzle (spinner/joystick)
VS Block Breaker/vblockbrk -arkanoid style (spinner+4?button)
Peek-a-Boo/peekaboo -arkanoid style pixel pr0n (spinner+2button)
Goindol/goindol -arkanoid style, pinball/caveman theme (spinner+1button)
Warlords/warlords -pong style, somewhat different(spinner+1button)
Circus/circus-bouncing clowns breakout style (spinner)
Clowns/clowns "
Kick/kick-umm breakout style but far...Best played with spinner(x-axis trackball +1button)
Avalanche/avalnche -catch falling snow (spinner)
Puchi carat/puchicar -modern breakout puzzle, Japanese style (spinner+1button)

Zektor/zektor -asteroids, excellent for spinner(spinner+2buttons)
Omega Race/omegrace-asteroids, good with spinner(spinner+2 buttons)
Cosmic Chasm/cchasm-asteroids, ok use of spinner(spinner+2 buttons)
Dark Planet/darkplnt-3D asteroids-ground/sky, bad use of spinner(spinner+3 buttons)
Blasteroids/blstroid -Asteroids, not very good utilization of spinner(spinner+3buttons)

Tron/tron -very good use of spinner(spinner+trigger stick)
Discs of Tron/dotron As Tron, but with pushdown spinner and thumb-button
Zwackery/zwackery -platform, hard to control, (same controls as dotron)
Kozmik Kroozr/kroozr -shooter (spinner+triggerstick)
Ixion/ixion-shooter, tanklike(spinner+triggerstick?)
Forgotten Worlds/forgottn -sidescrolling shooter(pushdown spinner+8wayjoy)
Wiz Warz/wizwarz -Tempest meets Robotron :P (spinner+triggerstick)

8-way rotary joystick: (could be played with triggerstick and spinner also, as Tron, most have 2 buttons though)
Ikari Warriors/ikari -as Commando but with Tron arm
Ikari III -the rescue/ikari3 " (with 3 buttons)
Victory Road/victroad "
Heavy Barrel/hbarrel "
Time Soldiers/timesold "
SAR- Search and Rescue/searchar "
Guerrilla War/gwar "
Midnight resistance/midres -sidescrolling fighter, platform
Bermuda Triangle/bermudat -up/down scrolling airplane shmup/shmdn
Gondomania/gondo -scrolling shooter
T.N.K.III/tank3 -scrolling shooter, tank
Downtown/downtown -scrolling fighter/beat'm up

720 degrees/720-skateboarding, spinner ok, original controls hard to emulate(directional spinning joystick+2buttons)
Two tigers/twotiger-airplane, ok with spinner(x-axis yoke with 3buttons)


Tournament Table/tourtabl -not working good at mame? (spinner)
Sheriff/sheriff -no analog options at mame, although game DID use...(joystick +pushdown-spinner )

Won't list obvious driving games here(Pole Position, APB,Hydra,Road Blasters etc..) Also only parent-rom is listed
Hope this list is for use for Marpers. I already discovered few fun new spinner games(new from 80's :lol: )
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Okay! Here is list that I know of...

Disc of Tron (same as Tron)
Forgotten World
Tac-Scan
Star Trek
Two Tigers
Warlords

Games with joystick with spinners built in (a.k.a. joystick knob).

Time Solider
Ikari Warrior (I,II,III)
Victory Road
Heavy Barrel

Game that I'm not quite sure...

Midnight Resistance

I think that BBH knows this game.

There is too many Arkanoid/Breakout clones out there...

Super Breakout
Circus
Clowns and so on......

I'm sure other will fill more details.

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Nice, I'll try check them out soon and edit my initial post when list grows 8) I guess no website lists these ok...just something about analog etc..

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Try looking under at WolfMame's menu on Control Menu and it will give you a list on games on controllers type games.

It may be a little out of date...

Good Luck!

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Ikari Warriors, and the likes of Midnight Resistance require what I think is known as a 'Rotary Joystick'.

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yeah heavy barel like games are "digital" spinners, with limited number of positions around the ring.

and ahem, PUZZLOOP! :) the newest arcade game i can think of that can use an arkanoid like spinner but isn't an arkanoid like game. but it's easier to learn that game with out a spinner i think, but i'm sure higher scores can be atained with proper spinner practice.

also KICK is a game that if i remember right was controlled by a two way track ball but could be used with a spinner.
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Spinner is optional with Puzz Loop. There is a game setting to use either a spinner or a joystick. Whether or not Puzz Loop 2 (not in MAME) is like this as well, I don't know.
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List edited...More?
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Ikari Warriors III - The Rescue
World Wars / Bermuda Triangle (Older version)
SAR - Search and Rescue
Guerilla War

also fall under the category of 8-way rotary joystick games.

I suck at most everything that requires a spinner, but I can play the rotary joystick games pretty well by using a mouse to aim and fire. Time Soldiers is one of my favorite arcade games ever. :)
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FOODF (food fight) although never was packaged with a spinner (had a analogue joystick) might be played OK with a spinner but not having one i couldn't really say if so or not. both puzzloop and kick are controlled by the spinner and 1-button. funybobl i believe does not have a spinner input mech at the moment, but might be added to the list later.

here's some more (not 100% sure if these are spinner usable but they look it)

breakout like:
avalnche
balcube
ghox
offtwalc
offtwall
peekaboo
sarukani(vblokbrk)
sflush
wiggie


--these might not be analouge enough to be used with spinners but they are breakout like:
usg185-08?
usg185-09?
usg32-bb?
usg83-bb?



2d tenis like:
ottwalls
spiker
tourtabl?
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balcube - joystick
ghox - trackball (since you move the character in more than two directions)
wiggie - joystick
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Dark Planet
Kozmik Krooz'r
Bandido
Zwackery

And I can't believe nobody listed Omega Race...
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Pop 'n Bounce has an controller option - Joystick or Paddle. Joystick is the default.
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Oh! I forgot about Major Havoc. That game use spinner and 2 arcade buttons if I could remember, correctly.

Thanks Al! I forgot about the rotary joystick. I would've called it joystick with a knob built in.

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