Arcade games that utilized a trackball..

**Sothy** · 02-02-2005, 01:13 AM

Or more precisely mame roms that make good use of the mouse.

I love Cabal. Not to understate this fact I would marry have sexual relations with and murder for insurance money THIS game if such a thing was physically possible.
And it uses the mouse to replace the trackball gameplay. I crave more gaming goodness like it.

Can anybody recommend some good arcade mame games that used the trackball ie mouse support My basic list would be:

CABAL "worship my gameplay goodness"
Missile command
Arkanoid
discs of tron
.... cant think of more.

please add.

**Jibbajaba** · 02-02-2005, 01:14 AM

Centipede, and I assume Millipede.

Chris

**goatdan** · 02-02-2005, 01:21 AM

Crystal Castles

**tony_good** · 02-02-2005, 02:18 AM

Snake Pit

Marble Madness

Golden Tee (year) (golf arcade games)

Gimme a Break (a pool sim)

**Cryomancer** · 02-02-2005, 03:59 AM

http://www.senit.org/devices/easyball.htm

This thing is awesome for trackball games in MAME, got mine for 3 bucks at goodwill. Bowling and marble madness rock with this.

**Phosphor Dot Fossils** · 02-02-2005, 05:02 AM

Kickman uses a sort of pseudo-trackball - it only moves side to side. Like a trackball roasting on a spit. Mmmmmm.

**davidbrit2** · 02-02-2005, 08:05 AM

Reactor and Quantum are both excellent in this respect. Also try Major Havoc.

**SirDrexl** · 02-02-2005, 08:34 AM

The Irritating Maze

**Flack** · 02-02-2005, 08:57 AM

A few I see missing:

Atari Football
Ataxx
Capcom Bowling
Rampart

Lots of bowling games.
Lots of golf games.

**Funk Buddy** · 02-02-2005, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Flack

Atari Football

AKA the most hand pinchinest game ever made IMO.

**Arcade Antics** · 02-02-2005, 09:56 AM

Sothy my friend, have I got the game for you:

CHILLER.

You'll love it. And pretty much and Exidy shooter - Crossbow, Cheyenne, etc. (Yes, I know the original versions didn't use a trakball, but...)

Also, you'll want to check out the sequel to Cabal - Blood Brothers. (This arcade game did use a trak ball.)

**youruglyclone** · 02-02-2005, 09:58 AM

the sonic arcade game uses a trackball, has system16 support been integrated into mame yet?

**norkusa** · 02-02-2005, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Arcade Antics

Sothy my friend, have I got the game for you:

CHILLER.

Oh man, I love this one! Plays perfectly with a mouse too. It's great how you can shoot the flesh and body parts off the corpses. So many things to kill. I wish they would re-make this one.

**XxMe2NiKxX** · 02-02-2005, 10:35 AM

The Golden Tee games used the trackball to control the spin on the ball.

**bargora** · 02-02-2005, 10:42 AM

I can't think of any that haven't been mentioned here, but I just wanted to give a shout out to CABAL! Easily one of the awesomest games to come out of the late 80s. (Unfortunately, the NES version just doesn't do it justice.)

**Graham Mitchell** · 02-02-2005, 02:00 PM

You know, I was playing Crystal Castles a while ago, and wondering why the trackball never took off on home systems. Crystal Castles gives you some of the most precise control I've ever seen in a game. You can move Bentley Bear slow as a slug, or have him on the opposite side of the screen in a second, and it can be done easily without learning the microsurgical technique necessary to get the most out of traditional console analogue joysticks. Could you imagine a game like Mario 64 played with a trackball? I think it would work great, and the only reason I think it was never really tried is because it would look wierd. Modern games prefer a more realistic appearance than having your character magically float over the landscape at 900 mph. But it would be cool if they tried it!

**bigdaddychester** · 02-02-2005, 02:02 PM

A version of Track and Field from Konami came with a track ball.

**Sothy** · 02-02-2005, 03:17 PM

CHILLER.
Crossbow, Cheyenne
Blood Brothers
Snake Pit

Gonna try trackin these down thanks doodz.

**RockyRaccoon** · 02-02-2005, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Sothy

Or more precisely mame roms that make good use of the mouse.

I love Cabal. Not to understate this fact I would marry have sexual relations with and murder for insurance money THIS game if such a thing was physically possible.
And it uses the mouse to replace the trackball gameplay. I crave more gaming goodness like it.

Can anybody recommend some good arcade mame games that used the trackball ie mouse support My basic list would be:

CABAL "worship my gameplay goodness"
Missile command
Arkanoid
discs of tron
.... cant think of more.

please add.

SegaSonic the Hedgehog uses a Trackball. :-)

**Neil Koch** · 02-02-2005, 04:43 PM

If you like Cabal, then you'd also like Blood Brothers. It's basically the same game set in the old west.

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