RE: omega race drawings

At 11:25 AM 8/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>>From: Zonn[SMTP:zonn@concentric.net]
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 1997 1:10 PM
>>To: vectorlist@goonsquad.spies.com
>>Subject: RE: omega race drawings
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>>Clay's last idea sounds like the most do-able to me, though I can see that
>>because of the free spin past the limits being ignored you can get yourself
>>to a point where you hand is all tweaked in one direction that is now
>>considered the new center.
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>>But even if you get something working I'll bet I can kick all your asses
>>using <left><right> <thrust><fire> while you guys fiddle around with trying
>>to get a spin knob to emulate subtle taps on the direction keys, when trying
>>to regain control after being blasted towards the "Bagel of Death" in
>>Eliminator!
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>Ha! With my new tri directional controller (plus turbo thruster
>button), I'll be flying circles around you!!
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>>Just out of curiosity isn't it cheaper and easier to wire up 2 $0.50 arcade
>>buttons than to find and program a Discs of Tron spin knob to act like them?
>>:^> ?
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>Look, Zonn, haven't you figured out that this has nothing to do with
>money, but instead has become a quest for the "ultimate" control! 8^)
>8^) 8^) Someone who's willing to spend $1K on the universal 33" XY
>monitor should understand this!

Only $1k? Where do I find one!! ;^)

I understand your quest, and that's my point. Your ultimate control sounds
to me like a dog when it comes to playing a game that uses Left Right Thrust
Fire.

Have you seen the Centipedes around that have been JAMMAtized into using a
joystick instead of a track ball? That to me is a good analogy, the games
playable, but *nothing* like the trackball version, but it does use a more
universal control panel.

Those subtle little taps on a key to change your flying angle "just a bit"
to be able to shoot around the "bagel" are not going to be doable on a spin
knob.
I'll bet a $100 that no one will be able to create a "Spin knob to
Left/Right" convertor algorithm that would allow anyone to win my brother in
Eliminator (He's much better than me. Hey, you can win me by just sitting
on the control panel, I lose in single player Space War! ;^)

-Zonn (the hustler)
Received on Tue Aug 5 11:45:50 1997