Arkanoid controller

jilt · Post by **jilt** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:52 pm

When I had this game for my nes or snes (can't remember which) it came with a special controller. It had a dial like a dimmer switch and i think it had some buttons too. Has anyone tried to use one of these on this emulator yet? I managed to get my old snes pad to work and I got to thinking about that controller for arkanoid and how cool it would be to make one or get one working.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:12 am

IIRC the Arkanoid controller came with the NES version of Arkanoid.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:56 am

adventure_of_link wrote:IIRC the Arkanoid controller came with the NES version of Arkanoid.

You're right.

The SNES one supported mice, though.

Sadly, it doesn't work as well as it should because the game adjusts the mouse acceleration with ball speed, so you're never sure how far to move the mouse to get where you're going.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:44 am

That reminds me of Windows XP with its logarithmic acceleration scale, enabled by default. Friends can't succeed at FPS with that stuff, but I'm so used to it myself. Maybe if I get a trackball some day...