[comp.sys.atari.8bit] trakball games

wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) (05/03/89)

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Quick question for the net -


I know Missile Command has hidden, built-in trakball support
(gotta press control-T to go into trakball mode). Does anyone know
of any other games that offer support for the trakball???


			-Ray

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slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey) (05/03/89)

In article <May.2.20.03.41.1989.5213@topaz.rutgers.edu> wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) writes:
>I know Missile Command has hidden, built-in trakball support
>(gotta press control-T to go into trakball mode). Does anyone know
>of any other games that offer support for the trakball???

I don't know of any, and don't think there are any either (this question 
has been asked here before).

Some games work well with the trakball in joystick mode anyway; like 
millipede and actually MC ain't bad.  Even tried it on the 2600 MC.
Trakball is pretty useless in some games, though, like pacman.

I use the commodore mouse now for a lot of this stuff, which works pretty
good in joystick mode, after my trakball started sticking.  (I was using
the tb as a mouse in some of my programs, but I need two buttons anyway).
(I gave up trying to get the mouse to run in proportional mode, too;
it is read through the pot inputs, and for some reason works on a commodore
but not on an atari.)
-Stan