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Wrong controller for The Tin Star (Taito 1983)
#287576 - 05/24/12 01:28 AM


MAME listed a Double 8-way Joystick for Tin Star (Taito 1983).
But the control panel has a paddle and a 8-way Joystick. Correct?





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Re: Wrong controller for The Tin Star (Taito 1983) new [Re: MASH]
#287577 - 05/24/12 01:49 AM


There were 8 positions it snapped into. It wasn't analog like Tron. Not sure what the answer is but any change is not going to make it any easier to play.



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Re: Wrong controller for The Tin Star (Taito 1983) new [Re: Smitdogg]
#287578 - 05/24/12 01:53 AM


They are rotary dials, 8 position, turn and push to fire controls. Wild Western, Front Line and Tin Star all seem to share the same style of controls. Without the manuals handy, I have to assume each direction of the rotary dial is a direction, which changes the input port in much the same way as a joystick would based on it's direction. Neither of the games have been all that playable outside of the arcade control panel.



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Re: Wrong controller for The Tin Star (Taito 1983) new [Re: Smitdogg]
#287581 - 05/24/12 02:00 AM



uRebelscum (iirc ie: Robin M.) http://mametesters.org/view.php?id=2169
gave the explanation way back then.

I see it was never listed as to-do list within the source file.

http://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/taitosj.c.html


Whether the input can now be updated to match the actual control panel inputs at this time is another thing.


btw: I applaud his (Robin's) Gremlin's Frogs control input update/fix way back in 2004 when it was first spotted of actual input behavior for Frogs.




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http://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/taitosj.c.html


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http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1521

http://www.progettoemma.net/gioco.php?game=tinstar


0.35b6: Replaced M6805 CPU3 with M68705. Known issues: The aiming dial is emulated using a dual joystick setup.



http://mametesters.org/view.php?id=2169 Bugs:

- frontlin, tinstar, wwestern: Should Front Line be using a positional joystick device for its aiming? john_iv (ID 02169)
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