Arcade "Human Interface Feedback" List - Help Wanted
Stiletto
etc. would be great.
Arcade Human Interface Feedback List *ROUGH DRAFT*
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I.) Purpose
An attempt to make a list - as complete as possible - of all the arcade
games that used some kind of feedback in their design (this includes
moving/motorized cabinets) and the different kinds of feedback that
they used. The outcome of this will be a hardware abstraction layer
for the MAME source code to implement force-feedback and vibration
effects in multiple OS's, and eventually cabinet/seat
rotation/motorization and other forces in the games that supported them.
"The List" represents all possible combinations of hardware used in
cabinets of arcade games for games that had these effects.
II.) Comments
The original behaviour of a steering wheel is irrelevant for an
emulator programmer, all that matters is analyzing how the car reacts
to changes in the input adresses, and then writing a small procedure
which handles the arcade-to-PC analog behaviour conversion. The only
case when this conversion cannot be done is when the cabinet that is
being attempted to be emulated uses a spinner. The only information an
emulator can give is if that particular cabinet used a spinner or not.
It will not tell you if the wheel had a spring (self-centering), and it
will not tell you if the wheel has force-feedback (the "motor cpu ok"
message is not clear, it could be referring to the cockpit). The
difference between OutRun and Daytona USA is probably in the motor cpu
code, but the motor could even be the same in both games.
To attempt to make a complete database of these games is very hard, for
multiple reasons:
1.) You can have all these different behaviours in the same game.
2.) The information may not be available to the public.
3.) The code of the game may not even give you the information, so
emulators may not be of much help.
4.) There may be variants of the game that have already disappeared
from the world.
5.) Some, but not all, the information may be available.
6.) You may receive lots of contradicting information.
For example, Top Speed had 4 different cabinets, and the cabinet type
was selectable via dipswitches A1 and A2.
A2A1 - 00 (Sit-Down with good wheel)
Motor: No
Pedals Type: Analog
Wheel Type: Normal
A2A1 - 01 (Sit-Down with bad wheel)
Motor: No
Pedals Type: Analog
Wheel Type: Spinner
A2A1 - 10 (Upright)
Motor: No
Pedals Type: Digital
Wheel Type: Spinner
A2A1 - 11 - (Deluxe Motorized Sit-Down)
Motor: Yes
Pedals Type: Analog
Wheel Type: Normal
Examples of Input Devices (yet to be implemented in The List):
Possible Types of Steering Wheels:
1) Self-Centering
Has Limit: Yes
Has Spring: Yes
Has Motor: No
Behaviour: based on angle/position
Example: Special Criminal Investigation
2) Force-feedback
Has Limit: Yes
Has Spring: ? (Someone that owns one for PSX/PC will know)
Has Motor: Yes
Behaviour: based on angle/position
Example: Daytona USA, Out Run
Examples of Database Entries (yet to be implemented in The List):
Title: R-360
Feedback available on all cabinets: Yes
Motorized Joystick/Wheel: No
Motorized Cabinet: Yes
Rotation Angle: x-axis 360º; z-axis 360º
Subwoofer Vibration: No
Title: Power Drift
Feedback available on all cabinets: No
Motorized Joystick/Wheel: No
Motorized Cabinet: Yes
Rotation angle: z-axis 90º
Subwoofer Vibration: No
Title: Galaxy Force II
Feedback available on all cabinets: Yes
Motorized Joystick/Wheel: No
Motorized Cabinet: Yes
Rotation angle: y-axis 270º
Subwoofer Vibration: No
III.) Categories
A.) Subwoofer Vibration - a.k.a. "Rump Thumper"
B.) Vibrating Wheel
C.) Vibrating Joystick/Other
D.) Resistive or Motorized Wheel
E.) Resistive or Motorized Joystick/Other
F.) Motion Cabinets
1.) Cabinet Rotation Angle
G.) Force-Feedback Guns
H.) Force-Feedback Joystick/Other
I.) Force-Feedback Wheel
1.) Type of Wheel Feedback
J.) Motion Seat
K.) "Tilting Body" Control
L.) Vibrating Guns
M.) Vibrating Cabinet
N.) Vibrating Seat
*Definitions/Merging/Diverging/Additions/Subtractions Yet to be done to
Categories and "The List"*
IV.) The List
18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker - I
Ace Driver - F, I
Afterburner - C, F (in sitdown)
Afterburner II - C, F (in sitdown)
Ajax - C
Alien 3 - The Gun - G
Alpine Racer - K
Alpine Racer 2 - K
Alpine Surfer - K
Arctic Thunder - I
Battlezone - A?
Burning Rush - I
California Speed - I
Cisco Heat - I
Club Kart - I
Crazy Taxi - I
Cruisin' U.S.A. - F, I (in single player)
Cruisin' World - F, I (in single player)
Daytona USA - I, J (tilting, in projection cab)
Daytona USA 2: Battle On The Edge - F, I, J (moving, in projection cab)
Daytona USA 2: Power Edition - F, I, J (moving, in projection cab)
Dirt Dash - I
Double Axle - I
Enduro Racer - K
F1 Exhaust Note - I
Ferrari F355 Challenge - I
Galaxy Force - F
Galaxy Force II - F
Gale Racer - either B or F, not sure; J (according to KLOV)
Gunblade NY - G
Hang-On! - K
Hard Drivin' - I
Harley Davidson and L.A. Riders - K
Hydro Thunder - A
Indy 500 - A, I
Jambo! Safari - I
L.A. Machineguns - Rage of the Machines - L, M
Mechanized Attack - L
Metal Hawk - F
Metal Maniax (prototype) - I, A
NASCAR Arcade - I
Offroad Thunder - I, A
Operation Thunderbolt - L
Operation Wolf - L
Operation Wolf 3 - L
Out Runners - I
OutRun - B, J (in sitdown), F
Outrunners - I
Power Drift - F
Prop Cycle - K
R-360 - F
Race Drivin' - I
Rad Mobile - either B or F, not sure; J (according to KLOV)
Rapid River - J
Rave Racer - I
Revolution X - G
Ridge Racer - I
Ridge Racer 2 - I
Ridge Racer R - I
Ridge Racer V: Arcade Battle - I
Road Riot 4WD - A
Rolling Star Fire - F
S.T.U.N. Runner (prototype, sitdown) - (B or I) w/ (A, J, or N) (not
sure)
San Francisco Rush - I
San Francisco Rush 2049 - A, I
San Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition - I
Scud Race - I
Scud Race Plus - I
SEGA Rally Championship - I, F (in projection cab)
Sega Super GT - I
Shrike Avenger - F
Skier's High - K
Space Harrier - H?, F
Special Criminal Investigation - I
Star Wars (kit) - J
Star Wars (prototype) - J
Starblade - A, J
Steel Talons - A, J
Super Monaco GP - I, J
Terminator 2 - G
Thunder Blade - C
Tokyo Wars - A, J
Top Skater - K
Turbo OutRun - F
Under Fire - G
Vertigo - F
Victory Lap - F, I
Virtua Racing - I, J (in single player cabinet - moving bits to
simulate G-forces)
Wave Runner - J, K
Wave Shark - J, K
WEC LeMans - I
Unknown - another driving game that has I, F (with at least three
degrees of freedom - forward/back tilt, side-to-side tilt, and full
360° rotation), and room for a passenger.
Unknown - a Namco game - J (jet-ski).
V.) Resources Used For Information
KLOV
Mame.net Messageboards
rec.games.arcade
rec.games.arcade.collecting
Retrogames.com Messageboards
Thanks!
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