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What Nebulon said, or... there's no "right" or "wrong" relative to this industry norm you've decided exists and can't or shouldn't be varied. There are dozens of very different controller layouts for arcade games and consoles. The best ones, I think, allow the user to customize to their abilities to maximize effectiveness.

There is no right and wrong way. A person's preference is a combination of innate and learned ability. This preference will vary between individuals, and could also vary depending on specific situations.

That was cool. Thanks. Gauntlet was/is a great game. It was interesting to see or participate in the game with 4 players.

O2 = Oxygen. You should get some. ... Magnavox Odyssey 2

I'll ignore the rest, and concentrate on this for a minute. Choose wisely... How many of these adapters do you think Nintendo would sell? Also, how much do you think it would cost Nintendo to engineer/develop this A/V adapter, even if 80% of it is already designed?

If you want to play a console that has RF output on a TV that doesn't support it, you either modify the console or use an adapter to convert the signal. If you want to play a console that has HDMI output on a TV that doesn't support it, you either modify the console or use an adapter to convert the signal. People have been modifying consoles and using adapters for many years. Some consoles are of course difficult or expensive or possibly impossible to modify in that way, so then your only option is to use an adapter to convert the signal. In the end, though, this is all really about choice. There are plenty of ways to be to play NES games right now. When the Mini comes out, you will have one more choice at your disposal - one more choice than you had before, so really life's good, and there's nothing to really complain about. The Mini even has a CRT mode to mimic the CRT/composite look. Once again, you can choose to enable it or not - more choices than you had before. Could the Mini have been better? Sure it could. It could everything that you want, except it would probably cost more than a Wii U, which would likely be a very unwise business decision.

Yep. The chips should be on the side with the label. When put into the Intellivision console, the chips will be facing up.

For Y axis: accel = gravity = some integer (say -4 (down)). set a velocity. If it's a throw upward, say +20 (up) when thrown. you have a start position say y=0 (bottom - may need to reverse if top is at zero). So at the point of a throw accel = -4, vel =20, y = 0, then after very frame... vel = vel + accel, for instance vel = 20 + -4 = 16, position = position plus vel, for instance y = 0 + 16 = 16. continue above for each frame. decide what to do when item falls to floor again. if x axis is used too, accel = 0, and set an initial velocity.

I've only skimmed the last few pages. Anyone want get me up to speed?

I just tested my button mashing ability with left hand versus right hand (I'm right handed). I got virtually the same results either way (and about the same as I could do in highschool with a calculator:1 + 1 =============== ). I also know that my right hand is better at controlled movement. Given those two, I prefer controls on the right, buttons on the left. Note that I have virtually no use for games that require regular and continuous use of more than 2 buttons, so that probably plays a factor. A few other notes... I've done a bit of searching, but haven't found much scientific evidence that suggests one hand should be better than the other for certain tasks. If someone has some good links on the subject, that'd be cool. I think, however, that training is a bigger aspect here than what science says should be the best way. It's also more complicated, because not only is the control varying left-right, there is also a change in controls, i.e. joystick-pad. I found a site that mentioned guitar. My right hand controls the frets, and yes, it took a fair bit of training to get my hand to go exactly where I needed it to go. That said, I can't underestimate the level of control that is required for the right hand. I think when playing guitar, my right hand is performing the more nuanced task... which leads to... I like what someone already mentioned... it depends on the task at hand. My right hand is better than my left hand for fine movements and for strength. The ideal solution (ignoring how I've already been trained) would be to use my right hand for the most complicated task. Often this will be for the controller, but there may be cases where the button pushing requires the more skilled hand.

If buying a Sony PVM and maybe BVM, be aware that some models have different resolutions. Mine has 250 lines, where if I bought a similar looking model, it could have 450 lines. The technical brochure will likely show the details.

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I meant left thumb... . My best results (I'm right-handed) are still with a joystick in the right hand and a button (or two) on the left. With stock controllers, I can't enjoy NES, SNES, or Genesis. I have the the arcade stick for the SMS, which is okay. I've somewhat got used to the analog control on the N64, but I sometimes still switch hands and hold it with thumb and finger. I guess I learned with Pong, early arcade games, ColecoVision, Atari 2600, and Atari computers.

I find it works okay for UL and DR, but not as well for UR and DL (for right left thumb). I guess for me, might as well attach a stick to the gamepad and make it a joystick (like my old PC joystick could do). edit: left thumb... .

But if I push between the up and the left on a "+" shaped gamepad, all I hit is air. Somehow one needs to mash both the up and the left at the same time, for instance by flattening a thumb to push both.

I'm not good at using gamepads. My biggest complaint is the "+" shaped ones... how am I supposed to move on a 45 degree angle?

Yep, I know him. PM on the way.

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The label and manual (and board) looks great!

I think we need a third Hover Bovver game next year.

If I'm there next year, I'll bring protective gear.

Except manslapping. That is not acceptable here.

I guess they knew that, too.