matthew954 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 OK, I have a copy of Star Wars Arcade coming, and am wanting to get the adapter for the Jag to use a PS/2 mouse. With cruising eBay, I've been coming across a lot of optical mice, rather than standard ball mouse. Will the optical mouse work on the Jag or does it have to use a ball mouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 As long as it does full PS2 over USB protocol it'll be fine. A lot of more modern mice do not support this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) There are PS/2 optical/laser mice... I know because I use one with my DOS PC... Edited February 9, 2020 by DragonGrafx-16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Ah sorry didn't see the PS2 adapter bit The above mouse I posted will work with one of the USB<>PS2 converter plugs, or directly with the USB adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 19 minutes ago, matthew954 said: OK, I have a copy of Star Wars Arcade coming, and am wanting to get the adapter for the Jag to use a PS/2 mouse. With cruising eBay, I've been coming across a lot of optical mice, rather than standard ball mouse. Will the optical mouse work on the Jag or does it have to use a ball mouse? Any fully PS/2 compatible mouse will work (once you have the PS/2 to Jaguar adapter, of course). Indeed, the one I test all of the adapters on is an optical mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew954 Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 How can I tell if its fully PS2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew954 Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Scrolled back above, and answered my own question lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I wonder if an optical mouse would control better in these games VS a trackball style mouse. I have the ST mouse adaptor and an ST Mouse, but out of curiosity; where can you get the Jaguar PS2 Mouse interface? Looks like they are sold out in the AA store. PM Albert to request or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Any links to known working devices by those in the know would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew954 Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 I just found a listing for the ps2 adapter on ebay. I think they're still made by MacRorie if the seller name is thebrewingacademy. Hell I even found a Jag to USB adapter to use with Virtual Jaguar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Can we pin a "Mouse Compatible Games List" by chance? I always find myself looking for this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ave1 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Here is a video I made on the subject. Make sure you check the description of the video by going to YouTube. There's more information there 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Is it possible to use mouse to play the Tempest 2000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 13 hours ago, amiman99 said: Is it possible to use mouse to play the Tempest 2000? No, but the rotary controller is great with Tempest.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 How does the rotary controller work, is it the same as mouse (using one of the axis?) Can I modify a Atari/Amiga mouse for that purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, amiman99 said: How does the rotary controller work, is it the same as mouse (using one of the axis?) Can I modify a Atari/Amiga mouse for that purpose? The rotary controller is usually a mod for the original Jag controller- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARusk Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 There's a code inside T2K that when activated will allow you to use rotary encoders for the game. You hook up the encoder to the left and right directions of the D-Pad to allow for the quadrature inputs. The game is pretty amazing with the right encoder setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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