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Mechanical rotary games (LS-30 or other)
Bermuda Triangle
Downtown
Gondomania
Guerilla War
Heavy Barrel
Ikari Warriors
Victory Road
Ikari III (horizontal)
Midnight Resistance (horizontal)
SAR Search and Rescue
Time Soldiers
TNK III
What about TopGunner - doesn't it have the option of using a rotary stick? Which one does it use?
They actually aren't "8-way" sticks. They are technically 12-way rotary switches. The games typically just interpret the change in input position, and display the player in one of 8 orientations, creating the illusion of an 8-way switch.
From what I read, the original Top Gunner doesn't, but there's a bootleg that does; and the bootleg is LS-30.
One of these days I'll pick up a set of LS-30s/etc and play Heavy Barrel all the way through. I can't remember if we ever made it all the way through BITD!
They are 8-way sticks. You can use them as you would any old 8-way stick. They just have the addition of the rotary component. So 8-way for movement, and 12 way for orientation (as you mentioned).
I have LS-30's in my machine, but I have an extra set of the Data East rotary sticks if you want them- cheap too!
Did Data East also make rotary sticks? I've seen the SNK LS-30, and Wico branded LS-30-compatible sticks.
Here they are- they have the DE logo on them: