/vr/ - Retro Games

no they suck

god were those things ever a bitch

cleaning them were painful.

Hell no. No one ever liked those.

I hope and pray to GOD I never have to use a mouse with a ball again. Seriously.

Like, even in a nostalgic sense, I feel far from 'fond' of them.

No they're fucking horrible.

Now, old mechanical IBM keyboards on the other hand are great fun and do enhance the "retro feel" for me.

Mechanical mouses had their use 2 decades ago. I honestly would not like to use one ever again. It's a fucking pain to clean and maintain them. And after a while, they become almost permanently stiff no matter how many times you clean them. Plus, most of them were not designed to endure the wear and tear of today's users.

I've already tasted what it's like to use an optical mouse, and I'm not going back.

I used to collect the little rubber balls a while back. When I moved out, my mother threw them away. ;-;

I kinda want to try playing some games with one of those now.

I don't mind them. and It's kinda nice to feel the rumble of the wheel when moving it. If I was forced to use one, I wouldn't really care too much.
Cleaning them is a bit irritating, but it only needs to be done every other month or so.

Fuck no, that's as retarded as using filters on emulators

The issues with mechanical mice is often exaggerated. I have one and the only "problem" I have is adjusting mouse sensitivity for every new game.

No, and I don't fucking miss them either.

What I remember, was that they worked fine. Most of the issues where just large design flaws some brands had. Just like the N64 controller has a analog stick that will defect itself by design.
I actually wish somebody made modern ball mice.

No, but I do use pic related.

>>680131

This thing is gdlk

>>680131
Dunno how it performs but it looks a fucking mess.

I'll play Playstation games like Discworld 1+2, Quake 2, etc. with the Sony mouse.
It's awkward though, going from playing the superior PC versions, with a 6000+ dpi laser mouse.

>>680150
It's actually pretty great. Index/Middle fingers on the ball, thumb on left click, ring finger on right click. It takes a bit to get used to, but it's comfortable as fuck and precise too.

Does anybody know where I can download some good mechanical mouse filters for use with retro gaming?!?

>>680131
word up. I use this with my laptop. Don't really need much of a surface for it.

Also, it's god-tier for Scumm games. Currently playing through DOTT for the first time ever.

don't remember having any issues with it, just the occasional cleaning. Just like now, instead of getting dirt on the wheel, the feet of my mouse are gathering up all kind of things

I miss them, i enjoyed playing with the ball. Fun to clean, not very different from cleaning an optical mouse.

>>680131
Trackball master race.

No developer ever explicitly took the limitations of mechanical mice into account.

>>680027
I have about 20 of those balls in a little box somewhere. I have no use for then, yet.
Maybe I should label it 'mouse testicles'...
Also, cleaning them, picking off all that gunk and then having a mous that worked perfectly again was a very good feeling. Almost as good as peeling burned skin.

>>680547
At my job still use mechanical mice. everybody that works there were mad that the mouse was so slow and didn't respond. So when I was alone I took out the ball and cleaned it for dust. Then I told everybody "there I've fixed the mouse"
and everybody was like "WOW! you're like the computer tech wizard!"
sad thing is they were not being ironic

Nice straw man.

>all this ball mouse

And yet you fags are still using pig disgusting rubber dome keyboards.

>all this ball mouse hate

And yet you fags are still using pig disgusting rubber dome keyboards.

speaking of which, anyone have the .gif charts of different key types in mechanical keyboards?

>>681138
/g/ please go

>>679931
they kinda pissed me off btw

I use them with my old PCs. Only Microsoft mice, though.

>>679931
Optical mice do the same job as a ball mouse, with better results and no drawbacks like having to clean the goddamn things.

Ball mice were never intended to be used, but since the technology wasn't there for optic mice, we were forced to suffer through them for quite a while.

I have the original Intellimouse, the "first" mouse with a wheel.

>>680131
I use an M570, it's great.

>>680547
Protip: The plural of testicle is testes

>>680131
HA! My dad used to have one of these (Not same model) back in dem 90s PC vidya days.

>Hey 7 year-old Anon Jr., here's a fun game called Diablo!

To this day I'm still sure using this to play Diablo was Blizzard's intended "Hell" mode.

I'm still using them for some of my computers. I don't see why they receive so much hate, they work perfectly fine with me, and I don't have to clean them too often.

I remember in junior high, people would take the balls out and just steal them, then throw them around and shit, and the library staff would get SO pissed. Good times.

Ball mice are easy to clean. Just drop them in the dishwasher with no soap (or heated wash) and let them dry overnight. Two days if you're afraid. Do this with your keyboards as well.

I don't really mind them. If I had an old computer I would probably use one, but since all of my old ball mice are in a landfill somewhere I really can't go and get them.

>>681712
i like these for browsing the web, but fucking hell they cramp my hands so bad for any newer games, or anything where you need a fast reaction.

>>681658
Exactly what suffering? If you have a mousemat, they work perfectly. If you clean them once they get too dusty, they work perfectly.

>>679931

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Not joking, here. With one of those Logitech trackball mice, if you cover the trackball in a very thin layer of petroleum jelly and put it back on the mouse, you can use it like an arcade trackball. Great for games in MAME like Tempest, Golden Tee, and SegaSonic the Hedgehog.

The thin layer of vaseline makes the trackball "glide" like an arcade ones would but still allows for the mouse to pick up its movements.

>>681658
There was an optical mouse made in 1986 actually, but it required a special "mat" that would reflect the light back to the sensor or some shit, and it only worked in a specific orientation to boot.

>>679931
Two years ago I played Dark Forces 2 on an old pc and had to use a ball mouse. It wasn't that bad.

>>680131
My friend's youth pastor had one of these. I thought they were retarded until I used it for the first time. Goddamn it was comfy.

Why the fuck have I still not bought one?

>>679931

CONGRATULATIONS

This is the most pretentious hipster shit I've ever seen on this board

>>689383
that ball has mutton chops

The only thing I miss about ball mice was the weight shift when you lifted it off the mousepad.