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#104023 - 09/07/2002 16:33 Motherf'n Breakout
visuvius
addict

Registered: 18/02/2002
Posts: 658
I love this game, i gotta say. Does anyone else play this game nearly as much as i do? Seriously, at this point its some sort of trained response. Once i stop at a red light, i immediately go to breakout -- my gf hates it.

The other day i had forgotten my Empeg at home, and about two or three times while at stoplights, i reached for the knob trying to get into Hijack so i could start breakout. bah!

I used to play with the remote only, but now i mostly use the knob. The problem with this however, is in almost every game, at least once, the knob will do that thing where it spins, but nothing happens. I've learned to view this handicapp as a feature of the game now.

My personal best is 11 seconds to "break out". yeah. me.

Mark, i love you man.

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#104024 - 09/07/2002 17:25 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: visuvius]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
the knob will do that thing where it spins, but nothing happens.

Is this the old knob-slipping-on-the-shaft problem? Or is the knob working and it's a software issue of some kind?
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#104025 - 09/07/2002 17:43 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: tfabris]
visuvius
addict

Registered: 18/02/2002
Posts: 658
i'm pretty sure its the "old knob-slipping-on-the-shaft problem"

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#104026 - 09/07/2002 18:03 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: visuvius]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
Your player is one of the older Mk2 models, then?

Contact David for a replacement knob with an O-ring. Or get yourself one of Brian's button kits.
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#104027 - 09/07/2002 22:38 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: tfabris]
justinlarsen
old hand

Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
i have the same problem, not the knob slipper software wise, ill turn the volume and 3 sec delay before it moves or dose anything, or ill move the volume down and 3 seconds later its silent becuase i didt know where it was going
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#104028 - 10/07/2002 01:45 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: visuvius]
thinfourth2
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
11 seconds that is damn good time for breakout
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#104029 - 10/07/2002 06:18 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: tfabris]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
Is David still sending those knobs out? I didn't think I needed it at first, but more and more (in this horrible heat D.C. is having) I find that I reeeally need it.
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#104030 - 10/07/2002 09:36 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: justinlarsen]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
ill turn the volume and 3 sec delay before it moves or dose anything, or ill move the volume down and 3 seconds later its silent becuase i didt know where it was going

That is a known software bug in 2.0 beta 11. To avoid it, you can downgrade to 1.03. That's about the only workaround I know for it at this time. It still isn't fixed in beta12, either, by the way.
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#104031 - 10/07/2002 09:50 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: tfabris]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
"I think I might show her my O-Ring.... You know what I'm talkin' about. Oh!!! Oh!!!! Oh!!!!"
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#104032 - 10/07/2002 09:51 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
Hey, that's for another thread
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#104033 - 11/07/2002 16:12 Re: Motherf'n Breakout [Re: visuvius]
eternalsun
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 09/09/1999
Posts: 1721
Loc: San Jose, CA
The breakout game seems to not be very randomized. The motions of the paddle doesn't impart a change of motion to the ball..... so as a result the same game is played every time. Is it just mine?

Calvin

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