Any one know of a engaging game with two button control ?

[zinkpig]

Hi, I am conducting some experiments in my lab and need a simple but engaging game with two button control ( i can have the subjects do a left or right but not combinations of the two) for example tetris needs 4 buttons i.e. left,right,down, rotate. I would prefer to use some thing with a very basic graphics interface as the system is running some pretty intense computations in the background.


thanks !

 

[TheNinja]

Those old car games where the car could only go left or right and had to avoid running into other cars and road debris as it scolled by. Or a side action fighter that only goes up and down as other fighters and possibly "power ups" scroll by.

 

[zinkpig]

yeah those would be awesome.. any one know of a version that runs on windows as XP doesnt have a real DOS?

 

[DeadByDawn]

You might look into a program called mame32 , you might find a rom somewhere that will work for you

 

[Soybomb]

Pong? Up and down.

 

[HN]

arkanoid, left right

 

[So]

Pong!

 

[zinkpig]

Thanks for the responses . I would prefer Left - Right controls as the subjects are making a left or right hand movement. The response time is pretty slow actually. May be I should give some more details. We are trying to build a brain computer interface. We use the subjects brain waves to control the game. So we ask them to make a right or left movement and based on brain activity thats read with a magnetoencephalograph we estimate whether the subject made a left or right movement and then control the game. So all of this is very CPU intensive. So a simple game that has very slow response time is needed. I would also prefer to talk to the game with activeX, but that sno biggie. If i have the source I may translate it to matlab.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Tetris needs 3 buttons. Don't need a down.

What kind of game uses only 2 buttons? It would have to be a game where you only move left and right, and perform no other actions.

 

[Quasmo]

Wii Sports

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Tetris needs 3 buttons. Don't need a down.

What kind of game uses only 2 buttons? It would have to be a game where you only move left and right, and perform no other actions.

Left, right, down and rotate. Breakout sounds like it fits the bill perfectly.

 

[mrizvi66]

sonic?

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: mrizvi66
sonic?

LOL hold right and jump

 

[djheater]

Some arkanoid variant with no specials...

 

[BillGates]

Some type of pinball game would work - one button for each flipper. The plunger would be the tricky part to get rid of though.

 

[TackleDummy]

pong seems like a good bet. Just rotate the monitor if you can't get the orientation of the game to change on the screen.

 

[sao123]

your criteria pretty much eliminates even the most simplistic games.

With the exceptions being pong, breakout, and Circus Atari.

Nearly every Atari 2600 uses UDLR and 1 button

donkey kong... U D L R Jump
pitfall... U D L R Jump
Air/sea... U D L R Shoot
Combat... U D L R shoot
Stampede... U D L R Lasso
pac man... U D L R
frogger... U D L R

Original (non super) Mario Brothers is 3 buttons L R Jump
space invaders is 3 buttons L R Shoot

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: sao123
Nearly every Atari 2600 uses UDLR and 1 button

Hm, what about Warlords?

 

[kyzen]

pong, breakout, or a racing game seem your best bets.

 

[sao123]

I got it...

JEZZBALL.
Its only played with 2 buttons.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: sao123


your criteria pretty much eliminates even the most simplistic games.

With the exceptions being pong, breakout, and Circus Atari.

Nearly every Atari 2600 uses UDLR and 1 button

donkey kong... U D L R Jump
pitfall... U D L R Jump
Air/sea... U D L R Shoot
Combat... U D L R shoot
Stampede... U D L R Lasso
pac man... U D L R
frogger... U D L R

Original (non super) Mario Brothers is 3 buttons L R Jump
space invaders is 3 buttons L R Shoot

Super Mario has a duck (Down), speed run (B button), and shoot (fireballs, also B button) as well.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: sao123


your criteria pretty much eliminates even the most simplistic games.

With the exceptions being pong, breakout, and Circus Atari.

Nearly every Atari 2600 uses UDLR and 1 button

donkey kong... U D L R Jump
pitfall... U D L R Jump
Air/sea... U D L R Shoot
Combat... U D L R shoot
Stampede... U D L R Lasso
pac man... U D L R
frogger... U D L R

Original (non super) Mario Brothers is 3 buttons L R Jump
space invaders is 3 buttons L R Shoot

Super Mario has a duck (Down), speed run (B button), and shoot (fireballs, also B button) as well.

Ahem... Original Mario... Atari 2600 style. no mushrooms, no fire flowers.
Just Mario, 5 enemies, and his pow block.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: sao123
I got it...

JEZZBALL.
Its only played with 2 buttons.

But you still need to move your cursor...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: sao123


your criteria pretty much eliminates even the most simplistic games.

With the exceptions being pong, breakout, and Circus Atari.

Nearly every Atari 2600 uses UDLR and 1 button

donkey kong... U D L R Jump
pitfall... U D L R Jump
Air/sea... U D L R Shoot
Combat... U D L R shoot
Stampede... U D L R Lasso
pac man... U D L R
frogger... U D L R

Original (non super) Mario Brothers is 3 buttons L R Jump
space invaders is 3 buttons L R Shoot

Super Mario has a duck (Down), speed run (B button), and shoot (fireballs, also B button) as well.

Reading comprehension much?

 

[TheGizmo]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: sao123


your criteria pretty much eliminates even the most simplistic games.

With the exceptions being pong, breakout, and Circus Atari.

Nearly every Atari 2600 uses UDLR and 1 button

donkey kong... U D L R Jump
pitfall... U D L R Jump
Air/sea... U D L R Shoot
Combat... U D L R shoot
Stampede... U D L R Lasso
pac man... U D L R
frogger... U D L R

Original (non super) Mario Brothers is 3 buttons L R Jump
space invaders is 3 buttons L R Shoot

Super Mario has a duck (Down), speed run (B button), and shoot (fireballs, also B button) as well.

dumbass

edit: Pong FTW