X-Arcade Trackball Arcade Mouse Review

Last summer, I had the pleasure of reviewing the X-Arcade Two-Player Joystick, considered the top arcade joystick on the market by many. This time, I get to play more games and take a break from benchmarking to test the X-Arcade Trackball Mouse, the latest offering in XGAMING's high quality arcade peripheral arsenal.

A trackball uses the same buttons that you're used to on an arcade machine, but instead of a joystick, you use a large ball for movement. The ball resembles a cue ball, and you simply use your hand to move the ball around, which then controls your movement in a game. You may have seen a trackball used for some classic 1980s arcade games or perhaps for golf, pool or bowling games.

A trackball controller is a niche device, best-suited only for certain games, like Centipede, Marble Madness, Missile Command and others. Imagine using MAME to play Centipede or a bowling game and getting that authentic arcade feeling in your very own living room. That's what the X-Arcade Trackball is all about. You can actually use the Trackball to control any existing mouse-based PC/Mac game as well. That's right; the Trackball simply acts like a mouse when you hook it up to your PC or Mac. So, if a game supports a mouse, then you can use the Trackball instead without any drivers or software to install.

So, let's get this trackball...er, ball...rolling to see if X-Arcade's Trackball Mouse can help you relive classic arcade games and if this controller deserves to be on an arcade enthusiast's shelves beside the X-Arcade Joystick.