I did a variation of what Retro Ralph did. I used a PC though so I could play all trackball games. The routing of the control deck was scary but it worked.

I used this trackball:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0818DTW7X?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

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Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-CK1QEzxcY