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Neo Geo Mame Cabinet Project... Assistance required!!! :)
M.Lanza:
The only admin button you really need is an exit button
and that one can be hidden so that it doesn't clutter the control panel.
A lot of people have "coin" buttons, but most games have a freeplay
feature anyway, so there's really no reason to have one.
It just depends on whether you want something that is indistinguishable
from an arcade machine, or whether you just want to have a box that
just happens to be able to play arcade games.
swirlee:
I just want this thing to be able to play the widest range of games possible with this setup. I just see all these MAME cabs with ridiculous amounts of buttons separate from the standard "street fighter controls" and it confuses the crap out of me.
Best example I could find on short notice.
Oh I also wanted to mention that I want to put an xbox 360 in this thing as well and have it connected to the controls. Would be fun playing SFIV on live. :)
releasedtruth:
If you have 6 buttons and 2 8-way joysticks you'll have a wide array of games, but will be missing many of the classic 4-way games, spinner games, analog and so forth. I made a similar choice initially and only recently added a spinner and 6" driving wheel. Add some guns with no control panel clutter and you likely won't miss Ms. Pac Man all that much....
jimmy2x2x:
--- Quote from: releasedtruth on October 02, 2010, 05:15:09 pm ---If you have 6 buttons and 2 8-way joysticks you'll have a wide array of games, but will be missing many of the classic 4-way games, spinner games, analog and so forth. I made a similar choice initially and only recently added a spinner and 6" driving wheel. Add some guns with no control panel clutter and you likely won't miss Ms. Pac Man all that much....
--- End quote ---
Why miss out on those games? Get a stick that can switch between 4/8 way like a Sanwa JLW or JLF or a Seimitsu LS32.
The LS32 comes with a 3 way gate to support 2/4 and 8 way restriction, IMO its the most responsive traditional microswitched joystick.
AFAIK some of the enthusiast (not in use in actual arcade machines) joysticks cope very well with 4 way games, but I haven't tried any of those.
BurgerKingDiamond:
It really depends on what games you like to play... In other words, don't put a spinner on there just for the hell of it if you know that you are probably never gonna play spinner games. I guess that is pretty obvious though...
Here are some good examples of what NOT to do.
http://wickedretarded.com/~crapmame/
I was on the ultimarc website the other day and I noticed this joystick they have that you can switch to the 4 way restrictor without have open the panel at all. I think you just pull up on the stick and then twist it 90 degrees or something. That sounds pretty cool. Especially if you are into the old 4 way games like DK and Pac Man. An 8 way just doesn't really cut it for those games. The diagonals will screw you up.