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MAME TIME:
just exit, no need for anything else, i barley even take out my keyboard, i never saw the reason for a pause button.
wweumina:

--- Quote from: MAME TIME on November 13, 2010, 12:53:55 am ---just exit, no need for anything else, i barley even take out my keyboard, i never saw the reason for a pause button.

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Depends on the games you play.  Anyone doing marathon Track and Field games will appreciate a toilet break every now and then..

I think the general consensus is that most people building a cab for the first time think they'll need about 5 admin buttons.  Most who've had one in from of them for a while think 0-2 (and those hidden or at least clearly labelled).
Marsupial:
they way I wired mine, if you don't have the admin key, its like a real arcade machine. no pause, no exit, no nothing. Real arcade machine.

Now, the key is for changing games or config, so the normal buttons are used with that and its great.
Plus, you never "accidentally" exit a game. Which is annoying.


Depends what you're trying to do.
If you want to recreate the look and feel of a reel arcade machine, admin shift key and no admin buttons.
If you want to rig up as many things you want on a cabinet, you're always welcomed to put 104 pushbuttons; its your rig.

This is really a personnal taste discussion...

I know that - kid or no kid - I wouldn't want admin buttons when it really is not required; shift function is the best to keep the original look and feel. So for me adding extra buttons is NOT desired.
LeedsFan:
I always remember the comment on the CrapMame site... "someone spilled a bag of Skittles across the control panel".  I sprayed coffee at that one!  :laugh2:

EDIT:   dug it out :p   http://www.wickedretarded.com/~crapmame/10.html
Osirus23:
No admin buttons. The Opti-Pac's shift functions take care of anything I need to do.
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