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how to wire 4 joysticks on my cocktail cabinet? Separate or 2x2?

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Cenobyte:

I'm very exited to report that I'm going to build my first Mame cabinet!  :notworthy:

While my cocktail cabinet build kit is on it's way from NorthCoast Arcade Customs to my front door in The Netherlands (by shipping container, so it'll take a month or so) I'm doing my homework to get prepared for a swift build  ;)

The cocktail cabinet I ordered has 4 joysticks: 2 side by side sticks and one at each head of the table:



I'm also in the process of summing up all other stuff I need to order (joysticks, buttons, I-Pac, etc) but I'm not sure how to wire my joysticks/buttons. Do I wire for 2 players (two sticks parallel wired for each player) or do I wire for 4 players, each stick separate? When I think about it, I can't see the need for 4 players, because I don't know any games for 4 players in Mame and the 2 sticks on the head of the table are not very comfortable positioned to play 4 player games anyway? If I wire two sticks parallel I end up with only 2 player capability, but that will be enough, I guess??

There must be some other cocktail cabinet builders out there who can tell me how their cabinet is wired?  ;D

Thanks!


mgb:

Yeah,
It would makes sense to wire them parallel for 2 player. I can't see where you would get any benefit out of 4 players playing on that.

markronz:

Personally, If I had enough space on my keyboard encoder, I would wire them separately.  Then in your default MAME controls you could just set the two joysticks to be the same if you wanted them to anyway.   That way, just in case, you could have the controls be separate.   But if you don't have enough room on the decoder, probably not a big deal, you can wire them up together.  It's a preference I guess.   If you don't see a need for them to be separate ever, don't do it.

mgb:

Yeah but then you talking about spending more and getting an ipac 4 instead of a two.

leapinlew:


--- Quote from: mgb on February 14, 2011, 07:08:23 pm ---Yeah but then you talking about spending more and getting an ipac 4 instead of a two.

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Not to mention a lot of configuration on an individual per game basis

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