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Agent 3343: 1st project
Donkbaca:
No interface buttons other than exit. For everything else, use a keyboard and mouse stashed behind a coin door in the cabinet. You will never need anything other than exit if the cab is set up right.
eds1275:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on March 14, 2011, 08:36:58 pm ---You will never need anything other than exit if the cab is set up right.
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I'm putting a pause button on mine as well just because the beer tends to go right through me lol. Other than that, the exit game button is all I am going to have going on. I'm going to throw my vote out that you build by hand and take many photos. ESPECIALLY if you have kids. They will be proud of you and any little thing you can get them to help you with will be a magical experience for them. Of course you say 4 small kids, but that may mean the way-to-young kind of small.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on March 14, 2011, 08:36:58 pm ---No interface buttons other than exit. For everything else, use a keyboard and mouse stashed behind a coin door in the cabinet. You will never need anything other than exit if the cab is set up right.
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I don't know about that... I prefer to have P1 start, P2 start, pause and exit on all of my MAME cabs (and a power button usually on the back). It just makes life easier. I know you can use shift functions but it is just too confusing for guests. I guess it depends on who your audience is - I try making them as user-friendly as possible...
Donkbaca:
You can have pause too, but you don't need it. I don't consider P1 and P2 admin buttons. The power button should be someplace discreet, so wandering little eyes don't push it
I too am not a fan of shift buttons
agent3343:
As far as the kids go, they are somewhat young. (7, 5, 4, and 2 years old) I am thinking a kit may be more worth it as far as time and effort as I surely have the effort, but not much free time :(
I have used MAME before on the PC, but how well does the MAME interface work if I just put like an exit button somewhere and just use the joystick and game buttons to manuver around the menu's?
I also hear alot of talk about this front-end program (Masa I think its called??) What does this do?