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Grimoz:

Would it be strange for me to have 1 credit button for both players on my mame machine? The reason I ask is that I dont have a lot of room left on my control panel and I still need to place the player 1 & 2 buttons along with an exit button. This is my first real machine build and im pretty particular with what I do but this to me seems like it wouldnt be that big a deal, would I be likely to run into any problems running MAME with only 1 button?

Sorry if this is a dumb question!!!!!

DaveMMR:

Some games are "coin slot specific", though it's really not many (and you can always reconfigure MAME or use a shift button if necessary).   

I always say, the best way to get coin buttons off your panel is to use a coin door and/or these pushbuttons on the front of the machine: http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73&products_id=295

Jack Burton:

There's a dozen ways to go about this, but I think the easiest solution is to just use smaller buttons.  There's a few different kinds at radio shack, and there are 24mm buttons from Sanwa and Seimitsu.

Alternatively you could just use one button and have the other play use a shift function.  So player 2 would have to hold press Fire1 + credit in order to get a credit for player 2. 

OR you could put your credit buttons on the side of your CP.  I've seen that work for some people. 



Grimoz:


--- Quote from: Jack Burton on July 31, 2011, 04:18:39 am ---T
Alternatively you could just use one button and have the other play use a shift function.  So player 2 would have to hold press Fire1 + credit in order to get a credit for player 2. 


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Hmmm i never thought of that, good thinking, might look into that.

DaOld Man:

I dont know if your CP is overhanging the front of your cab, but if it is, you can put two buttons under there.
Thats what I did to have "hidden" credit buttons. It still has a coin door that works, but these hidden button are like coin cheat buttons that not everyone knows about.

http://skennys-arcade.blogspot.com/2007/04/coin-cheat-buttons.html

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