Control panel? N64 configuratuons

[beast8812]

I'm building a Mame cabinet that will play numerous emulators. One of the main ones being N64. Its going to be a 4 player panel and I want to be able to play 4 player games like goldeneye. Technically n64 has 9 buttons. I was gonna do 8 per person since playstation uses the second most with 8. Can I get away with that?  Should I just have it so I can plug in 64 controllers? How would I add that for four people?  This all pretty new to me and I'm trying to plan right the first time. I've seen a lot of examples where people only have 4 buttons for player 3 and 4 and I'm not sure how that would be enough if there playing any of the new emulators.  Anyways any help, ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 

[BobA]

A 4 player control panel will get extremely buy with 8 or 9 buttons.  For proper console play when you have that many buttons use a console controller plugged in via USB.

[DaveMMR]

I've seen a lot of examples where people only have 4 buttons for player 3 and 4 and I'm not sure how that would be enough if there playing any of the new emulators.  Anyways any help, ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 

Pretty much any games past the 16-bit era in consoles don't lend themselves well to hunching over arcade machine (also keeping in mind you have to start accounting for various analog controls).  The 4-button max is because the arcade 4-player games never needed more than four (even three if you don't care for Dungeons and Dragons).  So yeah, you'd be better off with plug-in controllers or a comfy couch for N64 games.

[beast8812]

Mod my phone screwed up and said my post weren't starting. Please merge threads. Sorry.

[beast8812]

Thanks for the input guys.