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wivelden:

Can someone tell me if the vertical MAME games require only two buttons or do some require three/four buttons.
This will help me in designing my control panel layout for my cocktail cabinet.
Thanks

Drnick:

There are a fair chunk of games that can be set vertically that use 5 or 6 buttons.  But for the most part 4 should be plenty and covers things like all the metal slug games :)  So I would go with 4 buttons.

Nephasth:


--- Quote from: Drnick on March 05, 2012, 08:36:40 am ---But for the most part 4 should be plenty and covers things like all the metal slug games :)  So I would go with 4 buttons.

--- End quote ---

 ??? The Metal Slug series is horizontally oriented...

I say go with 3 buttons to cover vertical shmups.

paigeoliver:

Can you name ONE 5 or 6 button vertical game. There certainly isn't a "good chunk". This is the sort of thing that I tend to be pretty knowledgeable about and I can't come up with a single one. Granted I haven't updated my copy of mame in over 5 years, but I really doubt 5 and 6 button vertical games suddenly started getting added left and right. I don't think Drnick knows what a vertical game is.

Are you using a 4-way or 8-way stick?

If you are using a 4-way stick then you need 2 buttons unless you want to play Mouse Trap in which case you need 4.

If you are using an 8-way stick then you should have at least 3 buttons but you will need 4 if you want to cover every possibility (Vanguard).

NOP:

I concur with the 3 button suggestion:
http://waste.org/~winkles/winterMAME/pix/IMG_0145.jpg

3 buttons and u360's will do you very well, especially ones in cocktail mode.

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