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keilmillerjr:

--- Quote from: RandyT on March 22, 2013, 11:55:33 am ---
--- Quote from: keilmillerjr on March 22, 2013, 11:10:11 am ---The iPac has a shift function where you hold one button down and press another, and it acts like a different keystroke. I'll be using that function to have a "secret" way of dropping coins without inserting an actual coin.

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In MAME, they are all "secret" unless you can get into the admin section.   :)

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By secret I just meant that there will not be a dedicated button for it. Unless I told some one how to do it, they would never know. That's all. Trying to keep it as authentic as possible.
RandyT:

--- Quote from: keilmillerjr on March 22, 2013, 12:07:08 pm ---By secret I just meant that there will not be a dedicated button for it. Unless I told some one how to do it, they would never know. That's all. Trying to keep it as authentic as possible.

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The MAME method does this as well.  In fact, MAME doesn't care how many buttons you use in a combo.  It could be two, three or more.  But obviously, you would want to assign them to combinations which wouldn't be pressed in the course of normal use.
Vigo:

--- Quote from: RandyT on March 22, 2013, 12:28:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: keilmillerjr on March 22, 2013, 12:07:08 pm ---By secret I just meant that there will not be a dedicated button for it. Unless I told some one how to do it, they would never know. That's all. Trying to keep it as authentic as possible.

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The MAME method does this as well.  In fact, MAME doesn't care how many buttons you use in a combo.  It could be two, three or more.  But obviously, you would want to assign them to combinations which wouldn't be pressed in the course of normal use.

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Yeah, I agree. It is a really handy feature for people who don't want admin buttons....and for people with children. For my kid's machine, I use 3 button combos quite a bit for the admin functions to keep him from accidentally changing the settings or quitting the game when he slams around on games.
brad808:
This reminds me I need to change the combination I use for pause on my candy cab. Currently I use start + button 3 but lots of shmup games use button 3 as bomb and when I un pause it wastes a bomb on me. Simple solution just to move it to start + button 6 but I haven't remembered around the machine yet.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Vigo:
I personally use start + Right on joystick for pause. Just throwing that out as an option because I know it can be a stretch to hit start + button 6 with one hand. :)
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