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4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« on: March 17, 2014, 07:10:24 am »
Hi Folks,

I am looking to build a bartop cabinet as a gift and was only going to use one 4-Way Joystick and three buttons (not including Admin Buttons) for the cabinet.  The theme will b based around Galaga, but I would like to add some other games to the mix.  Can anyone suggest some games that would be best suited for the use of a 4-way joystick only cabinet?
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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 07:50:23 am »
You can use ROMLister to find all 4-way joystick games (or any other combination):

http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/

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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2014, 10:38:49 am »
I can't think of a 4 way game that used 2 or more buttons.  :dunno


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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2014, 11:39:25 am »
Here is a list of 208 games:

http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/486

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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2014, 01:02:36 pm »
Yeah, I can't think of a single 4-way game that uses more than 2 buttons.  Not saying there aren't any, but they sure can't be very common. 


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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2014, 01:06:42 pm »
You can use ROMLister to find all 4-way joystick games (or any other combination):

http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/
This.  It will give you one list with the parameters you specify.  I can't do it on my work PC but am curious how many there are.

MAWS used to be able to do this too....

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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2014, 01:45:31 pm »
I can't think of a 4 way game that used 2 or more buttons.  :dunno
PunchOut!! uses 3 buttons and is 4 way.  Even though it's technically 2 horizontal screens, it runs great in a vertical cabinet.  However, you can still get away with only 2 buttons like I did by simply re-mapping the Uppercut button to the player 2 start button.  (It's only 1 player so the 2 player button is not used).

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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2014, 02:48:26 pm »
Mouse Trap uses 4 buttons as well.

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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2014, 03:03:18 pm »
I can't think of a 4 way game that used 2 or more buttons.  :dunno
PunchOut!! uses 3 buttons and is 4 way.  Even though it's technically 2 horizontal screens, it runs great in a vertical cabinet.  However, you can still get away with only 2 buttons like I did by simply re-mapping the Uppercut button to the player 2 start button.  (It's only 1 player so the 2 player button is not used).

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Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2014, 04:49:33 pm »
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