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pbj:
You shouldn't have dead buttons.  Spend the couple of hours and custom map the 100 games that guests will actually play.

BadMouth:

--- Quote from: pbj on July 06, 2014, 12:12:46 am ---You shouldn't have dead buttons.

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I disagree.  IMO only makes the games seem more complicated.  If only two buttons do anything, the player realizes they don't have to mess with the rest of the buttons or try to use them in combinations.


--- Quote from: pbj on July 06, 2014, 12:12:46 am ---custom map the 100 games that guests will actually play.

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I agree with that part.  I had a rule that my main gamelist had to be kept under 200 games and they all had to play perfectly.
If you have 2800 games, people spend too much time scrolling through them and inevitably pick something that isn't set up properly.


My current build is NeoGeo themed so I have A,B,C,D + X,Y,Z on another row.
The plan is to make various instruction cards for whatever games I'm interested in at the moment.
For some unknown reason, I can never remember the controls for sports games.
Here is the default one I made up:


I've gotten into playing Steam games on the cab and have switched to hacked xbox controllers for the interface.
If my cab weren't neo geo themed, I'd switch to xbox button labels.
dcninja:
I just found this out, I narrowed my list to around 600 favs which is a lot, but manageable. I do have an all games list for my own person use but it's mapped to switch on a keyboard key, not on the control panel - so only I am able to swap to the all list to add or remove games from the favs list.
SpatzST:

--- Quote from: Slippyblade on July 05, 2014, 06:45:13 pm ---There are also utilities available that interface with MAME or your FE that will pop pics showing what buttons do what.

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where would I find such a utility?
nugarp:
I incorporated a second screen into my cab which updates which button does what when a game is highlighted. It persists through the rest of the game. Has worked so far  :applaud: but probably less feasible for an existing cab.
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