I-PAC 2

[thedarkknight228]

Hi
I just wanted to ask a few quick questions before I went and bought all my buttons for my CP.

I plan to have a two player gamepad.
Each player will have 1 joystick, 6 action buttons beside joystick and a player button.
That's what I have in my head so far.

Is the player button the start button on the controller?
If not what port on the I-PAC 2 can be the start button?

Also what port is the select button on the I-PAC 2?

Lastly what is the coin port on the I-PAC 2?
What is the difference between the player and coin buttons?

I would ideally want to have a start and select button as to go back to the start menu of the emulator.
Or can I just have one button that will bring me back?

Sorry if I have confused anyone.

I've seen bartop arcade machines with a player button, coin button, tab button, escape button and home button.
What are the difference between all these buttons and why would you have all of them?
Would I just need Player and Coin buttons and escape button to go back to emulator home screen.

I just can't get my head around this part of it.

[Titchgamer]

Dont over think it to much

In reality you can use any button for anything on most things.
You set up emulators on a individual basis and configure the controls manually.

All you really need is a start and coin button for each player plus sticks and play buttons.

Any extras are personal preference. You can have exit buttons, volume buttons, tab button (which is to get into the settings menu on mame), service buttons etc etc etc.

You can also have hidden shifted keys where you hold down 2 buttons to choose something else.

For instance hold down start and button 1 you could send a F2 command to open a service menu in mame.

You just need to work out what you want to be able to do with individual buttons and go from there.