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Smashtv Recommendation
Tycoonbrad:
I'm putting togther a control panel for SmashTV/Total Carnage. All of my friends are VERY gungho about having two simultaneous players while playing those games.
Question: What joystick recommndations would you have for playing SmashTV?
Happ Super? P360? Competition, Wico Leaf Repo? Etc...
I'm sure they'll also want to play Robotron, but right now I'd like to focus on Smashtv/Total Carnage.
FractalWalk:
Classic Wico Leaf for those specific games.
GGKoul:
http://www.appolo.com/projects/smashtv/smash_tv.htm
SirPoonga:
remember the other great fual joystick games like robotron and crazy climber :)
krick:
Once you decide on the joysticks you want to use, you may want to check out this thread on control panel design...
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=16720
I'm trying to design a panel layout that will allow me to play Smash TV and Total Carnage in all their glory while still being able to play fighting games like SF2 & MK3 as well as most of the classic arcade games.
In my opinion, it really comes down to two layouts:
1324 and 3142 (see thread link above for pictures)
1324 is probably the most flexible all-around layout however the joysticks are a bit farther apart than a real Smash TV machine.
3142 can be set up with exactly the same joystick spacing as Smash TV, and the player 3 and 4 buttons are probably arranged better for a 4 player game. The main problem is that player 2 is kind of off to the side when playing fighting games. Though balance that against the fact that player one is more centered when playing one player games.
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Krick