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Extra Buttons (Esc., Pause, etc.) for MAME Cab
DaveJ-UK:
What extra buttons will I need to install in my MAME cab?
I know the obvious answer is "Whatever you want", but maybe there's something I haven't thought of or used yet.
Buttons I know I will need are:
Escape
Pause
Coin 1
Coin 2
PC Power
Any others I could/should install or could consider?
Also, I want to have the PC power/hdd LEDs visible outside the cab, but I think a couple of dinkey little LEDs would like a bit puny on a 7ft cabinet. Anything else I could use that would look good?
Thanks.
Zathras:
On my cab I've got a power button on the top of the cab and then just Pause and Escape as actual buttons. You can really use shifted functions for anything and everything but I wanted it to be easy for guests for those two functions.
Never thought about putting the HD/Power LEDs externally but one thing you could do is work them into your marquee - maybe have a cave theme and split them somehow so they are glowing/blinking eyes :) (or blinking lights on a space station, etc etc etc)
spauldingd:
--- Quote from: DaveJ-UK on April 14, 2004, 09:28:26 am ---What extra buttons will I need to install in my MAME cab?
I know the obvious answer is "Whatever you want", but maybe there's something I haven't thought of or used yet.
Buttons I know I will need are:
Escape
Pause
Coin 1
Coin 2
PC Power
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I have buttons for all of those as well as TAB and ENTER. I know that I can use the shift function of the IPAC to get to these, but I like the dedicated PAUSE and ESCAPE for my kids to use the machine. I figured while I was at it, adding a couple more buttons for TAB and ENTER would just make life easier.
I wired my PC's power LED up to my panel so it lights up when I push the power button, and it also flashes on and off when on StandBy which looks pretty cool.
I would say that if you have the room without making it look cluttered, go ahead and add the buttons, they are cheap.
Dave
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: spauldingd on April 14, 2004, 09:46:18 am ---
--- Quote from: DaveJ-UK on April 14, 2004, 09:28:26 am ---I have buttons for all of those as well as TAB and ENTER.
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Also possibly F2 (Setup in a lot of games) and Tilde (mame volume and other controls).
Personally, I would stick with what you have (plus Start 1 and Start 2), and use a keyboard for occasional setup issues, but if you want the extra buttons . . .
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DaveJ-UK:
Thanks for the replies.
I have already ordered my marquee (classic mame) and I don't want to have the pc lights behind that. The PCs LED's are just standard 12V LEDs right? So I could just use any 12V lamp? I just think the little LED's will look a bit odd on a cab since they're so small.
I would like to only have one coin insert button but some games have seperate credit "banks" for each player. Is there a way round this?
And what use do the tab, shift and enter keys have within MAME?