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| Ceifeirot:
I'm trying to get it so that when the player presses the start button it registers as both a start button press and a coin insert. Is there some way to do this with MAME and the KeyWiz? Also, Is there a way to get it so that if you press both start buttons at the same time, it exits the game with my setup? THanks Alex |
| paigeoliver:
Your choice of encoder has no bearing upon your question. Now for the good news. Mame can already do more than one thing with a single keypress, just assign the same keypress to more than one thing. Now for the bad news. That doesn't work for most games. It will work fine for some games, specifically the games that are multiple players at the same time and allow the individual players to enter and exit the game at any time. It is not going to work right for anything else. Complicating the issue, some games use the start button as an action button. |
| hyiu:
start button as coin button.... I guess this doesn't really matter what encoder you use, (or I use gamepad hack...) but more a mame config question... I have not played a lot of games in mame... but most newer games will work fine.... (when you start a game.... like ms pacman... you press the button once, and it'll give you a credit... and then you press it again, and it'll start the game, and at the same time give you another credit....) for some older games... (I don't have much time to try all the older games.... a lot of catching up to do... haaa haa..) some of them will NOT work... they'll need another button... as to how many.... I really donno.... but try it... I think you'll find it acceptable... (I think so far, I found less than 10 games... I can live with that....) ;) ;D ohhh... ps: yes, for guantlet... since the start button is also the potion button... so.. everytime you put in health... you'll also use 1 potion or something.... |
| paigeoliver:
Most older games will instantly start the game if you have the coin button doubling as the start button. Which (unfortunately) makes it impossible to start a 2 player game. A better solution would be a hidden coin button. If you are only playing games that alternate players, then you can make player 2 start the same button as coin. My "Galaga" is wired that way, as was my dedicated Time Pilot. That works fine, but only for games that alternate. |
| GamingGreg:
It's possible to rig up a short delay circuit, that would press coin and then press player start. However, not all games use P1 Start, sometimes it's P1 Button1. So you'd still end up pressing two buttons there anyway. |
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