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| MameMe:
Basically I've decided to go with 3 controllers on my control panel. The two on each end will more likely be T-Sticks and the middle will be a WICO 4-way. The WICO dedicated 4-way is when I play alone which will be 90% of the time on games like pacman, mspacman, maybe track n field. The end sticks will be when nephews come over 10% of t he time and we play fighting games like SF & MK. The thing I can't decide on is how many buttons I should have for each controller. From what I gather 6 buttons are minimum for fighter games right? How about those 4 way games, are 3-4 buttons enough...too much? I know I don't want 7 buttons on the ends, and to be honest I don't want 6 unless they are absolutely needed for most games. I guess I just need some advice from your experiences. Thanks group. |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: MameMe on May 01, 2004, 07:12:52 am ---The thing I can't decide on is how many buttons I should have for each controller. From what I gather 6 buttons are minimum for fighter games right? How about those 4 way games, are 3-4 buttons enough...too much? I know I don't want 7 buttons on the ends, and to be honest I don't want 6 unless they are absolutely needed for most games. I guess I just need some advice from your experiences. Thanks group. --- End quote --- I think you want six on the ends for fighter games. Question 1 is - for alternating 8-way games (Gyruss, Timepilot, I assume you intend to use the end joystick?) (I will assume so) For the 4-way - the next question is "Would I be comfortable using some of the other players buttons for these games?". If so, you don't need any buttons. If not, it's a rapid case of diminishing returns - 0 buttons - Pacman series, others 1 button - DonkeyKong series,Galaga,Galaxian. (lots of 8-way games, but I won't include them). 2 buttons - don't really know of any, there probably were 1 or 2, lots of alternating 8-way games, but . . .) 3 buttons - only ones I know of were 8-way 4 buttons - probably too many |
| Lilwolf:
As for a dedicated 4way... I have a wico leaf and would recommend the extra money for a happs mspacman reunion stick. The have a smaller throw and feel better in my opinion. Next.. are you worried about realistate or number of inputs in a keyboard encoder or price per button? why? You can easily have the 4way and the 4way buttons use the same inputs as the first player (but a ground cutoff switch is nice to remove the ability of the second player to grab the stick to mess up your super upper cut when they are dizzy). |
| MameMe:
Tiger-Heli..so from what you said I think I might only need 1 button for that 4-way in the middle then. Only because I don't play too many other games that use more than 1 button. If I do though, I can use the Player 1 joystick & 6 buttons to play pretty much anything. Instead of using another players buttons I guess I could use Player 1 buttons like suggested. LilWolf..I am worried about realestate as I don't want a crowded control panel. I think I can connect the 4-way & the player 1 joystick to some of the same connections on an I-Pac. So no I'm not worried about that. Does 1 button for the 4-way & 6 for the end joysticks sound reasonable then? |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: MameMe on May 01, 2004, 03:25:05 pm ---Tiger-Heli..so from what you said I think I might only need 1 button for that 4-way in the middle then. Only because I don't play too many other games that use more than 1 button. If I do though, I can use the Player 1 joystick & 6 buttons to play pretty much anything. Instead of using another players buttons I guess I could use Player 1 buttons like suggested. --- End quote --- I think you will be okay with 1 button. And you don't need that, but it might be more obvious how to play than having to use P1B1. --- Quote ---Does 1 button for the 4-way & 6 for the end joysticks sound reasonable then? --- End quote --- Personally, I like 7 button layouts like the HotRod SE (even if some are duplicates so only six inputs), to allow for easy Neo-Geo games, but if you never play those - - - |
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