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JAZ:

Any modifications anyone would recommend?

I have decided to go with 5 swappable setups:

Each panel will have:
1 player start, 1 player coin
2 player start, 2 player coin
6 buttons for MAME functions (TAB, ~,ESC, P, F3, F11)

These can be mapped to button / joystick combinations via the iPac but I would rather have the separate buttons.

The four player panel will obviously have 3 player start, 3 player coin and 4 player start, 4 player coin.


Street Fighter style:
2 x 8 way; 6 buttons each (in Neo Geo colour scheme + blk)

Pacman style:
1 x 4 way; 3 buttons

Ikari Warriors style:
2 x rotary, 3 buttons each
 
Smash TV style:
4 x 8 way, no buttons

Gauntlet style:
4 x 8 way; 3 buttons each



Generic Eric:

Conceal your MAME functions if you must have them.  Put them on top of the cabinet above the Marquee or put them under the CP.  That should reduce clutter, the size of your cp(s) and allow you more space for your overlays.

SkateDetroit:

I would just make one panel for gauntlet and smash tv if they both consist of the same basic thing. Throw your pacman setup on the street fighter setup and you only have 3 different panels. Definetely relocate the mame buttons and don't waste money on repeating those buttons. Remember you can use a sequence of buttons to perform commands in mame.

mahuti:

Yeah, and the argument that guests will need them just doesn't work. Guests should have zero access to the mame features. All they need is game start, game quit, and scroll. Game start=button 1, Game quite=button 1 + 2, scroll = joystick action. You can map out the rest of the admin buttons to something like shift + up, shift + down, etc. Once you get the cab set up well, you'll find you don't need admin buttons very often.

Minwah:

My advice is to ditch the admin buttons and get a wireless keyboard.  No matter how many admin buttons you have you will always need a key that you haven't thought of.  With a keyboard you can do everything, but once set up you can just put it away somewhere...

Having been using my cab for a few weeks now, my wireless keyboard is a godsend :)

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