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IPAC & Tunnel Hunt Oddity
Minwah:
This is odd:
When I run Tunnel Hunt, for some reason my coin mechs do not register coin entry. That suggests that something is wrong, BUT, they work in all other games (mapped to 5 & 6 always), AND if I hit tab and remap the inputs, they DO register - but they just don't work in the game itself.
If I hit 5 or 6 on the keyboard, the coins register fine. Now for the really odd part: if I open the coin door, and physically with my finger move the mech microswitch, the coin DOES register. That suggested to me that for some reason the coin activating the switch was too fast for the game to recognise...BUT, after I have 'fingered' the microswitch, if I shut the coin door and drop a coin it, they now work! If I quit the game and re-lauch, exactly the same thing happens...
Can anyone explain that? It defies logic to me ???
Minwah:
Not sure why this was moved, seems more like a hardware issue to me (not that I know!)
2600:
You softheads always trying to blame the hardware ;)
And Minwah, why is it everytime you mention a game it's always some game I have to look up on klov? Ahh, maybe the arcades I went to as a kid didn't have the wide assortment yours did.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: 2600 on July 28, 2004, 10:40:49 am ---You softheads always trying to blame the hardware ;)
And Minwah, why is it everytime you mention a game it's always some game I have to look up on klov? Ahh, maybe the arcades I went to as a kid didn't have the wide assortment yours did.
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Heh :)
Actually, the arcades I went to were for the most part crap. While I was lucky enough to play on many dedicated Sega cabs, and a handful of others, the majority were generic jamma-cheapo versions often with things like sound samples missing etc. :'(
I can't think of any other games I've posted about, but I suppose I have discovered *many* of the games just from MAME. I do pay particular attention to analog control games, as I find them pretty interesting (& I just made an analog control panel) ;)
2600:
It's all in fun. ;D
Seriously though, doubt it's hardware unless it's a bad connection.
You could really check out your coin mechs by using one of those keyboard test programs. I think Retroblast has one. Then just keep shoveling coins to make sure each coin registers.
In game, make sure you are trying to register a coin at the same point in the game using a keyboard and your coin mechs. I know some games only register coins at certain points in a game. If you start a game and the keyboard works at one point in the game and then restart the game and the coin mech doesn't work at that same point. Well then that sucks and requires a bit more troubleshooting.