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Author Topic: 2- or 4-coin buttons?  (Read 937 times)

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2- or 4-coin buttons?
« on: September 16, 2004, 09:40:27 am »
I'm a little confused about how this works.  I thought I read somewhere that there were games that had to have discreet 1, 2, 3, & 4 buttons.  I don't remember if it was for the player start or the coins.  Any thoughts?

I am building a 4-player panel and want to get it right the 1st time  ???

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Re:2- or 4-coin buttons?
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2004, 10:29:21 am »
Yeah, some games require four coin slots and four start buttons. If you want to accommodate all four player games, you need some way of registering a coin and a credit for all four players.

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Re:2- or 4-coin buttons?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2004, 12:01:11 pm »
Yeah, some games require four coin slots and four start buttons. If you want to accommodate all four player games, you need some way of registering a coin and a credit for all four players.

I think you can just wire 2 buttons to coin 1 & 3, and 2 &4 on your encoder. This would have no effect with 2 player games, and you would getcredits for both players in a 4 player game. Can you ever have too many credits?? NOt a perfect solution, but if it does not bother you.....