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Kobex:

I just put the mouse buttons (yellow in the pic) by the 4-way in case I wanted them to double as regular buttons.  I figured they were nearby anyway in my original layout (above the trackball), so I thought I'd see how it went if I moved them over.  Plus, it originally seemed odd to me to have the buttons directly above the trackball if you're actually using the trackball, so I thought an offset made sense in both cases.

I have a feeling I'll just be using the 4-way with my right hand and hitting player 1's buttons with my left anyway.  This is why I posititioned the 4-way right of center above player 1's buttons, so I can choose which hand to control the 4-way and still have somewhat comfortable button options.

That was my thought process, anyway.  I'm a new to this whole thing (been reading the board for months), so planning might not meet up with expectations on a first try!

dagimp69sme:

Yeah, I've read about a lot of people putting three buttons directly above the trackball, but I'm still wondering for 4 way games, top fire games, and spinner games, how much buttons do people normally put near them? I just want to see if I'll be able to use other buttons on the panel instead of placing buttons specifically for the joystick. :)

Btw, nice pics!

_Ryan

Hiub1:

Just think that all the 4-way, top-fire, and spinner games are in the older spectrum of mame, so they need 4 buttons at best. You would probably be just fine using 3, as I believe you can count in one hand the number of 4-way games that use 4 buttons. Do some research, I believe there was something being talked about that had to do with all this.

Keep us posted, Fred.

subzero23:

Has there ever been a 4-way game with more than one button? more than two?

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