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SOAPboy:

--- Quote from: lusty vampire on January 02, 2005, 04:17:46 am ---Thanks for the help


--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on January 02, 2005, 12:54:01 am ---I would do a 4-button Neo-Geo layout.
That will let you play ALL 3-button games using the three that are in a row, and 4-buttons with a finger on each button.

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Could someone do a quick diagram of this
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paigeoliver:
There is only ONE 4-way game with more than 2 buttons (aside from a TERRIBLE unplayable tennis game) and that is Mouse Trap, and it has 4, and 3 of them go in one bank, and one in another.
Apollo:
I agree with Paige, my 4 way control panel has 2 X MsPac/Galag reunion joysticks ( Paige would say Wico leaf switch 4 ways ) and 2 buttons per player, you just don't need any more buttons.
NoOne=NBA=:
There are some 2-way games that use more than two though.
The one I can think of right off the top of my head is Bank Panic.

Then there are the 5-button games, that will play well enough, if you use the stick for left/right.
That leaves you needing three for thrust/fire/hyperspace on Asteroids.
(Yes, you CAN map those to the stick, but it sucks trying to PLAY them like that--that's the reason I got into this hobby in the first place, 2600 Asteroids felt wrong using a stick).
paigeoliver:
2-way games are not relevant, as almost anyone building a 4-way setup will also have an 8-way setup as well, and the 8-way setup can play those 2-way games equally well, and will usually have more buttons anyways.
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