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KenToad:

--- Quote from: Bursk on May 27, 2005, 10:41:49 am ---
Maybe what I'll end up doing is having one CP for fighters (and other 8 way games) and 4 way games, and a second CP with 49 ways, a trackball and spinner.  This would cover most things, I'd have thought, and will have the advantage of not having too cluttered a CP.

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Yup, two CP's at least, because I need things to be small and uncluttered and I need my fighters and my classics to feel authentic.  Good luck with whatever designs you decide upon implementing.

Cheers,
KenToad
Bursk:
Cheers, KenToad.  Thanks for your reports on the 49 ways.

*flap, flap, flap*
KenToad:

--- Quote from: Bursk on May 27, 2005, 11:00:27 am ---Cheers, KenToad.  Thanks for your reports on the 49 ways.

*flap, flap, flap*

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No problem.  I'll give it a more full review soon after I have tested them more.

Cheers,
KenToad
Kremmit:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 27, 2005, 08:17:33 am ---Actually, for a four-player panel, it's a lot of compromising to use a KeyWiz alone (but possible).
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That's what I was thinking too, and was just going to suggest the I-Pac4, but then I priced it out at GGG and at Ultimarc- with the "One Click Shazaam! Adaptors" and one KeyWiz Eco (solder), he can get up to 56 inputs for less money than a 56 input I-Pac4.  More work, but cheaper.  (Always a trade off...)


--- Quote from: Bursk on May 27, 2005, 10:41:49 am ---Kremmit,

I had been hoping that I could do a '49 way fits all' kind of CP, but fighters are a big part of what I enjoy about retrogaming.  I suppose there was always going to have to be a compromise, and having to decide between having p360s or 49 ways is one of those tough choices.

Maybe what I'll end up doing is having one CP for fighters (and other 8 way games) and 4 way games, and a second CP with 49 ways, a trackball and spinner.  This would cover most things, I'd have thought, and will have the advantage of not having too cluttered a CP.

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Your case of BYOAC disease has progressed very rapidly, I see.  Now you need to look here:
http://www.beersmith.com/mame/
RandyT:
I just wanted to add my 2-cents to this one.  Fighters can be be played quite effectively with the 49-ways in 8-way DRS mode, but as others have said, the mechanical feel will be a little different than what you were used to if you played these heavily in the arcades. 

Just for reference purposes, I have no problems continuously pulling off special moves in fighters with the 49-ways, but there was a brief adjustment period as there would be with any stick not identical to what you are used to using. 

I agree with what's been said here, though.  If the primary focus of your panel is fighters, you should try to replicate the original controls as closely as possible, and that probably means a "competition" style microswitch based joystick of some nature.

RandyT
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