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Will I need more than 2 buttons?
88mph:
I have a vertical cocktail cabinet.. one side has a joysitck, spinner, and two buttons. The other side has a joystick, trackball, and three buttons.
I haven't run across many vertical games that require the 3rd button.. Asteroids and Space Duel benefit from a 3rd button, but you're not getting accurate play on those games with a joystick anyway.. (and you can always remap up or down to help out on those games) A third button would have been helpful for Star Trek, but that's a spinner game.
I think you'll be fine with 2 buttons. I've been playing my vertical cocktail cabinet for years and haven't regretted the 2 button layout.
Good luck,
88mph
Avery:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on July 25, 2005, 05:55:53 pm ---The reason I'm even asking about 2 is because if I only need 2 buttons, I'd like to put 2 buttons on the left and right sides of a centered joystick. If I need 3 buttons I'll have to set them to the right of the joystick.
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Set it up this way, with each button firing a different terminal on your encoder and set all your control codes "Button 1 - A or B", "Button 2 - C or D" then if you ever HAVE to have a third button for some obscure game, you can have it be one of the buttons on the far side of the joystick.
It'd going to be a bugger to press, but you would have the option if you ever wanted it.
AlanS17:
The thought had already crossed my mind, but it would be so unnatural that it wouldn't be worth it to me.