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| TurboC--:
I'm building a MAME cabinet out of an old Pac-Man. I'm planning to use the existing 19" arcade monitor positioned vertically, for authenticity, so I will only be able to play games that will work on that monitor configuration (basically many old classics like Pac-Man series, Galaga, Frogger etc.) How many buttons should I bother putting on the panel for each of the 2 players? I designed a virtual panel and was able to squeeze on 2 sticks, 6 buttons for each stick and a trackball. But I am thinking 6 buttons might be useless for the old games, and just get in the way. Should I go with 4 each? 2?? P.S.: Is there any list of games that work on a vertical 19" arcade monitor? MAME is able to sort the list games by vertical/horizontal, but not by resolution or monitor size. |
| Tiger-Heli:
You can run horizontal games on it. They will just be letterboxed. You can run any vertical games on it. It really doesn't matter if the vertical games used a 14" or a 27" screen in the arcade, MAME will play them on a 19". If you limit it to vertical, 2 buttons are a must, 3 would be useful for some games, 4 would be used occasionally. |
| NoOne=NBA=:
Don't add ANY buttons to it. If you want a 2-P fighter cab, go BUY a fighter cab. Better yet, post your Pac-cab on the Buy/Sell/Trade forum here, and see if someone will deliver a really nice dynamo cab to your house for it. If you really HAVE to have fire/jump buttons, use the player starts. |
| CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: TurboC-- on August 06, 2005, 10:24:51 am ---I'm building a MAME cabinet out of an old Pac-Man. I'm planning to use the existing 19" arcade monitor positioned vertically, for authenticity, so I will only be able to play games that will work on that monitor configuration (basically many old classics like Pac-Man series, Galaga, Frogger etc.) How many buttons should I bother putting on the panel for each of the 2 players? I designed a virtual panel and was able to squeeze on 2 sticks, 6 buttons for each stick and a trackball. But I am thinking 6 buttons might be useless for the old games, and just get in the way. Should I go with 4 each? 2?? --- End quote --- No sure that there are enough vertical simultaneous two player games to make it worthwhile to add a second stick. You should really consider getting a conversion cab to MAME ... you'll get much more flexibility and a whole lot less hostility. Maybe some here could trade you, depending on where you are. Cheers. |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on August 06, 2005, 01:57:11 pm ---No sure that there are enough vertical simultaneous two player games to make it worthwhile to add a second stick. --- End quote --- Twin Cobra, 1941, 1943, 19XX, Aero Fighters, Air Gallet, Fire Shark, Gulf Storm, TopGunner/Jackal, Heavy Barrel, HotDog Storm, Ikari, Raiden, Raiden 2, Strikers 1945 Series, Thunder Dragon, Time Soldiers, Twin Eagle, Varth. Plus others (Yes, I cheated and used EmuLoader and nplayers.ini). |
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