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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??

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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.

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