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| hnugz:
I've been reading this stuff for a few months now, and after seeing all the options I just want to make sure this is exactly what I need before I go ordering a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff. What I have: Knights of the Round arcade Jamma cabinet with arcade monitor What I plan on having: 20 button control panel (7 buttons per player, p1 and p2, 2 mouse buttons), 2 joysticks, trackball OR All of the above plus 2-4 extra buttons for a total of 22 for pinball related stuff. I would assume I could double up on some buttons for pinball or the 7 button contols. That would make it minimum 18 button/maximum 22 button. Assuming I do not do any extra pinball buttons, is 18 buttons enough for moving around the programs, etc...? What I need: ArcadeVGA video card from ultimarc J-Pac (It looks like this supports player buttons 1-8, p1, p2, start1, start2 for total of 20 buttons) So is that it? As far as the trackball is concerned, I don't really care much about whether it is authentic or not and was just planning on buying something at a local pc store. I assume this means I can just plug it directly into the pc as usb and not worry about other trackball interfaces such as the optipac. Is there anything else I should consider before ordering all this? All input is helpful. Trying not to waste money here... Thanks. |
| brophog:
Most PC trackballs are crap for even modest gaming. It's a part you can cheapen out on, but you'll be disappointed and cussing shortly. They're made for browsing, not gaming. |
| RayB:
You can always hack an old mouse and connect a real trackball to it. As for pinball buttons... Depends if you plan on playing that pinball emulator. If not, I decided that there were not enough pinball games in MAME to warrant adding buttons. (If you don't count the pimball games that feature nude girls, I think there's only something like 4 pinball games.) |
| hnugz:
So basically at a minimum I will still need the vid card and jpac correct? That is my best option? I want to go ahead and order them if so. |
| markrvp:
--- Quote from: hnugz on December 09, 2005, 03:14:24 pm ---So basically at a minimum I will still need the vid card and jpac correct? --- End quote --- |
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