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Crazy idea: Illuminate buttons you need per game!!
Distortion:
you could put a set of on/off switches wired (not in sequence, of course) to each set of buttons for each number of buttons. so switch on the neo-geo layout button, and the 4 buttons lite up, switch on the capcom button, the 6 capcom buttons lite up. that'd be kickin!
CitznFish:
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Can't wait to see controls.dat up and running! :D :D ;D
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I think they need a hand organizing/documenting some of the games (you know someone has to verify that "x" game uses "y" buttons for "z" functions)... so if you wanted to expedite it's being ready er something...
*Shrug*
rampy
PS I *think* they still need a hand, anyways...
info here somewhere http://www.fe.donkeyfly.com/
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I absolutely would help but I don't have the following:
Cabinet or CP
All ROMS's
any Front End
I only have Mame32 because I just had to play a few levels of Joust that i found the other day...
ErikRuud:
For my cab, I am already making altered screen shots that show the controls for each game. These gat displyed in my fornt end (Game Launcher)
Example
I am already using .bat files to launch my games. This allows me to load custom key setups to my IPAC.
If I wanted to spend the money(and I probably will one of these days), I could by a serial I/O board to control the lights in the buttons. http://www.weedtech.com/wtdio-m.html
Paralell port circuits are already out there:
http://www.southwest.com.au/~jfuller/sio.html
http://www.southwest.com.au/~jfuller/sio5.html
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: CitznFish on March 02, 2003, 11:51:03 pm ---I absolutely would help but I don't have the following:
Cabinet or CP
All ROMS's
any Front End
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You'd need those why? There's tons of websites.
SirPoonga:
ok, original idea of this thread. Been discussed MANY times.
Basically it would be up to the FE, not mame. you;d have to have a way to ouput to enough leds, you can output directly to 8 leds through lpt port but if you make a microcontroler then up to 256.