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missioncontrol:


--- Quote from: Kremmit on September 01, 2006, 10:03:04 pm ---Don't listen to these jokers.  The correct number is eleventy brazillion.

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duh... you forgot to carry the nothing... the correct answer is eleveny-twelve brazillion

ryantheleach:

What i meant to ask, would be

what is the smallest amount of controls needed to play all the games that mame supports so i can later cross controls off the list for games i wouldnt play.. if you get my drift

btw thankyou arzoo for being the one of the most help ful replys to this thread *cough* flaming *cough*

DrewKaree:


--- Quote from: ryantheleach on September 05, 2006, 02:54:03 am ---
thread *cough* flaming *cough*


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[Inigo] I do not think that word means what you think it means! [/Inigo]

pointdablame:

You can play ~95% of all MAME games with 4 joysticks, 6 buttons for P1 and P2 and 4 buttons for P3 and P4.

Add a trackball and spinner and you're probably in the 98% range.  My percentages are guesses, but not far from the truth.

This thread may be full of flames, but the question itself is a bit silly.  Why do you need to know every control ever made so that you can cross them off a list?   There are a LOT of specialty controls, and if you don't already KNOW you want one, you're probably fine without them.  If you find a game later on that you just love and need a special control for, buy it then.

If you're going for most games, build a 4p panel with trackball and spinner and call it a day.  There will always be games that don't play "quite right" because you dont' have the original controller... you have to make compromises somewhere though

Vigo:

There is also a chunk of games that require something else than you mentioned, usually a steering wheel. yeah, you can use a spinner (or even a joystick), but if your going for real feeling controls to play about everything, you are going to need a whole lot of specialized controls.

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