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| grueinthebox:
Considering putting together a dedicated vertical cabinet, and am considering how many buttons I might want to include... Six per player should be unnecessary - the only games that use that many are fighters. I'm thinking three should be enough, as it should cover any newer JAMMA shmups as well as any of the vertical classics I can think of offhand. Can anyone think of any reason why a vertical machine would need more than three buttons per? |
| spacies:
Can't see why you would need more than 3 buttons. I have just had this discussion with someone who I am going to build a vertical cab for and we both could only think of a handful of games that have 3 buttons. |
| leapinlew:
I have a vertical cab now with a 4 way joystick and 3 buttons. The only reason I put the third buttons on mine is for 1 game - Punchout. Super Punchout had the ability to duck and needs a fourth button (you need this ability in the game). Perhaps you can dual map player 1 and player 2 buttons to handle the rare occassion you need button 3 or 4. There may be a few other games that require 3 or 4 buttons on a vertical cab, but there isn't many. |
| javeryh:
I'd go with three. Gun.Smoke uses 3 (I think). |
| Bill Mote:
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