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cadis12:
I am currently wiring up my control panel. 
Are there any drawbacks to having player 1,2 and 3 buttons as my left, center and right mouse buttons? 
Can't I just assign Player 1,2 and 3 as left, center and right mouse buttons in the mame program?  I don't want to add individual mouse buttons on my control panel. 
Thanks for the help.
AlanS17:
The only drawback would be the placement of the buttons, themselves. The player 1 controls are on the left side of the trackball (assuming it's mounted in the center) so that means you'll be mousing around with your right hand rather than your left. If that's not a problem then go for it. Otherwise you can map the buttons on player 2 to be the mouse buttons. Then the only problem left is that you might have other buttons in the way when you're using mouse functions.

The one way to get around all of this would be to use player 2 buttons 4, 5, and 6. Then the only thing left to complain about would be the counter-intuitive choice of buttons.
waldo:
just a quick question, wouldnt using the trackball with your right hand be logical anyway? unless your a lefty :)

I Think Ill do the same, but only use mouse left and mouse right. cant think of a valid use for the middle mouse atm, apart from the fact the trackball i got from happ is pre wired :)
AlanS17:
I'm just used to playing every arcade game with the left hand. I even play Pac games with my left hand. It comes down to a matter of preference. The only trackball games I play with my right hand are bowling games and Golden Tee (basically the games that don't require hitting a button).
NickG:
Don't forget - you can double-map (or triple map, or whatever) the buttons in Mame per game for left-handers and right-handers.  Meaning even if you physically wire the mouse buttons to player one in Mame, you can map the same actions to player two buttons as well.  That way the right-handers and left handers use the same row of buttons (assuming a two player panel has identical sets of buttons)   
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