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Should I make my arcade stick in the style of Mortal Kombat?

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NiteWalker:

The standard street fighter 6 button layout (with an added 7th button for neo geo games) is a good layout for a lot of different games. The MK layout is less so. I'd go with the SF layout.

crashwg:


--- Quote from: NiteWalker on January 23, 2007, 07:53:53 am ---The standard street fighter 6 button layout (with an added 7th button for neo geo games) is a good layout for a lot of different games. The MK layout is less so. I'd go with the SF layout.

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I second that.

Glaine:

I'm not crazy for the MK layout either.

For anyone reading who doesn't know the difference, SF is 6 buttons, 3 on 2 rows like this:

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While MK is like this (correct me if I'm wrong it's been a while):

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   ()
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Block is the middle button, the rest are punch and kick buttons.
It is actually a sort of neat idea, but I feel it doesn't work for very many games, where as 6 buttons on 2 rows works on most games, especially fighters.

If you also want to play neo-geo games, consider putting in another button on the SF layout, this has been talked to death and most people end up doing it. Like this:

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   () () ()
() <- Extra button here so you have the 4 button neo-geo layout.

This setup is IMO the most flexible, the only downside is there are enough buttons that some guests will always ask what buttons they need to use for each game and the extra buttons get in the way of button masher games like track and field.

Crax:


--- Quote from: Glaine on January 23, 2007, 09:53:01 am ---
While MK is like this (correct me if I'm wrong it's been a while):

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Yeah, that is the original MK layout without the run button.

fixedpigs:


--- Quote from: Glaine on January 23, 2007, 09:53:01 am ---some guests will always ask what buttons they need to use for each game
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that's what a led-wiz is for...-=)

as for buttons getting in the way...
it'd be neat if there was a way to make buttons that would be totally flat(kind of like the burners on the top of a flat stove...) with the control panel that would be touch sensitive...no extra buttons would get in the way then...

it'd be kind of like when you make up that first cp out of paper and cardboard and you try 'playing' different games by tapping the paper buttons...-=)

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