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6 buttons REALLY necessary ???
hedge:
Other than Street Fighter games, how many arcade games actually use more than 3 or 4 buttons? I am leaning toward using just 4 buttons per player, sort of in a diamond shape like this.
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The top three buttons exactly fit my middle three fingers, and therefore would be perfect for games like Bank Panic. The 4th button provides a little more flexibility and shouldn't get in the way.
Am I missing a lot by not going for the standard "six" buttons??? I mostly plan on playing classic games, but I may have friends over who want to play some of the newer stuff.
Any comments welcome, and needed!
Chris:
I use the 4-button diamond, and I can play lots of games... I don't play fighters, so that wipes out most 6-button games right there...
--Chris
Carsten Carlos:
I never played these Streetfighter genre anyway - though this might change, most of my panels will 've three or four buttons.
Its not 100% accurate (taken from my homepage, see under "statistics" if you wanna read some more), but look at the picture! Especially there are less 4-button-games then indicated.
Jakobud:
Hmmm that is an interesting statistic. I will have to keep that in mind for my next project. I love SortInfo :)
CthulhuLuke:
SOooo necessary, you would not believe what you're missing if you never load up Street Fighter II Turbo every once in a while. well besides fighting games, there aren't very many games that use 6 buttons, but if you're like me, fighting games is one of the best types of games to play on a cabinet. Well ok, besides fighters, if you plan on using an SNES emulator, having no L and R button could definitely hinder your play. There's a lot of really good SNES games that a lot of people don't play just cause they think MAME is full of all the classics. what about Super ghouls n Ghosts, Axelay, Super Bomberman?? ^_^ *personal favorite, although Mega Bomberman for the Genesis definitely rivals any SNES bomberman.*
-my 2 cents
-CthulhuLuke