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6 buttons REALLY necessary ???
CitznFish:
Remember this: Better to have them and not need them, then to need them and not have them. :)
paigeoliver:
Well, having them and not needing them can be a bad thing too, because they can get in the way, or needlessly confuse things. Especially if other people use your cabinets too.
Guys don't seem to have too much of a problem with this, probably because they played too many arcade games when they were younger. They just naturally KNOW to use the joystick on the left, and that the first few buttons have all the action.
However, I have noticed that a lot of women get confused with this (probably simply from lack of experience). And the more controls on the panel, the more trouble they have. Like just recently this girl Stacy tried to play my Top Gunner with one hand on the player one stick, and one hand on the player two stick. She just figured it worked that way because she watched someone play the Assault next to it, and that is how Assault works.
One thing I suggest doing is customizing your controls a bit for games that get played a lot. If you have six buttons, then set all six of them to be fire in Galaga. Set it where you have 3 jump buttons and 3 attack buttons on Final Fight, and so on. Makes things easier, and cuts down on the "This button doesn't do anything" comments.
hedge:
Great comments.
For those of you that play the fighter games, would the following 6 button layout be any good? Or does it have to be 2 straight rows of 3 to even bother?
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RandyT:
--- Quote from: CitznFish on April 15, 2003, 06:53:26 pm ---Remember this: Better to have them and not need them, then to need them and not have them. :)
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Can I get an Amen!? :)
What you think you will be doing with your cab today, may be much different in the possibly near future.
If making a new CP sounds like fun to you, then live for today. But if you want the most options possible available to you down the road, plan ahead just in case.
RandyT
Silverwind:
--- Quote from: RandyT on April 15, 2003, 10:38:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: CitznFish on April 15, 2003, 06:53:26 pm ---Remember this: Better to have them and not need them, then to need them and not have them. :)
--- End quote ---
Can I get an Amen!? :)
What you think you will be doing with your cab today, may be much different in the possibly near future.
If making a new CP sounds like fun to you, then live for today. But if you want the most options possible available to you down the road, plan ahead just in case.
RandyT
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That's what I figure.. only an extra couple bucks for some more buttons ;)