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Could somone explain the neo geo vs regular six button layout argument?

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rackoon:

My panels are steel and already drilled and cut for my three sided cocktail cab. My layout is simply the street fighter layout with the six buttons. I tried the search the neo geo button thing but cant find the simple answers I'm looking for. i even tried Klov.com to see what a neo geo button layout looks like but failed. I'm not even sure I have played a neo geo game.

Can't I still use my street fighter layout to play neo geo games. I'm I going to miss out on something?
Could somebody simplify this for me? :dunno

rackoon:

OK I have been searching and it turns out that one of my favorite games is sumeri showdow and it seems to be neo geo. What the heck would I need seven buttons for a game that uses four. Cant one jsut use the  top three and the first bottom buttun on the left of a street fighter layout.

Am I just way off on this.

Oh and In my searches I found a mortal combat 3 cab with real weird layout but I remember them being just like street fighter layouts. Was I playing conversions or just have bad memory?

Kronos:

Mortal Kombats had 5 buttons 2 on one side a middle button and 2 on the other side... middle was for block ( If I remember correctly)

Kevin Mullins:


--- Quote from: rackoon on January 05, 2008, 04:09:49 pm ---Cant one just use the  top three and the first bottom button on the left of a street fighter layout.

--- End quote ---

Yes.

You could have twelve buttons all in a circle like a clock if you wanted to.......
It's just a matter of how you map the buttons for a particular game or system of games and knowing which ones they are.

I see alot of guys that use a six or seven button layout just to open the options of being able to play the Street Fighter type games that use that many buttons. But that doesn't mean they can't play a game that only needs ONE button.

Xiaou2:

With Samurai Showdown,  the buttons were  A,B,C,D.   To execute certain moves,
you need to press A+B  & C+D  & even  A+B+C+D.    In many Samurai Showdown cabs,
the buttons were all in a straight line... which makes it easier for you to press 2 or all 4
buttons at one time.

 The 6 button layout would make it much more difficult - most notably - to press all 4 buttons
at once,  because youd need to hit 3 from the top + 1 from the bottom set.

 Yet, people also like to play Street Fighter games too... and so want a 6 button layout.

 Thus they make the 7 button layout so can play either set correctly.
 

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