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ArtsNFartsNCrafts:

Question:  My cabinet only has 2 sets of co-op controls (technically not a question).

This can be SOMEWHAT problematic when playing games where your character selection is determined by what "slot" you put your coin in (i.e. in the Simpsons arcade game, P1 defaults to marge).

Is there any way around this?  Could you perhaps re program the controls for one game to work for either the P1 or P3 slot?

For example.  Let's say someone wants to be, I dunno, Bart instead of Marge.  Perhaps I could set up a shift function for the "P1 coin button" to also act as P3's coin button, and then program the P3 controls to use the same buttons as the P1 controls...

It sounds plausible in my head.

Or perhaps I'm just S.O.L.  I dunno, haha.

ArtsNFartsNCrafts:


--- Quote from: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on February 20, 2008, 08:59:31 am ---Question:  My cabinet only has 2 sets of co-op controls (okay..technically not a question).

This can be SOMEWHAT problematic when playing games where your character selection is determined by what "slot" you put your coin in (i.e. in the Simpsons arcade game, P1 defaults to marge).

Is there any way around this?  Could you perhaps re program the controls for one game to work for either the P1 or P3 slot?

For example.  Let's say someone wants to be, I dunno, Bart instead of Marge.  Perhaps I could set up a shift function for the "coin button" to act as P3's coin button, and then program the P3 controls to use the same buttons as the P1 controls...

Or perhaps I'm just S.O.L.  I dunno, haha.

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Silver:

you should be able to do this in mame.

Start the simpsons, hit tab, go to "controls for this game" section (input/this game only or whatever). Go through Player 3 joystick and buttons and assign them to your P1 controls.

However, you will need to keep the P3 coin-up and P3 start buttons seperate - so you could simply map those to the shifted functioned on the ipac for the P1 coin-up and P1 start buttons.

Then, to play as p3 you simply hold your shift button, use P1's coinup and start, release the shift and you are good to go.

fixedpigs:

why not play the 'two player' version of the game where it will allow you to select your character...?

ArtsNFartsNCrafts:

I was unaware of such an incarnation!   :applaud: What is this....2-player version you speak of? 

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