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milhouse:
I have 4 on my Bezel - Exit, Pause, "Yes" and one further off to the side for power.  I also have a wireless keyboard/trackball which I use when I have to.

I already have too many buttons since it is a 4-player panel.

michelevit:
i'm with the school of thought that less admin buttons is more.
i have a hidden pause and esc button located under the control panel.
they are black buttons.  everything else is done with a wireless keyboard and mouse.

in party mode, i just pick a game and hide the keyboard and mouse, so drunks
dont mess up the games. nothing like a drunkard remapping joystick buttons
on your arcade.
pmc:

--- Quote from: severdhed on April 03, 2008, 11:45:45 am ---i have dedicated Escape and pause buttons, everything else is shifted

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Ditto. Lot's of threads on this topic to search too. It's a popular topic.

-pmc
u_rebelscum:
Mixed.  Two admin buttons ('p' & 'esc'), the rest being button combinations.  I do NOT use hardware shift/shazam, but I only use mame which doesn't need shift.


I started with all shift, but I exited far too many games by accident, an couldn't find a button combo never, ever pressed while playing without adding an extra button, but still let others exit when they wanted.

And

--- Quote from: NOP on April 03, 2008, 11:14:28 am ---P1+P2 = ESC

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is the exact reason I started moving to mixed.  Two player games where both players die at the same time resulted in exiting more than a couple times (and once is too many). 

Nothing is worse then almost beating the boss, both you and your friend dieing, both trying to get back in the game, and BAM!! no more game, just a list of games, the one you just were playing highlighted, adrenaline still pumping but no game to play.  But the expressions are priceless; wish I had the set of pics of me and my brother the first time it happened.
??? WTF ...look at each other.... :o ........:timebomb: ......... ARRRGGG!!!! :banghead:
TheShanMan:
That's a great point, u_rebelscum. I'm going to get my admin stuff hooked up to my new panel probably this weekend, so I will definitely try that approach.
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