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Author Topic: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???  (Read 1855 times)

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Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« on: May 18, 2008, 08:25:44 pm »
I have seen a few CP's that have 6 or 7 buttons for all 4 players, is there any need for this?

Is there a game that requires all 4 players to have this amount of buttons?

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2008, 08:47:44 pm »
When I looked into this for my 4P cabinet, I couldn't find any that took more than 4 + start.

If you are only going to have one cabinet, I suspect the 6 buttons are to make it look balanced and uniform across all four payers.

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2008, 09:11:03 pm »
Although I haven't looked into this myself, I imagine the 6 or 7 buttons for players 3 and 4 are to allow for consoles or console emulation (SNES, Genesis etc.)

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2008, 07:29:46 am »
If you're only playing MAME, the outer players only need 4 buttons since no 4-player game in MAME utilizes more than 4 buttons (and most of them, only 2 or 3). 

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2008, 10:35:26 am »
I set mine up with 7 + start for all four players for dreamcast and snes.

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2008, 11:18:15 am »
The Dungeons and dragons games are pretty much the only 4p 4button games. If I built a frankenpanel, I would stick with three. The 4th will only serve to confuse players.

Besides, who here has even played or seen a D&D arcade game? It would be good for one playthru at most - just like all the other 4p beat em ups. The only worthwhile 4p games are the sports games.

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2008, 11:56:00 am »
Actually the D&D side scrollers are really good.  Its not your usual bland hack and slash with the occasional powerup.  Theres like 5 different classes each with different spells/weapons/etc. and you get new items and spells as you progress that you can scroll through and use when you want.

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2008, 01:25:50 pm »
I played one of the D&D beat 'em ups with a friend the other day (he's a huge D&D fan) and we both got bored with the game within a few minutes and turned it off.

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2008, 09:56:16 pm »
I played the D&D games heaps when i was younger, at least 2 of the arcades had a D&D game and they were great fun.

Just as Kajoq said there is more to them than the usual punch, kick, jump combo of your usual side scrollers.

Having said that, if you're just building a MAME cabinet without consoles I'd play one of the D&D games first to see if you like it enough to justify the extra buttons.

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2008, 10:22:27 pm »
Having said that, if you're just building a MAME cabinet without consoles I'd play one of the D&D games first to see if you like it enough to justify the extra buttons.

I'd play through all the 4-player games just to see if you like them enough to justify a 4-player panel.    ;)

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Re: Any 4 player games use 6 buttons???
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2008, 11:36:32 pm »
Yeah I don't mind a most of the 4 player games (beers make them more enjoyable).

I was mainly wondering if there were any arcade specific games that required many buttons for all players.

Having said that, I wouldn't mind playing some console type games >.<

Think I'll got the 4 buttons this time, and if the need becomes apparent I'll just make a new CP.

Thanks for all your input.