button map alot of trackball

[G1zm0]

hi, im putting 6 buttons per player on my cab and they are layed out like street fighter,
4 same level with 2 just off level, anyway what keys do i assign these buttons to in mame ?

do i really require a 7th button for neo geo, how many games require this button?

are trackball games vertical or horizontal orientation? what wins

[GAJoe]

Alright, lost my first post so let's try this again.

The top buttons on a SF2 cabinet are punch buttons and the bottom ones are kick buttons.  Wire CTRL/ALT/Spacebar to the top buttons and L. Shift/Z/X to the bottom ones.  Now you don't have to assign keys in MAME, they're already setup to the defaults.

The Neo Geo systems used a max of four buttons, but mostly the fighting games used all of them.  If you already have an ergonomic layout of your SF2 buttons, you can make a fairly comfortable Neo Geo layout by putting one extra button to the right of the top row and wire it to the L. Shift key as well.  Then you don't have to reassign any keys for Neo Geo games, either.

According to the MAWS database, there are about 40-50 horizontal trackball games and about 25-30 vertical.  The more famous examples would be things like Centipede and Millipede are vertical, while Missile Command, Marble Madness, and Crystal Castles are horizontal.  How you want to orient your screen depends on what you like to play.

[G1zm0]

thanx for reply, is there any 7 button games out for neo-geo? as where there the player 7 button is to go , thats where the track ball mountain hole is and bottom left is screw hole tro fix cp on.

if theres only a handfull i wont bother with 7 player neo geo, and stick to 4 button ones

[GAJoe]

thanx for reply, is there any 7 button games out for neo-geo? as where there the player 7 button is to go , thats where the track ball mountain hole is and bottom left is screw hole tro fix cp on.

if theres only a handfull i wont bother with 7 player neo geo, and stick to 4 button ones

There are no 7 button Neo Geo games at all.  Neo Geo only has 4 buttons, total.  Adding the 7th button is meant to make your hand more comfortable while playing Neo Geo games that used all four buttons.  Here is what the Neo Geo control panel looked like

As you can see, only 4 buttons per player.  The 7th button is meant to be the same as the button labeled A in that picture.  Your bottom three Street Fighter buttons are the same as the buttons labeled B, C, and D.  Let me know if that still doesn't make sense.

[G1zm0]

ahh ok, well stuff street fighter (6 button game) i thin i will make it 4 buttons instead.
thanx for the heads up