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| NGen2010:
I am building my first set of arcade controls. I want the following: 1 - 4 way 2 - 8 way 1 track ball 1 spinner I understand the layout with the 8 way controls having 6 buttons each, but can the trackball, spinner and 4 way leverage some of the same buttons or does every control need dedicated buttons? How many buttons go with the spinner? 1 I'm thinking How many buttons go with the trackball? 1 again? 2 maybe? (I see I can order 3 buttons with a trackball, but why use 3) How many buttons go with the 4 way? 2? 1? Thanks and I hope to get started on a prototype this weekend. This is going with a nice Total Carnage cabinet I picked up. |
| DeLuSioNal29:
Yes the same buttons can be used by the trackball and joystick. No need to have extra ones. Usually, they are player 1 buttons. Same goes for the spinner. However, on my panel I have 2 extra ones for the trackball that act as left mouse and right mouse buttons. I doubled them up next to my 4 way joystick. Since they were really left and right mouse buttons, in MAME, I set them to be button 1 and 2 in addition to the normal button 1 and 2. They work perfectly in MAME, and in Windows, the act as mouse buttons. As for the spinner, you can use the player 1 buttons. Games usually only use 2 buttons at the most for spinner games. Tempest is a good example. Fire button and Super Zapper. So you should be all set. ~ DeLuSioNaL |
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