2 player CP vs. 4 player CP

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Tiger-Heli:
>Assume I'm not using a shift function (but I may), what would I need?

That's all personal opinion - what you have sounds good. You can also use the buttons that are next to player 1 or Player 2, assuming the reach isn't inconvenient.

> I figure a few buttons for the 4-way, a few for the trackball, and 4 or so for MAME controls (exit, pause, tab, ESC) Am I missing anything?

Steering wheel, Tron Stick, Rotary joys, Star Wars yoke, Motorcycle handlebars for Hang-on, SeaDoo thingy for that waverunner game, fire hoses for that other game, hacked Nordictrac for Alpine Ski . . . just kidding, u meant admin button-wise. Well ESC and exit are the same thing :-). Pause is good. I wouldn't want Tab on the panel. Actually, I just want Escape and Pause on the panel. Get a USB keyboard to plug into your hub and use that to do set-up functions. Some people like Tilde (Video/audio settings), Enter (front-end navigation), F2 or F3 (Service Mode and Reset), F11 Toggle speed throttle, and F8 or F9 increase frameskip. I wouldn't, but if it matters to you.

>And one last question for now (I said I'd have a lot of questions :P ) >How much would I really be losing by not getting a spinner? How >many games use it? Would you guys give yours up if you had the >chance? I'm looking for personal opinions here, so I can get an idea >if I'd be losing precious gameplay or not.

Tons, Tons, Don't have one yet, but wouldn't give it up. Actually, I'm looking forward to having two of them. Let's see, Tempest, Arkanoid, Tron, Discs of Tron, Blasteroids, Older Driving games (Csprint), Somewhat newer driving games (Outrun, Outrunners, Roadblasters, poor mans Ikari Warriors, probably tons of others, but those are the biggies on my list.

pointdablame:
haha, Tiger-Heli, yeah I meant ENTER, ESC, pause, and tab. I think I'll go with those 4 and use the keyboard for the rest like you suggested. Maybe not tab... I'll see.

I'd still like opinions on a spinner. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say Tiger is in the "get one" column :)

I do like my Arkanoid, so I think I'll have to look into one.

skirge66:
hmmm...spinner I put up there with trackball, as I just gotta have one, they are both unique controls for great games that just aren't the same without them...tempest with arrow buttons or a joystic? bleah!

Odonadon:
I'd have to vote a big "no" to spinners and/or trackballs. Correction: a big "no" goes to trackballs, simply because they take up a lot of room and are so friggin ugly :) I consider my cab a peice of furniture, and I hate the way oversized CPs look to accomodate trackballs, or a CP where everything is jammed close together. A spinner is nice and small, so I can foresee putting that in my cab in the future. But what the heck are you going to use the trackball for (besides Golden Pee 98)? ;D

Odonadon

pointdablame:
Well I'm definitely going to use a trackball, that's for sure. I like the way they look, especially lit. And that way, I don't need to use a mouse to navigate through windows (I plan on running more emulators than just MAME)

Plus, Golden Tee is pretty fun, and doesn't Marble Madness use the trackball?? I mean, that's worth the price of admission right there.

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