4 button cab and other emulators

[G1zm0]

hi got a 4 button cab set up with mame.

i want to add
sms
super famicom
dreamcast
psx
genesis

 are 4 buttons enough for all these emus (i know dc,psx was more, hopefully some games on these systems will work)
 

i took a look at the emus but they all config to 6?

[Sardu]

Genesis was  A,B,C, X,Y,Z and start   (most games just used A,B,C)  (7 Buttons)

Super NES/Super Famicom was  A,B,X,Y,L and R, Start and Select   (8 buttons)

SMS was just 2 buttons.

Dreamcast was A,B,X,Y, R and L, Start  (7 buttons)


4 might not cut it for most of those. 

[severdhed]

i have to agree...that is just not enough buttons.  you said you have a 4 button cabinet, is that 4 main action buttons?  do you have start and coin buttons for each player as well?  if so, those will take care of your start and select buttons
 

if you are planning on doing alot of console emulation, you will need more buttons.  you could easily do NES, SMS, Turbografx, and alot of genesis games with 4 buttons though.

[G1zm0]

thanx, yes 4 action buttons it has and a coin and start, coin wouldt be needed as consols didnt require credits.

is there a program like rom lister to filter games to required button specs??

[Malenko]

I think you need 6 action buttons if you want SNES and genesis (near end of life genesis got 6 buttons)

6 action buttons and start covers more consoles better then 4. Select can always be the coin button, heh

[daywane]

with your set up
you can do
NES
SMS
All Game boys
most Turbo Grafix 16 games
Atari Systems

but I did have consoles in my cab once , I did not like it.
I ended up building a console PC and stuck it to a TV.  I did not even try to hide it.
I bought and or made game pads for all system I use and made them fit USB.
Atomic FE is my front end.

also I put my favorite movies as AVI (DIVX) files 1gig in size each
Another plus. I got sick of our DVD player's going out every 3 to 6 months.
I use the PC to play and back up our DVDs

I bought some peg board with hooks. All my game pads hang off them

This is used a great deal more than my Mame cab

[G1zm0]

think i will just keep mame cab for arcaDE and daphie and just put console ones on laptop

[severdhed]

if you are looking for console emulation, a modded xbox is a great choice.  the gamepad has enough buttons to handle jsut about every console emulator that runs on it.   it is how i do all of my classic console emulation.  it works great with NES, SNES, GEnesis, Turbografx 16, pretty well with N64, and some playstation games.  plus it is easy to connect to your big screen tv and play from the couch with a gamepad, just like you used to with all of those consoles you are trying to emulate...

to top if of, you can pick up a refurb xbox for $40 at gamestop now, so it is very cost effective

[daywane]

that is one way to do it but 1 xbox game pad for all STINKS

I need all original game pads for each system

I tried to stick with Microsoft sidewinders.
Super Mario cart not fun at all unless you use super nes pad
side winder wheel was fun 

[Turnarcades]

SMS was just 2 buttons.

Just a reminder that the SMS also had a console-mounted pause button.

Having console games in an arcade is great, particularly for fighting games that only saw a console release or were better emulated than they are in MAME (ie. Tekken games on PSX), or a lot of 8/16-bit platformers that do play well with arcade controls - after all, it's that era that aspired to replicate the arcade experience as closely as possible.

[Sardu]

thanx, yes 4 action buttons it has and a coin and start, coin wouldt be needed as consols didnt require credits.

Coin = select in some cases