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| grumlenz:
Hello everyone, first off I just want to say this is a great forum and a great source of information. I have learned a lot over the short time I have spent here reading through posts and info. Thanks to all who contribute! My situation: I ordered a UAII cabinet kit and a 4 player control panel from Mameroom. I added the extra $20 to customize the layout. I figured this would be pretty easy but looking at everyone's pictures on here I am more confused than ever. I would appreciate any input. Here is a picture of how it would come if I left it as is: http://www.mameroom.com/images/Quad_lg.jpg I am wondering what suggestions you have as far as changing the layout/buttons and if anyone has used this panel the way it comes, what you thought about it. My basic questions: 1: Do I need 7 buttons for each player (what am I missing by going with less, or going with less on players 3 and 4). How many should I have? 2: I don't plan to use the trackball a whole lot, just a little Golden Tee here and there, should I move it? Maybe behind the player 1 conrols? Like in this picture: http://www.mameroom.com/examples/23495-IMG_0559.jpg Should I keep the panel rounded (like the mameroom stock image or have more square corners like in this picture)? Just don't want to be bumping elbows, if I leave the trackball as is, how's the elbow room? 3. Do I really need the separate 4 way joystick? 4. How often is the spinner used? Should it be moved more central? 5. Should I add pinball buttons to this control panel? I love pinball, however I am not at all familiar with visual pinball yet. A little more info on my setup: I just purchased a used XPC with a P4 3.8 GHZ processor, 2 GB RAM, 250GB hard drive, 128 MB video card w/ S Video and DVI. What I want: I want to run emulators for NES, Super Nintendo, N64, Playstation, Atari, MAME, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Pinball? (have not looked into this at all yet), and possibly a few others I am forgetting, maybe Dreamcast. I have Maximus Arcade and some emulators already and am currently configuring everything. What version of MAME can I run on this setup? Sorry for asking a lot of questions, I did my best to research through this forum and found a lot of answers, just looking for a few more from you guys who have been through this before. Thanks for any help! |
| Flake:
Well its really a matter of personal preference but IMO you DO need a dedicated 4-way but I've never liked the standard placement mameroom.com has for theirs. Plus I dont like anything to be in the way of the trackball for golden tee games.......although I dont play that as much as I thought I would. No you dont need the 7 button layout unless you are real NEO-GEO nut who has the NEO standard 4 button layout. I have 7 buttons and I've never used them except when I was experimenting on button mapping for defender - it actually works fairly well for that. Here is a pic of my panel before it was completely finished. No complaints so far........ |
| grumlenz:
Thanks for the info, your panel looks very nce! So if I went with 6 buttons instead of 7, I wouldn't be losing any capability? I am not really crazy into neo geo where that layout is that important to me, I just want the best capability with all emulators. Any games or emulators that require 7 buttons vs. 6? |
| Flake:
You know, thats a good question. I never really was into some of the consoles so maybe a 7 button layout would be preferred for something like that - hell in that case maybe you 8 or 9. I have seen other panels with 8 buttons before. You might want to investigate that further. But as for arcade games - 6 is all you need. |
| Kordova:
I have the same contol panel. Did the custom design as follows. 4 players with 6 buttons a piece Player Start and Coin for each player Trackball in Center with Two buttons above for mouse I left off the spinner and 4-way stick as I can either restrict an 8-way or use the left/right of the trackball for spinner. Not must into spinner games like Tempest, so I left it off. Added admin and pinball buttons on the sides though. |
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