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grumlenz:

I am designing a 4 player control panel from Mameroom. I am wondering how many buttons I should have/need per player. Their default is 7 per player, as seen in this picture http://www.mameroom.com/images/Quad_lg.jpg I have gone through every page of the control panel thread and it seems that a lot of you have either 7 for players one and two and 4 for players three and four, or 6 buttons all around. I tried to research this before asking but could not find much info on it. I appreciate any help. I am wanting to run MAME and emulators for NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Master System, Atari 2600, Dreamcast, Pinball, PSX, and maybe a few others. I want as many buttons as are necessary, but not extra ones that will never get used. What are the reasons for 6 or 7 buttons, and why 4, 6, or 7 for the 3rd and 4th players? Please help! Thank you!

wooowman93:

if your gonna use a pc u will need the 7 button layout for players 1 and 2 and 4 buttons for players 3 and 4 and admin button like pause exit coin and optional admin buttons tab menu and enter

grumlenz:

Thanks! Do I lose any functionality by not having more buttons for players 3 and 4, or is 4 buttons always enough? I assume this is because there are no 4 player games that require over 4 buttons for the 3rd and 4th player? Do the people that do 6 buttons for every player just do it for looks?

wooowman93:

there are some but not alot

Malenko:

and ask yourself how often youre going to play 4 player games, especially 4 player console games that require 6 buttons per player.

the answer is: you prolly only need a 2 player panel with 7 buttons each.

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