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Q*Bert controls with 8-way joystick
headkaze:
As I mentioned to bkenobi on the GameEx forums there is always the Mame Analog Joystick Map Editor that can help make the files mentioned by u_rebelscum.
Ummon:
This is only applicable to newer mame then, right?
bkenobi:
Works great! I now understand why people install dedicated diagonal sticks though. On my LS-30s the diagonals are a bit hard to hit cleanly, so I tend to have a delayed movement. Also, since I am moving to a corner, I have to fight 2 springs as opposed to just 1. It's going to have to work cause I don't have any intention of changing anything.
Thanks guys!
severdhed:
it can be a little difficult to play with an 8way stick, even when programmed that way, becasue if you arent right in the corner and dont hit both switches, it won't do anything.
i thought about a dedicated diagonal 4way, but it was just too much wasted space for a single game. i ended up getting u360s and they play qbert perfectly. there is a qbert map for it and i can tell you that since i got these sticks, i have not any one miss-jump on qbert that wasnt a result of me just being an idiot.
jasonbar:
--- Quote from: severdhed on August 29, 2009, 11:32:30 pm ---i thought about a dedicated diagonal 4way, but it was just too much wasted space for a single game.
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Hey, don't forget Q*Bert's Qubes! :)
If one has a 4-player panel with angled-in outer players, one can make one of the outer sticks be a 4-way/8-way switcher & you're set!
(see far left stick in this pic: http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/infernolab/Arcade%20Game/01fullcabinet.jpg)
Thanks,
-Jason