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SeverdHed's Donkey Kong project...OFFICIALLY DEAD
Chicken McNobody:
If you are going to MAME it as a "replica" and just stick with the one button setup, you could make the 2P start button a second button for some games that need 2. Since it is only a 1P at a time cabinet anyways, you may not need a 2P start button for some of those games. With my Bump N' Jump MAME restoration, I will have the 2P start button as a 3rd button for some of the vertical games that use it, or for playing some horizontal games on it as well. Such as the Metal Slug series. Since those games are 2 player simultaneously, I will not need the 2P start button to actually function in that manner, so why keep it the same function? Hell, depending on the game you could make the 1P & 2P buttons function for the gameplay, and make the jump button the start instead. Who says you have to keep it the way it is labeled? I mean you are already putting at least 20 more games that it is technically supposed to play in the first place, so it's not changing the authenticity any further really than you already are. . .
Just an idea. . .
severdhed:
--- Quote from: Chicken McNobody on August 30, 2009, 03:23:13 pm ---If you are going to MAME it as a "replica" and just stick with the one button setup, you could make the 2P start button a second button for some games that need 2. Since it is only a 1P at a time cabinet anyways, you may not need a 2P start button for some of those games. With my Bump N' Jump MAME restoration, I will have the 2P start button as a 3rd button for some of the vertical games that use it, or for playing some horizontal games on it as well. Such as the Metal Slug series. Since those games are 2 player simultaneously, I will not need the 2P start button to actually function in that manner, so why keep it the same function? Hell, depending on the game you could make the 1P & 2P buttons function for the gameplay, and make the jump button the start instead. Who says you have to keep it the way it is labeled? I mean you are already putting at least 20 more games that it is technically supposed to play in the first place, so it's not changing the authenticity any further really than you already are. . .
Just an idea. . .
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not a bad idea. i'll have to look through maws and see what else is there. most of the games i really care about will work just fine with 1 button and a 4way stick. i am not aware of any 4way vertical games with 2 buttons that i am just dying to have..but i could be wrong.
I didn't get anything done on the cabinet today....i was hoping to work on it this afternoon, but my wife made me go to some stupid fair. So we drove for 45 minutes to get there, walked about a mile from the parking lot to the fair, had to fight my way through thousands of stupid people, just to look at stupid crap. my 2 year old did very well, we left him play one carnival game. my 8 month old however was a pain in the butt and would cry if we weren't carrying him..so for about 3 hours we walked around, taking turns holding the little goof, while the other pushed the stroller with the 2 year old. then when we left, about 10 minutes into the drive back home, the baby started screaming, and proceeded to scream at the top of his lungs for the rest of the way home.
the kids just went to bed, but it is too late, and i am too stressed out to get anything done with it tonight.
Vebbo:
Wohoo the joy with kids :D I've got 4 kids at home so i know what u are talking about :cheers:
--- Quote from: severdhed on August 29, 2009, 10:41:44 pm ---
my biggest problem now is trying to figure out how to mount the 19" CRT PC monitor that i plan to use.
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Just curious, are u going to use soft15k with this?
Chicken McNobody:
I forgot that your is a 4 way, my vert is going to be 8 way. you could do Punch-out!, it technically doesn't have a start button, you use one of the punch buttons or something like that. Use the 1P and 2P start buttons as the left/right punch, and the Jump as the Uppercut. It will actually be very similar to the actual setup. And I know the game is not technically a vertical game, but using the up/down method of the two screens gives it that feel, and this is a classic!
You could do the same with Arm Wrestling, but that game is not as fun, and it only has the one button. I think Arm Wrestling also has a pull out joystick, so that may need another button to function. Super Punch-Out! would require a 4th button for duck, or you could use both punches together, that is what I have setup. It takes a little time to get used to, but in the end, it's plays fine that way.
Once again, this is just a suggestion. . .
severdhed:
--- Quote from: vebbomania on August 31, 2009, 03:47:56 am ---
Just curious, are u going to use soft15k with this?
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i'm not even sure what that is. I've heard of people talking about it...i was under the impression it was for getting your video card to output a specific singnal to get it to work with an arcade monitor. Is there some benefit to using this with a PC monitor?