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6 or 7 buttons per player?
Hyperfan:
Im not sure if to just add 6 buttons per player or add a 7th.
What games emulators use 7?
severdhed:
if you are only using mame, the 7th button is not necessary. it is mainly used so that you can have 4 buttons in a row to play neogeo games, and still keep the 6 button layout for fighting games. if you aren't a neogeo nazi, most people can play neogeo games using the standard 6 button layout.
if you are using other console emulators, then you may need more than 7 buttons
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: severdhed on September 08, 2009, 03:55:09 pm ---if you are only using mame, the 7th button is not necessary.
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How's that? You just explained why it IS necessary in MAME (for Neo Geo / Capcom).
severdhed:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on September 08, 2009, 03:59:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: severdhed on September 08, 2009, 03:55:09 pm ---if you are only using mame, the 7th button is not necessary.
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How's that? You just explained why it IS necessary in MAME (for Neo Geo / Capcom).
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it is not necessary since you can fully play all of those games without it. some people like having it to be more authentic, but it is by no means necessary.
Beretta:
+1 to what severdhed said.
no it's not nessary.. neogeo only uses 4 buttons..
what he was saying is people who really like neo geo will sometimes have a 7 button layout.. not because they need 7 buttons but because they'll usually have them a row of 4 then a row of 3..
rather then 2 rows of 3.
on original neogeo cabs you would have 1 row of 4.. THAT is the reason for having 7 buttons to physically match the layout of the original cabs..
you can just as easily use any combination of 4 buttons on the usually 3x2 6 button layout it just is'nt "antithetic" to the original cabs layout.
if you're usin just mame then you most likley dont need more then 6 buttons + start..
like he said if you're gonna emulate some consoles also then you will probably need more then 6, infact you would need closer to 10 depending on what you're looking to play.