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| Kardall:
So as I am almost up for ordering the button parts that I need, I am concerned with the multiple layout options available for the 4-player mame machines. I only really plan on loading up X-Men 4-player, Simpsons 4-player and maybe some other games, but is it just the normal method of putting 6 buttons "just in case" on the 3 and 4 player controls? Most games I see use maybe 3 or 4 buttons, but how often are there games that have 6? |
| Turnarcades:
Never, or possibly so rare it doesn't matter. We use 4 on our cabinets, purely for occasional 4-player console gaming, but even this is probably overkill - 3 is plenty in most circumstances, but 2 is normal for most worthwhile 4-player games. |
| Kardall:
Alrighty, so I have counted my buttons so I'll break it down, let me know if you see anything I might want to change: Player 1: 6 red buttons 1 mag-stik plus player 1 start 1 orange button for coin Player 2 6 blue buttons 1 mag-stik plus player 2 start 1 orange button for coin player 3: 4 black buttons 1 mag-stik plus player 3 start 1 orange button for coin player 4: 4 yellow buttons 1 mag-stik plus player 4 start 1 orange button for coin At this point, i'm not sure if I want to add a trackball yet or a spinner. I'm mainly going to be using fighting games in it. So no use in buying them. So if I buy all that i'm at $259.40 + Shipping from Ultimarc. Starting to ponder if I just need to buy 2 dedicated 8-way sticks instead of a mag-stik plus (switching) because they'll only be using 8-way controls, unless there's a 4-player pacman game LOLOL j/k. Anyway. I found a 4-player coin door from happs that I'll buy, but I'm not really sure about how to wire it up if I want to actually use the coin door. I'll do some more research. I think I saw a thread somewhere about how to make it work. |
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