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| FunkyGibber:
Hi, I'm planning to build a 2 player cabinet which will allow most MAME games to be played which require 1 joystick and up to 6 buttons, but also double joystick games like Robotron and Smash TV. Being very new to this, I'm having difficulty figuring out what ipac would allow this. As I see it the robotron controls are two sets of up, down, left and rights, but from what i can tell the ipac boards only allow each player one set of directions. For instance, the ipac 2 has only 4 joystick slots, one for each direction on 1 joystick. Could anyone tell me how I could achieve this? Cheers. |
| HaRuMaN:
You could play Robotron using both the player 1 & player 2 joystick... |
| FunkyGibber:
Thanks for your speedy reply. Is that possible? I would have thought that with the wiring of the 2nd player's joystick going to the player two side of the ipac it wouldn't allow that. Can this be verified? If this is the case and it IS possible, then in order to play Smash TV (using 4 joysticks, 2 for each player) I'd need an ipac4? |
| Hoopz:
In individual games, you can map the controls to be different or however you need them. So for Robotron, you hit Tab then configure the controls for just that game. You would then map P2 Joy to match what you need for that game. Make sense? |
| HanoiBoi:
Hey Funky, It is absolutely possible to use 1P and 2P joys for Robotron. Question, do you use MAME on a computer? If you do, start a game. From there, press TAB and then select Input (this game). Here, you can scroll down to a function select it by pressing ENTER and then either click the button or move the joystick to assign that 'key' to that function. When doing so in Robotron, you'll see options such as : 1 Player Start 2 Players Start Coin 1 Coin 2 P1 Right/Up P1 Right/Down P1 Right/Left P1 Right/Right P1 Left/Up P1 Left/Down P1 Left/Left P1 Left/Right If you have two joysticks on your Control panel, it really doesn't matter how they are wired. You simply assign them by selecting the function in the list, and then moving the joy stick in that direction. Make sense? It's much, much easier than you might think. Your biggest concern when selecting an IPAC is the number of inputs. An IPAC2 can handle 32 inputs. An IPAC4 can handle 56 inputs. Each joystick will have 4 inputs. Each button is 1 input. (If you are looking at a joystick with any buttons or triggers, you'll need to account for those as well.) If you are indeed proposing 2 joysticks and 6 buttons per player, you are already up to 28 inputs. You'll then most likely want coin buttons, 1P start, 2P start and maybe even some admin buttons (Pause, Exit) Do the math...you might be good to grab an IPAC4. Hope this helps. HanoiBoi |
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