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Lo_Wire:

I would go Ipac2 and use two joysticks per player (suitibly placed on control panel) but have the second joy wired to switches 1,2,3,4.
Then go into mame and map accordingly in the twin joy games.

DeLuSioNal29:

I used an i-pac 4 on mine.  I was able to hook up 2 joysticks for each player 1 and 2.

The joysticks on the right side of player 1 and 2 are actually connected to the player 3 and 4 inputs.  Then I remapped it in MAME for SMASH TV, Robotron and Total Carnage.  I based my design around those games.  And now I'm able to play SMASH TV cooperatively with 2 players.  You can't do that if you only have 2 joysticks total (using player 2 as the fire joystick).

P.S. - Little did I know that I'd own the actual arcades SmashTV and Total Carnage later on.  :)

DeLuSioNaL29

Malenko:


--- Quote from: HanoiBoi on January 12, 2010, 12:43:26 pm ---Malenko, no one's suggesting the skittle effect.  :laugh:

Did you catch the fact that he wants 2 joysticks per player and 6 buttons each?  With the player controls alone, he's at 28 inputs.  He'll probably want 2 start buttons and at least 1 coin button.

Margin for growth is not a bad idea.  He may plan on adding pinball (2-5 more inputs) or a flight stick (4-7 more inputs) or something...

I do agree though.  If he wants to stick to 1 joystick per player, the IPAC2 is the wise choice.

-HanoiBoi

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You do realize the IPAC 2 supports up, down, left,right AND 8 button inputs in addition to coin and start for each player?  he could have 2 sticks, 7 buttons per player (Capcom/Neogeo Hybrid layout) and have a pinball button on each side, a coin input for each player AND a start for each player and the ipac2 has it covered.

Adding too many buttons and sticks sounds like a frankenpanel. There is a fine line between what you think you want and what you actually need.

HanoiBoi:

Malenko,

He's proposing 4 sticks.  And up to 6 buttons per player.

HanoiBoi

FunkyGibber:

Thanks for all your suggestions. I do plan on possibly updating the control panel in the future (I'm sure I'm not going to get the layout perfect first time) so I think the 'room for growth' scenario suits me better. Definitely not going for a Frankenpanel, I want everything to be clearly layed out. I would like a spinner though to play Tempest and Tron and I'm not sure an iPac 4 supports that. I may have to buy a Mini-Pac too...make sure they're both usb. Not cheap, this cabinet malarky, is it? lol.

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