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Title: Control mapping
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 25, 2013, 09:44:47 pm
Just wondered if anyone has a list of directional maps for certain games.  ie Donkey Kong has a 4 way directional map, Galaga 2 way etc.  The reason I ask is I am mapping all my games with the Ultrastik.  Thanks to all in advance.
Title: Re: Control mapping
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on August 25, 2013, 10:14:37 pm
This may help some:
http://www.mamedb.com/search.php (http://www.mamedb.com/search.php)

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: Control mapping
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on August 25, 2013, 10:20:25 pm
RomLister is very useful too:

http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/ (http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/)

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: Control mapping
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 26, 2013, 06:48:37 am
ROMLister is what I am looking for but I want to do it in the opposite direction.  ie Put the name of a certain game in and get all the information pertaining to that game.
Title: Re: Control mapping
Post by: jelwell on August 26, 2013, 02:21:47 pm
Controls.dat
http://controls.arcadecontrols.com/controls/controls_dat.php (http://controls.arcadecontrols.com/controls/controls_dat.php)

LEDBlinky will automatically map for you:
http://dndw.com/ledblinky/LEDBlinky.htm (http://dndw.com/ledblinky/LEDBlinky.htm)

Some other apps will probably do the same. Mame's listxml also has the information built into it. If you run mame -listxml it will output a huge xml file that includes the joystick configuration for each game. Controls.dat exists because mame (being a historical representation) will sometimes list a control type that, while accurate, isn't as useful if you're trying to play the game with available components.

Joseph Elwell.