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Title: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: Bambam1963 on March 17, 2014, 07:10:24 am

Hi Folks,

I am looking to build a bartop cabinet as a gift and was only going to use one 4-Way Joystick and three buttons (not including Admin Buttons) for the cabinet.  The theme will b based around Galaga, but I would like to add some other games to the mix.  Can anyone suggest some games that would be best suited for the use of a 4-way joystick only cabinet?
Thanks.

BamBam

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: GeoMan on March 17, 2014, 07:50:23 am

You can use ROMLister to find all 4-way joystick games (or any other combination):

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

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: chopperthedog on March 17, 2014, 10:38:49 am

I can't think of a 4 way game that used 2 or more buttons.  :dunno


good day.

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: DarthMarino on March 17, 2014, 11:39:25 am

Here is a list of 208 games:

http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/486 (http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/486)

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: Cynicaster on March 17, 2014, 01:02:36 pm

Yeah, I can't think of a single 4-way game that uses more than 2 buttons.  Not saying there aren't any, but they sure can't be very common. 

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: Hoopz on March 17, 2014, 01:06:42 pm

Quote from: GeoMan on March 17, 2014, 07:50:23 am

You can use ROMLister to find all 4-way joystick games (or any other combination):

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

This.  It will give you one list with the parameters you specify.  I can't do it on my work PC but am curious how many there are.

MAWS used to be able to do this too....

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on March 17, 2014, 01:45:31 pm

Quote from: chopperthedog on March 17, 2014, 10:38:49 am

I can't think of a 4 way game that used 2 or more buttons.  :dunno

PunchOut!! uses 3 buttons and is 4 way.  Even though it's technically 2 horizontal screens, it runs great in a vertical cabinet.  However, you can still get away with only 2 buttons like I did by simply re-mapping the Uppercut button to the player 2 start button.  (It's only 1 player so the 2 player button is not used).

DeLuSioNaL29

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: DarthMarino on March 17, 2014, 02:48:26 pm

Mouse Trap uses 4 buttons as well.

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: yotsuya on March 17, 2014, 03:03:18 pm

Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on March 17, 2014, 01:45:31 pm

Quote from: chopperthedog on March 17, 2014, 10:38:49 am

I can't think of a 4 way game that used 2 or more buttons.  :dunno

PunchOut!! uses 3 buttons and is 4 way.  Even though it's technically 2 horizontal screens, it runs great in a vertical cabinet.  However, you can still get away with only 2 buttons like I did by simply re-mapping the Uppercut button to the player 2 start button.  (It's only 1 player so the 2 player button is not used).

DeLuSioNaL29

Great tip, my friend!

Title: Re: 4-Way Joystick Only Games??
Post by: Louis Tully on March 17, 2014, 04:49:33 pm

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