Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: timekiller on August 28, 2014, 09:46:16 pm
-
Hello! I am planning the control panel for a new cabinet build and decided to put spinners on the front that will double as steering wheels. I think I have enough room to put buttons dedicated for use with the spinners. I know Arkanoid needs 1 button to fire lasers. Road Blasters need 2 buttons, one for the gas pedal, one to shoot. For Road Blasters though, I am going to put a pedal on the floor, so I only need 1 button next to the spinner.
Are there any games, driving games included that I would need more than 1 button next to the spinner? what about for player 2?
Thanks.
-
Hello! I am planning the control panel for a new cabinet build and decided to put spinners on the front that will double as steering wheels. I think I have enough room to put buttons dedicated for use with the spinners. I know Arkanoid needs 1 button to fire lasers. Road Blasters need 2 buttons, one for the gas pedal, one to shoot. For Road Blasters though, I am going to put a pedal on the floor, so I only need 1 button next to the spinner.
Are there any games, driving games included that I would need more than 1 button next to the spinner? what about for player 2?
Thanks.
Why would you add dedicated buttons for the spinners? You can use the ones on the control panel.
-
Here's one resource that might help you find the answer.
http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Spinners_and_Dials#Which_games_originally_used_a_spinner.2Fpaddle.3F (http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Spinners_and_Dials#Which_games_originally_used_a_spinner.2Fpaddle.3F)
Some driving games had some view and radio buttons, too.
Start with the list of games you are going to play and work from there.
Scott
-
Yep, Blasteroids has 3 buttons.
http://www.gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade/CP/big/Blasteroids_-_1987_-_Atari.jpg (http://www.gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade/CP/big/Blasteroids_-_1987_-_Atari.jpg)
-
A quick search of the MAME DB came up with these with 3-6 buttons:
Arm Champs II v1.7, armchmp2o, 3
Arm Champs II v2.6, armchmp2, 3
beatmania (ver JA-B), bm1stmix, 5 & 5
beatmania 2nd MIX (ver JA-A), bm2ndmxa, 5 & 5
beatmania 2nd MIX (ver JA-B), bm2ndmix, 5 & 5
beatmania 3rd MIX (ver JA-A), bm3rdmix, 5
beatmania 4th MIX (ver JA-A), bm4thmix, 5 & 5
beatmania 5th MIX (ver JA-A), bm5thmix, 5 & 5
beatmania 6th MIX (ver JA-A), bm6thmix, 5 & 5
beatmania 7th MIX (ver JA-B), bm7thmix, 5
beatmania Club MIX (ver JA-A), bmclubmx, 5
beatmania complete MIX (ver JA-B), bmcompmx, 5 & 5
beatmania complete MIX 2 (ver JA-A), bmcompm2, 5 & 5
beatmania CORE REMIX (ver JA-A), bmcorerm, 5 & 5
beatmania featuring Dreams Come True (ver JA-A), bmdct, 5 & 5
beatmania THE FINAL (ver JA-A), bmfinal, 5
Blasteroids (German, rev 2), blstroidg, 3 & 4
Blasteroids (rev 2), blstroid2, 3 & 4
Blasteroids (rev 3), blstroid3, 3 & 4
Blasteroids (rev 4), blstroid, 3 & 4
Blasteroids (with heads), blstroidh, 3 & 4
Boxing Bugs, boxingb, 2 & 3
Brick Zone (v4.0, Spinner), brickznv4, 3
Brick Zone (v5.0, Joystick), brickzn, 3
Cosmic Chasm (set 1), cchasm, 3 & 3
Cosmic Chasm (set 2), cchasm1, 3 & 3
Crater Raider, crater, 3 & 3
Dark Planet, darkplnt, 3 & 3
hiphopmania complete MIX (ver UA-B), hmcompmx, 5 & 5
hiphopmania complete MIX 2 (ver UA-A), hmcompm2, 5 & 5
Moon War (prototype on Frenzy hardware), moonwarp, 4
Moonwar, moonwar, 3 & 4
Moonwar (older), moonwara, 3 & 4
Off the Wall (Sente), otwalls
Quiz (Revision 2.11), quiz211, 6
Racing Beat (World), racingb, 4
Scud Hammer, scudhamm, 4
Solvalou (Japan), solvalou, 4
Sprint 4 (set 1), sprint4, 5
Sprint 4 (set 2), sprint4a, 5
Star Trek, startrek, 4 & 4
Starblade (Japan), starbladj, 4
Starblade (World), starblad, 4
Street Heat, strtheat, 3
Super Crowns Golf (Japan), suprgolf, 4
Two Tigers (Tron conversion), twotigerc, 3 & 2
Victor Banana, victorba, 4 & 4
Victory, victory, 4 & 4
Wink (set 1), wink, 3
Wink (set 2), winka, 3