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Title: For those with a 60-in-1... proof my instructions please
Post by: Well Fed Games on December 07, 2014, 01:49:14 pm
Hey, working on a 60-in-1 for a Christmas gift project. Still collecting hardware but need to get art printed. Attached is a draft of my on-control-panel instructions. For those of you with an icade set to free play, do these instructions make sense?
Title: Re: For those with a 60-in-1... proof my instructions please
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on December 07, 2014, 11:29:48 pm
Looks good to me.  I really wish there was an option to remove the "preview" button.  On mine people tend to press button 1 after pressing the Start button to go into the game selection screen, which brings them into preview mode, which IMO is annoying.  I wish there was an option to turn it off.

Optional:  I would consider adding something that says, "Use up all of your lives to exit" or something to that effect.  (Not sure on wording)  I've had people say to me, "How do I exit the game?" or "Where's the exit button" and I tell them they need to die until the game ends.  Usually this is because they selected the wrong game by hitting the wrong buttons to start.  But with the provided instructions, you may not need this extra verbiage.

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: For those with a 60-in-1... proof my instructions please
Post by: Well Fed Games on December 08, 2014, 12:24:27 pm
Hey, thanks a ton, that is just the info i needed. Yeah, I wish there were more options.

Looks good to me.  I really wish there was an option to remove the "preview" button.  On mine people tend to press button 1 after pressing the Start button to go into the game selection screen, which brings them into preview mode, which IMO is annoying.  I wish there was an option to turn it off.

Optional:  I would consider adding something that says, "Use up all of your lives to exit" or something to that effect.  (Not sure on wording)  I've had people say to me, "How do I exit the game?" or "Where's the exit button" and I tell them they need to die until the game ends.  Usually this is because they selected the wrong game by hitting the wrong buttons to start.  But with the provided instructions, you may not need this extra verbiage.

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: For those with a 60-in-1... proof my instructions please
Post by: Malenko on December 08, 2014, 12:36:51 pm
"For games that support continues, just choose the same game again and you will pick up where you left off"
Title: Re: For those with a 60-in-1... proof my instructions please
Post by: keilmillerjr on December 08, 2014, 12:43:01 pm
Definitely need instructions on how to exit.
Title: Re: For those with a 60-in-1... proof my instructions please
Post by: lilshawn on December 08, 2014, 01:05:16 pm
Definitely need instructions on how to exit.

because it's set to freeplay, ending the current game will return you to the menu. there is no exiting once you load a game.