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Title: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: newoski on August 13, 2015, 12:43:31 pm

Hi Guys,

While 99% of MAME games work after creating a default input config file, I'm noticing that some games still need some manual massage. For example:

20pacgal needs the Start buttons massages because this system had 4 Start buttons. Without massage, it's impossible to start Galaga
PlayChoice-10
Asteroids / Asteroids Deluxe - if using joysticks, buttons need to be remapped to left/right instead of buttons

Any other games come to mind like this?

Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: Malenko on August 13, 2015, 12:53:19 pm

i believe any game that has 6 buttons, like street fighter needs 5&6 buttons mapped for both players.

Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on August 13, 2015, 01:13:07 pm

Smash TV
Total Carnage
Robotron

If you have a 4-player panel, the co-op games always need changing on my machine to line everything up to the screen properly.  (i.e. the characters on the screen line up with the proper joystick)
Simpsons
X-men
Ninja Turtle series  (I also add the player 1 start button as start since it defaults to button 1 in the real game).

Also, on my setup, I have 7-buttons, so I always change my Mortal Kombat games to be the following:
   HP Block HK
   LP Block LK
Run (only used in MK3)

D

Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: mgb on August 13, 2015, 01:20:38 pm

Any alternate play type game like pacman where player one plays then player 2 plays.
A lot of people will use just one stick for 4-ways like that but the game controls still default at left, right, etc for player 1 but R,F,G,D for player 2

Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: BadMouth on August 13, 2015, 01:21:16 pm

By default, MAME assumes you have six buttons laid out like this:

123
456

If you wire them that way then most things will already be mapped correctly, including all the 6 button Capcom fighters.
The Midway fighters (Mortal Kombat series & War Gods) will need to be remapped.
If you want the 4 button Namco fighters (Tekken, ???) to be true to the original 4 in a square layout, you'll have to remap them.  Personally I prefer the way they fall with the default MAME mapping.

If you didn't lay out your buttons like that, then anything with more than 3 buttons is going to need remapped.

Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: PL1 on August 13, 2015, 01:33:19 pm

Here's an alternate configuration that works great for Xybots. (the original control panel had twist-to-turn joysticks)

With a 6-button layout like this . . .

123
456

 . . . map the buttons this way:

1. Turn left
2. Fire
3. Turn right
4. Zapper/Start (double-map so you can use either the start button or button 4)


Scott

Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: ark_ader on August 14, 2015, 04:01:21 am

StarGate & Defender.

Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: megamoze on August 14, 2015, 04:06:17 am

I'd love for someone to tell me how to map QBert!  :)


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Title: Re: MAME Games That Need to be Mapped Manually?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 14, 2015, 10:19:03 am

Quote from: megamoze on August 14, 2015, 04:06:17 am

I'd love for someone to tell me how to map QBert!  :)

Buy a U360. ;)