Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: plazma on August 02, 2016, 10:51:35 am
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I have access to free 10" tablets. I was thinking about making a mini bartop. The minimum width of the control panel is 27.7cm (10.9"). It is way too small for two player joysticks and buttons. But if I place the player 2 buttons to the side it may be doable. Player 2 hand can rest on the table and use the buttons on the side. Have anyone tried this?
I only need 2 or 4 buttons per player (+ some controll buttons but they don't require extra width).
How well does the OMAP4 4430 platform run mame4droid?
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Build a remote "fightstick".
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That is one option I have considered.
Have anyone tried mame4droid on Kindle Fire 1st gen? It got the same chipset as the free tablets.
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I have access to free 10" tablets. I was thinking about making a mini bartop. The minimum width of the control panel is 27.7cm (10.9"). It is way too small for two player joysticks and buttons. But if I place the player 2 buttons to the side it may be doable. Player 2 hand can rest on the table and use the buttons on the side. Have anyone tried this?
I only need 2 or 4 buttons per player (+ some controll buttons but they don't require extra width).
How well does the OMAP4 4430 platform run mame4droid?
Stop thinking about 2 player games. You could make it single player and make it good, or you could try to force 2 players onto a tiny screen and make it terrible.
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I have access to free 10" tablets. I was thinking about making a mini bartop. The minimum width of the control panel is 27.7cm (10.9"). It is way too small for two player joysticks and buttons. But if I place the player 2 buttons to the side it may be doable. Player 2 hand can rest on the table and use the buttons on the side. Have anyone tried this?
I only need 2 or 4 buttons per player (+ some controll buttons but they don't require extra width).
How well does the OMAP4 4430 platform run mame4droid?
Stop thinking about 2 player games. You could make it single player and make it good, or you could try to force 2 players onto a tiny screen and make it terrible.
This. So much this.
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Agree with the above.
Tablets are made for personal use.
I know you are making a cab with it but Its still only a personal sized screen!
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I see you said "tablets." You could always make two mini-cabinets and interface them somehow to that each player has his own screen.
Otherwise, perhaps some separate plugs where you can use external controls for two player games.
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What you are building is far closer to a gameboy than it is to an arcade game. No one was ever chomping at the bit to get a second gamepad to plug into their gameboy.
Once you build it with 2 player controls you have then sabotaged it by insisting on using a free tablet. That 800 mhz ARM processor is going to choke on anything past the classic era.
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What you are building is far closer to a gameboy than it is to an arcade game. No one was ever chomping at the bit to get a second gamepad to plug into their gameboy.
Once you build it with 2 player controls you have then sabotaged it by insisting on using a free tablet. That 800 mhz ARM processor is going to choke on anything past the classic era.
Classics like Bubble Bobble and Metal Slug are fine :)
I'll try what works on the tablet before building anything.
I'll go with 1 player controls only and add a port for external control if necessary. Some games, like the ones mentioned above, are best played with a friend :)