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MPTech:
no flames please.
I built my Cab from scratch 5 years ago using the UltimateArcade plans and an X-Aracde Tank-stick, before I found this wonderful site.
(Next cab will be a custom CP.)

Meanwhile, the X-Arcade has held up well and the only complaint I have is the Esc Key (or lack there of).
I have never been able to get it to work or map it to something useful.

I saw a post earlier that got me thinking. Could I gut a USB keyboard, somehow only keeping the Esc Key and plugging it into the USB port???
I know this isn't the most elequent solution, but it's better than what I have now (open the kb drawer and hit the Esc on the KB!)
It wouldn't look as cool on the inside, but from the outside, nobody would know.

severdhed:
are you just using this for mame? or other emulators as well?  I'm not familiar with the x-arcade tankstick controller mapping.  is there a button that is mapped to esc and it just doesnt work?  If you are only using mame, you have two options.  you can change your mame config and tell it to use any key you want to be the exit button.(does not have to be Esc).  or, you could reprogram your x-arcade to map one of the buttons to the Esc key

newmanfamilyvlogs:
You can remap keys at the windows level like this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/map-any-key-to-any-key-on-windows-xp-vista/

Would that work for you?

BadMouth:
Let me know where/when you will hand over your kingdom.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=100885.0

 :cheers:

MPTech:
Well, now I need to go back an check.
I battled this monster for a couple years and eventually gave up trying. I contacted X-Arcade, and they weren't very helpful.
I don't even remember what the issue was with it, but I remember it was something unique to the X-Arcade (I seem to remember I got it to work kinda with MAME, but couldn't get it to work with MAMEWah or VPinball or Future Pinball, but don't recall the specifics now). I also remember it was some non-intuitive key combination (left-flipper & 2-player button or some non-sense). I'd just like to have a dedicated / labeled button.

My KB Esc works perfectly, my problem is my KB is in a closed drawer that I have to open and pull out the KB to hit. Kinda kills the Arcade mood when someone is playing and they want to switch games.

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