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optimum button assignment for 6 buttons
Crayola:
So I am building an arcade.. I have 6 buttons for each player.
Two rows of three above one another. The joystick is to the
left of the buttons. How would you assign them? I mainly play classics
so mostly 1 or 2 button games but I occasionally play a fighter.
I was thinking..
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Would this work for fighters like Killer Instinct?
Thanks,
Crayola
DirtyDachshunds:
That is what I use, but some members here also like.
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Most games will be 1-2 buttons, so it comes down to whether or not you want those buttons on the bottom of top row.
That configuration works great for fighters. I've had to manually set button configs for some fighter games as I always like all my kicks to be the bottom row and all my punches to be the top row.
garnerb350:
Have you thought if maybe you might like a 7 button layout?
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Some people perfer the 7 button layout for Neo-Geo games and dont forget the run button on MK3 :dunno
Rick:
--- Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on November 24, 2010, 01:07:41 pm ---That is what I use, but some members here also like.
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Most games will be 1-2 buttons, so it comes down to whether or not you want those buttons on the bottom of top row.
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I also had this question, but my only concern with this layout are the '1-2 button' games. Would I not, now, need to reach over buttons 4 and 5 to get to these?
Jack Burton:
I'm weird.
By default I use:
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My reasoning for this layout is that I play a majority of 2 button games like shmups, side scrollers, and beat em ups.
When I always played these games in the arcades the buttons were always farther away from the joystick than the 1 button would be in a standard 123 setup. So I move the buttons over a couple of inches to get them back to about where they would be at. It just feels right to me.
When I play SF or a 3 button game of course I go back to
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