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Do I need two coin buttons for a two player cabinet?
Cynicaster:
I understand the desire to keep things uncluttered, but is it really a big deal to have two dedicated coin-in buttons? I have two dedicated buttons and if I built another cabinet I wouldn't even consider any other solution for a second.
I put my coin-in buttons on the front of the CP "box", slightly offset by a few inches to the right of the respective joysticks. This way, the button is in a kind of natural position for the player to take his right hand, slide it down the top of the CP to the front, and immediately find the button without having to hunt for it.
And really, since the CP box is black and I used black buttons, you don't even know they're there.
From a practical standpoint it just makes things so much easier, especially when you've got buddies playing alongside you who don't know a thing about how MAME works. It's so much easier in the midst of a heated game of 2-player 1943 to say "that button by your right hand on the front of the control panel is your credit button, press it to insert a coin" than it is to say "while holding that button up there... no, not that one... yeah that one.. hold that one down, and press that other one... AH DAMMIT, BULLET HELL!... no, not that button, you moron... yeah that.... ah ---fudgesicle--- it, hang on, I'll do it for you".
Ginsu Victim:
I've just been using one button without any problems. Anything that requires a separate coin input just gets set to free play instead.
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on July 27, 2011, 01:21:24 pm --- It's so much easier in the midst of a heated game of 2-player 1943 to say "that button by your right hand on the front of the control panel is your credit button, press it to insert a coin" than it is to say "while holding that button up there... no, not that one... yeah that one.. hold that one down, and press that other one... AH DAMMIT, BULLET HELL!... no, not that button, you moron... yeah that.... ah ---fudgesicle--- it, hang on, I'll do it for you".
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If you're already playing a heated game of 2-player 1943, wouldn't you have already explained to your friend how to coin up before first starting the game? If they didn't get it the first time, you should replace player 2 with someone who has a slightly higher IQ...
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 27, 2011, 02:23:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: Nephasth on July 27, 2011, 02:10:40 pm ---If you're already playing a heated game of 2-player 1943, wouldn't you have already explained to your friend how to coin up before first starting the game? If they didn't get it the first time, you should replace player 2 with someone who has a slightly higher IQ...
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No kidding. I played through 19XX with a guy that had never seen a MAME cabinet a couple months ago and it took him all of 2 seconds to understand which two buttons to press for credits..... Find smarter friends, Cynicaster.
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The whole point of my friends is to make ME feel smart.
Cynicaster:
--- Quote ---If you're already playing a heated game of 2-player 1943, wouldn't you have already explained to your friend how to coin up before first starting the game? If they didn't get it the first time, you should replace player 2 with someone who has a slightly higher IQ...
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--- Quote ---No kidding. I played through 19XX with a guy that had never seen a MAME cabinet a couple months ago and it took him all of 2 seconds to understand which two buttons to press for credits..... Find smarter friends, Cynicaster.
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Well gee, I wish your friends could be my friends. They sound awesome.
It's not that using shift keys and the like require special intelligence or exceptional manual dexterity--it's an ergonomics thing. It's like, imagine you had to hit shift-enter at the end of every paragraph in a word processor. It's not "difficult" to do, but it's annoying. Arcade forum dogma aside, I think lots of people would think it makes perfect sense to allocate a dedicated button to such a commonly used function--especially when the up-front cost and effort to install it are all but negligible.
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