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yotsuya:
Bill-
Think about all the games you loved as a kid. Then think about what you used to control them. You CAN'T play Star Wars, Pole Position, or Centipede in MAME with a joystick- doesn't work right. If you loved Pac-Man, you won't be able to play it right with an 8-way joystick. Did you like Street Fighter? You'll need 6 buttons per player for that, but if you are playing 1942, then you really only need two buttons. And if you're a TRON fan, you'll need a spinner and a trigger stick to play it the right way.....
You see what happens? A Frankenpanel tries to take all these controls and put them on one control panel. Now, far be it from me to tell you what to build. But my advice is to decide what you want to play, then figure out how that has to happen. You may have to cut some favorites, but that's OK. That's what the second MAME cab is for. :cheers:
mamenewb100:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 01, 2013, 04:10:41 pm ---CrapMAME should be required reading for anyone starting out on this hobby.
Look at this one!
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WOW. I almost died laughing. The buttons make fighting games unplayable, P1 and P2 joysticks aren't even. It has 2 coin doors? WTF. Then despite the enormous panel.. he puts the flight stick right in front of the trackball AHAHA. Makes my crappy panel look good.
BillinIndiana:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 01, 2013, 09:14:11 pm ---Bill-
Think about all the games you loved as a kid. Then think about what you used to control them. You CAN'T play Star Wars, Pole Position, or Centipede in MAME with a joystick- doesn't work right. If you loved Pac-Man, you won't be able to play it right with an 8-way joystick. Did you like Street Fighter? You'll need 6 buttons per player for that, but if you are playing 1942, then you really only need two buttons. And if you're a TRON fan, you'll need a spinner and a trigger stick to play it the right way.....
You see what happens? A Frankenpanel tries to take all these controls and put them on one control panel. Now, far be it from me to tell you what to build. But my advice is to decide what you want to play, then figure out how that has to happen. You may have to cut some favorites, but that's OK. That's what the second MAME cab is for. :cheers:
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I guess that's were I'm confused.. So you need 6 buttons for Street Fighter and only 2 buttons for 1942, this doesn't mean you need 8 buttons does it? Can't you have 6 and still play both games?
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: BillinIndiana on May 01, 2013, 10:38:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 01, 2013, 09:14:11 pm ---Bill-
Think about all the games you loved as a kid. Then think about what you used to control them. You CAN'T play Star Wars, Pole Position, or Centipede in MAME with a joystick- doesn't work right. If you loved Pac-Man, you won't be able to play it right with an 8-way joystick. Did you like Street Fighter? You'll need 6 buttons per player for that, but if you are playing 1942, then you really only need two buttons. And if you're a TRON fan, you'll need a spinner and a trigger stick to play it the right way.....
You see what happens? A Frankenpanel tries to take all these controls and put them on one control panel. Now, far be it from me to tell you what to build. But my advice is to decide what you want to play, then figure out how that has to happen. You may have to cut some favorites, but that's OK. That's what the second MAME cab is for. :cheers:
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I guess that's were I'm confused.. So you need 6 buttons for Street Fighter and only 2 buttons for 1942, this doesn't mean you need 8 buttons does it? Can't you have 6 and still play both games?
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Bill, the beauty of MAME and encoders is that you can reuse buttons. The 6 buttons are enough for almost everything. It's the multiple joysticks, spinners, and trackballs that take things to another level.
BillinIndiana:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on May 01, 2013, 10:48:37 pm ---
Bill, the beauty of MAME and encoders is that you can reuse buttons. The 6 buttons are enough for almost everything. It's the multiple joysticks, spinners, and trackballs that take things to another level.
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Gotcha, that's what I was thinking.. So why would he have 12.. I know that's part of why it's on that site, but why would he do it? I mean he has to have some sort of reasoning?
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