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Locke141:
I drilled my P1 & P2 buttons to day on my 4 player cab. I need some feed back on where to place my start and coin buttons. The catch is I want them to double as Left and Right buttons for Sega Saturn and SNES Games.

I used the Horis 36 templet from slag coin in a 6 button layout. I was thinking of making the first two columns in to three rows following the same curve. The coin/Left and start/Right buttons would be led lit, unlike the 6 other buttons. Is this a terrible idea?

Does any on know If I can have a dedicated button as a shift key on an I-pac. I want to have one button that has no other use then to shift the p1 keys to admin keys. I feel like I am at the limit of buttons already.


severdhed:
That's a tough one. I wouldn't want the start / coin buttons mount right with my main buttons, but if there are not close, they would be useless from a gameplay perspective.

The admin button should be easy, as long as you have an unused input on your ipac, just have it mapped to a key that is not defined in mame.

Locke141:
Here are some last minute sketch ups to clarify. There not 100% but it better conveys my ideas.

The black dots are already cut out, the reds are different placements for coin/Left and start/Right.

Locke141:

--- Quote from: severdhed on September 18, 2013, 02:58:55 pm ---That's a tough one. I wouldn't want the start / coin buttons mount right with my main buttons, but if there are not close, they would be useless from a gameplay perspective.

The admin button should be easy, as long as you have an unused input on your ipac, just have it mapped to a key that is not defined in mame.

--- End quote ---

Its definitely a trade off. I don't like all in one solutions, if it wasn't for one Sega Saturn game, thats a must have, I would not be considering this option. I already have to many buttons, so cutting back where I can.   

severdhed:
how well does the saturn emulation work?  he last time i tried it (a few years ago) it wasn't very good.  Have you tried it to make sure it runs well before planning your control panel around it?

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