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Author Topic: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs  (Read 713 times)

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How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« on: October 12, 2013, 05:21:16 am »
Hi guys,
Just received my first set of bsticks and uttons for my 2 player bartop. Due to finances i am buying player to contols next month.
I know that some people have exit buttons, pause buttons, etc aswell, but what buttons do I really need on my setup? I have also bought a mini-ipac so do have a limit on butons.

Thanks.

Nick

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Re: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2013, 05:54:53 am »
Hi guys,
Just received my first set of bsticks and uttons for my 2 player bartop. Due to finances i am buying player to contols next month.
I know that some people have exit buttons, pause buttons, etc aswell, but what buttons do I really need on my setup? I have also bought a mini-ipac so do have a limit on butons.

Thanks.

Nick

I always do 6 buttons per player for main buttons and 1 button each for start\coin and one final black button for admin combos that is usually situated next to player ones start.


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Re: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2013, 09:41:42 am »
6 is the most you'll need per player for arcade games.

I like a dedicated exit button that posts as the escape key and that's about it.
For anything else, I plug in a USB keyboard.

On my current build, I did do gamelist <> buttons, but they also double as coin buttons if you don't want to put a quarter in.

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Re: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2013, 01:58:53 pm »
For a two player setup, I'd go with 6 Acton buttons per player, two start buttons, two coin buttons, and an exit/pause button fit a total of 17.

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Re: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2013, 04:19:01 pm »
I went the other route with my MiniPAC and maxed out the buttons available.  I have 26 buttons - 2 x 6 button Street Fighter layouts, a coin & start for each player, 2 pinball buttons on each side (total 4, not shown), L & R mouse buttons above the trackball, then 4 x menu buttons for exit, menu, pause, and HyperPause.  I realize that a shift button is available and I could have less buttons but I've been happy with it.

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Re: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2013, 08:14:04 pm »
I've got 6 buttons per player, start buttons for each, pause and exit. Also have two in the sides for pinball flippers and one in front for a plunger. So 19 total.

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Re: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2013, 11:44:35 pm »
6 per player in a streetfighter layout.

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Re: How many buttons do you guys have on your cabs
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2013, 08:53:17 am »
Horizontal Cabinet: 6 per player
Vertical Cabinet: 3

My bartops almost always have 3 or less, except the defender and a 2 player bartop.