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jordanshadow:
The servo stick would work perfect if i didn't hate square gates. I am an octagon gate all the way. The 4 buttons were not by accident but deliberate choice. The only real games I am missing out on are the street fighters/marvel fighting games/defender. I like the simplicity of the 4 buttons and when people are over there is no question which button is 1,2,3,4. A servostick on player II would work nicely except for having to tell my guests they have to use player 2 controls for every 4 way game (whats a 4 way game they ask?!, hey your joystick is broken again?!) Maybe I could program player 1 and player 2 to both work for any 4 way game that is 1 player at a time. Would have to keep peoples grubby hands of the other joystick but maybe.
DeLuSioNal29:
My vertical arcade uses a dedicated 8-way on the left and I have the right side set for 4-way as the default (It can also change to 8-way underneath with a twist). I then programmed the 4-way games in MAME to default to the joystick on the right side only. For any 4-way games, most people first grab the joystick on the left, see that it doesn't work for that game and then try the right one which works. :-).
In your case, you can have the 8-way with the octagonal restrictor on the left and the servo stick on the right side with the square gate, which will auto-switch to 4-way when that type of game is selected.
Check out my video with this setup where I explain it further:
DeLuSioNaL29
jordanshadow:
Bah darn you delusional for challenging my 4 buttons. I was finally at peace with that decision and now you got me thinking again. Good news is that I really like the last layout you posted. I drilled out a template for it and made some adjustments and it felt surprisingly good. Bad news is now I need to rework my games list and CP :angry:
mgb:
I agree with Delusional on the joystick thing and the button layout. But truthfully if the 4 button works for you and your happy with neo geos for fighters (I know I am), then go for it.
I also like the 6 button stagger layout, it gives you a simple 6 button layout but the stagger allows for aneo geo like layout using the bottom left button with the top 3 buttons.
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