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MameMe:
What I want to do
Create a control panel with 3 joysticks.  The two joysticks on either ends I want will be 8-ways with 6 buttons each for the fighter type games.  The joystick in the middle I want is a 4-way dedicated for games like Pac Man and having NO buttons (unless I need one or two).

Question from experienced group
1)  Is this possible to configure?

2)  If it IS possible, what kind of special control panel wiring will I have to do so that when I want to play Pac Man I can simply grab that middle 4-way and start playing?  Do I wire 2 of the joysticks to the same connection?  One 8-way & the 4-way to the same connector on the I-Pac?  I plan on using an I-Pac by the way.

3)  Has anyone done this before?  Please show me with pictures if possible because I've a visual guy, how you did this.  Plus I've been planning for a month or so now and still second guessing my ideas.

4)  Is this a dumb idea?  I thought of this idea because I'd hate to play Pac Man off to one side, hence the middle 4-way in the center of the control panel.

Knievel:
Yup that's how it's done. The 4-way and the P1 8-way are wired to the same connection or just daisy-chained together.
Then you can just grab the right one depending on the game.

You'll find most mame CP's have a 8-way on either side, trackball in the center with a 4-way and spinner above it

Apollo:
Yes exactly my first CP layout, although you will probably want at least a couple of buttons for the 4 way.
Just wire up the 4 way stick and buttons to the same terminals that the 8 way stick and buttons are wired to. Easy peasy.

Check mine out

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=12212;start=msg95105#msg95105

GGKoul:
Why don't you get a 4/8 way joystick?

MameMe:

--- Quote ---Why don't you get a 4/8 way joystick?
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Like I mentioned I don't want to be off to one side when playing Pac Man.  It would be much better to be standing straight in front of the game since its a "one-player at a time" game anyways.



--- Quote ---Yes exactly my first CP layout, although you will probably want at least a couple of buttons for the 4 way.
Just wire up the 4 way stick and buttons to the same terminals that the 8 way stick and buttons are wired to. Easy peasy.
--- End quote ---
Apollo, that is pretty much exactly what I had in mind.  Thank you very much for the picture.  Do you have a T-Stick PLUS in the middle?  What are your joysticks on the ends?

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