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subzero23:
I'm not sure what to do with my 7th button (7th button = the A button from Neo-Geo games added to a Street Fighter layout)
like this

Lord Hiryu:
What should you to do, is to create a cardboard mock-up, with the silhouette of your hand, later open your fingers and

Kobex:
I had the same question when I was doing my layout.  I looked at different "commercial" 7-button layouts after I couldn't find a real diagram for any layouts of this kind (6-button layouts/dimensions are everywhere, but 7th was harder to find for me), and the differences in location for the 7th button had a lot of variation from one product to the other.  At least from what I could tell from the pictures...

The above advice is a good idea.  I just played around with the spacing and kept printing out layouts to see what felt comfortable for my hands to go along with the standard 6-button spacing.  I ended up going just a bit closer than the optimum distance for my thumb, since I figured not everyone would have the same size hands as myself.  I'd rather have it a little too close than too far away.

anthonylitz:

--- Quote from: Lord Hiryu on November 25, 2004, 05:30:47 am ---What should you to do, is to create a cardboard mock-up, with the silhouette of your hand, later open your fingers and  mark exactly where they would be the buttons.
I do not believe that a standar mesaurement will be better than your own hand to fit  the exactly place to put the buttons.
I did that way on my CPO.....and it goes really well.
That
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TOK:
I put mine down and to the left of the main 6 buttons, close enought to the stick so it works as the REVERSE button for Defender. I use to for Defender/Stargate way more than for Neo-Geo games.

Tim

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