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jdjuggler:
I use MameWah.

Dire Radiant:
I'm using just one to keep the keep the clean look of my CP. When you're in a game it will quit and when you're in the FE it will switch between the FE and the jukebox. I reckon I couldn't pause playing the games in the arcade, I don't need to now.

Chris:
I have a Pause and Exit button on mine, along with a dedicated shift button (called FUNCTION on my panel), plus I use the flipper buttons as shift buttons as well.  I use Shift-Pause to get to the MAME menu, Shift-Exit to reset the game, Shift-P1 Start and Shift-P2 start for P3 and P4 start (I think only Track and Field, Hyper Sports, and the Trivial Pursuit games use these on my cab), and Shift-Player buttons do a variety of tasks like Service 1 through Service 4, Snapshot, Show Framerate (for troubleshooting), etc.  The coin reject buttons are wired as my coin entry buttons.  I use Left Flipper-Pause to save a game state and Right Flipper-Pause to load a game state.

I'm using a keyboard hack, not an IPac, so all the shifting is done through MAME.

As far as the button choices, they've all been selected to maximize the playing of Non-MAME games. Exit is of course ESC; Pause is P, which is pause in most games; P1 and P2's Button 1 are the Enter and Keypad Enter buttons; P2 Joy Up and P2 Jot Down are Y and N, for answering questions; P1 Joy are the arrows on the numeric keypad; P1 B2 is Space; and the flipper buttons are Left and Right Shift.

--Chris

phildo77:

--- Quote from: cholin on May 04, 2005, 04:45:05 pm ---Depends, are you using an iPac?  If so, it's just a matter of programming, but the buttons I use the most are:

Pause
Escape
Menu

Varies on what games you play and what you like to do on your cab if it's not just for certain games...


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Well how about... EVERY GAME.  ;D I will be using MAME and any other emulator i decide to use.  I'd like to be as flexible as possible.  I have a ton of CP space.  I've attached a draft of my CP art.  This thing is massive... like 55" x 33".  Its a rotating 3 piece CP but the outer wings are always there (but removeable for moving the cab.)

I'm NOT using an IPAC.  I'm using a KE72 and OPTI-PAC.  Here's the draft of my main CP art.

Chris:

--- Quote from: phildo77 on May 05, 2005, 11:55:38 am ---Well how about... EVERY GAME.
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