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mahuti:
man, it's a chore. but I love it.

Lessee....
49way stick $40
GP-wiz $40
 
to automatically switch based on the rom you're playing you'll need a;
Front end
MAME
set49way app
controls.dat
a bat file to be called by the front end that calls set49way and then runs mame.

The best part about it is, when guests come over, they never ever complain about the joystick not working right... it's always just what they need, 2way, 4way, 4way diag, 8 way, 49way. The only thing it can't do is full analog games, yoke games, that kind of thing. So I leave those games off of my list.

With the new lighting stuff... I can now light up the buttons to be used on a game, so there's even less confusion on which one to use.

SirPoonga:
And if you want a good guide to do what mahuti said
http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/set49mode/

Flinkly:
woah...

u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: mahuti on January 24, 2006, 10:37:15 pm ---In the same manner that the 49 way has 49 ways, one of them being "dead center"... an 8 way has 9 directions (one of them being "center" and a 4 way has 5 directions (one being center.) If you're calling them 8 / 4 ways then you could refer to the 49 way as a 48 way.

--- End quote ---

There were some "9 way" joysticks.  Optical ones, and for two or three games only IIRC (anyone remember the name?).  Like you said, they output the same as "normal" 8 ways, so either 8 ways should be called 9 ways or 49 ways by called 48 ways to be consistant, but you never heard of marketing have you? ;) 

[rant]"HDTV" LCD, plasma, & DLPs on sale that don't display at any of the many "HDTV" resolutions, let alone in the two (US) "standard" 720p (1280x720) and 1080i (1920x1080).    Resolutions like 1820x1024, 860x480, and even 1024x1024 (!), so every HD quality signal has to be converted to the fixed res of the TV.  But maketing still calls then "high quality HDTVs".[/rant]

Anyway, we didn't name them, we're just following what the supliers list the "xxx-way" joystick, to be consistant if some newbie searches for questions on the marketed "49 way" name, when we only talk about it as "48 way"s. ;)

Why is a "dish washer" called a "dish washer"?  It's a machine that washes; so why not call it a "washing machine".  ;D

mahuti:
I'm just saying for illustration purposes. Took me a bit (personally) to wrap my brain around how the thing actually worked until I figured out the 49th way was dead center. Then it made more sense to me.

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