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Four GP-WIZs on one computer?
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Ninja Supremacist on February 17, 2006, 11:50:10 am ---The main problem I see is that half your buttons will go to waste. The GP-Wiz32 boards have 32 inputs each. Mapping them isn't a problem as joystick 1 button 1 is different from joystick 2 button 1.
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Yes, half the inputs are wasted, but the boards are less than $25 each (Eco, non-solder) (less than you could hack a gamepad for if you figure your time into it as well).
--- Quote ---I'd suggest building two two player controllers. You'd save time and money.
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Three problems here -
The GP-Wiz is seen as one joystick and 28 buttons. Many emulators (non-MAME) only recognize 16 joystick button inputs.
Separate single panels let you use as many as needed any way you want to. With two 2-player panels, you have to decide - Will Player 2 always use the same panel as Player 1, or will I use separate panels (Player 1 uses the first dual joystick panel and Player 2 uses the second). And you likely want a different setup with your gf than you do with your beer buddy. (Hopefully). NTTIAWWT!
Finally, there is the problem of input mapping - yes you could map buttons 16-28 as player 2 directionals and buttons in MAME, but for the same panel setup you would want Player 2 mapped to Joystick 1 buttons 16-32, for the separate panel setup, you would want Player 2 mapped to Joystick 2 buttons 1-8, but you wouldn't want to map it both ways or you couldn't play 3 player games, if you had two friends over . . .
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on February 17, 2006, 08:25:05 am ---Kremmit may have understood MarkRVP's question better than my long-winded reply !
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Did you ever see "The Usual Suspects"?
I'm gonna start calling you Verbal.
:P
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