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How many 2p games utilize 7 buttons?
southpaw1:
Since you guys are being so helpful, how many "extra" buttons do I need on the CP to operate through mame and windows smoothly? I was going to throw a jukebox shortcut button and volume control on there also.
markrvp:
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--- Quote from: markrvp on February 19, 2006, 07:54:32 pm ---In MAME there are no games that require 7 buttons. The 7 button layout is so that you can play 6 button fighters or 4 button Neo-Geo games comfortably as they were on the original cabs. There are absolutely NO 4-player games in MAME that use more than 4 buttons (I think it's actually 3). The only reason to use more than 4 buttons on players 3 & 4 is if you are using consoles in which case you may need as many as 8 buttons per player.
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Gotcha! So if am thinking of emulating is it even worth putting 6 on since I'd probably need 8 anyways?
Thanks for the input guys :)
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If you've already got six, that's okay. It will depend completely on how many buttons the console games you want to play use.
Admin buttons are personal preference as well. If you use an Ipac, pretty much all functions can be done "shifted" If you use the Keywiz you can use a Shazaam key to get shifted functions as well. That way you don't have to have specific keys for admin functions.
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