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Must have buttons On Control Panel
mrserv0n:
My control panel is built but I am trying to get a sheet of brushed metal for the top to work with it however its 50/50 at this point whether the sheet I have is going to be have enough coverage without warping.
Anyway
Just so I dont mess this up when it comes to layout time, what are my MUST HAVE and Important optional buttons I need besides my 4 man , 1/2 player gets 7 buttons, 3/4 player have 4. I have 1-4 coin and start.
What are the remaining supposed to be?
TAB for control options?
ESC to leave game I assume..
etc
Thanks
Oh I have the IPAQ-4 which is 56 inputs. 46 of which are dedicated to start/coin/sticks/player buttons.
shardian:
Do not put a tab button on your CP - unless you want everyone and their cousins totally screwing up the settings of MAME. An exit button is okay though.
You may also consider a Pause button and volume controls.
You should also consider remapping 1p start and using a dedicated shift button.
zaphod:
Pause button for sure. I map Escape to Pause and Player-2-Coin (Puase being the shift button). I use VolumeTray (http://glorysoft.omsk.ru/volumetray.html) for handling volume controls and map Pause/Joy1-up to volume up and Pause/Joy1-down to down. This way you only need one control button.
postalp123:
If you want things "clean" then assign a Shift Key.
michelevit:
on my cabs i have no admin buttons on the control panel.
i use a wireless keyboard to escape games and do everything
else. they make RF keyboards and mouse combos now that are less than 50 bucks
and work great.
i want to make my cabs looks like the real deal and keeping admin buttons
help with that. when i have guests come over they have no idea
that it is really a pc.
the other advantage is that you don't have to
worry about kids or guests inadventanly exiting
games or worse changing settings.
nothing worse than someone hitting the esc button while
racking up a high score on a long game session.
i do have a pause button but it is a small momentary micro switch that is
mounted under the control panel. i recommend it for all arcade games.
after dumping quarters in arcade cabs, i can't walk away from a game
in play until the "game over" flashes on the screen. the pause button
is the antedote for that "can't walk away disease"
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