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Credit vs Start Button
Havok:
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Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Kurso on December 07, 2007, 03:54:46 pm ---I have seen control panels with a 7th button for each player and always wondered what they were for.
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It hasn't been mentioned in this thread, specifically, so I'll tell you here ...
As mentioned, you only need 4 buttons for players 3 and 4. The exception to this is console games (SNES, NES, N64, Dreamcast - either emulated or built into the cab.) The problem here is that consoles use a lot of buttons - for example, even an SNES is D-pad (joystick), 4-action buttons, shoulder buttons and select and start. So six buttons per player will just do it. Later consoles use even more inputs. The workaround is to use a USB hub and USB gamepads which is more accurate anyway.
For P1 and P2, the extra 7th button is mainly there for Neo-Geo games. This used a four button layout like below:
So the 7th button allowed you to play these games as intended, while also having the standard 6-button Street Fighter layout. NOTE: Only a few Neo-Geo games (mostly fighters) used all 4-buttons and even if you support all four buttons, you don't need 7 INPUTS - the 7th button can share one of the inputs from the row of SF buttons that you are not using.
Hope This Helps!!!
Kurso:
This is all great feedback. I've only been playing with name for a few weeks and this is my first cabinet build so all this advice is great. I can envision going beyond MAME (maybe SNES, etc...) so I'm going to stick with the 6 button, start, and add credit per player. This in addition to 5 function buttons and two trackball buttons should give me flexibility for the future.
Plus my control panel is going to be huge (almost 4 Ft. wide) so I have osme room to play with if I need to add more. Thanks again! I'll post a few pics when I'm done.
Dazz:
Have kids.... 4 player is a must!
Here is my 4 player control panel.
http://dazz.genmaygamers.com
I'm in the middle of revamping my cabinet and probably going to go with hidden coin buttons on the underside of my control panel. Right now I have it set to the default Ultimarc I-PAC4 layout. Hold player start button and press button 1 to enter credits and then start button to start. This seems to work quite well except when many people need to input coins at the same time.
TheManuel:
Please don't let any comments get in your way of achieving the functionality you need from your control panel however many buttons it may take. In the end, it is you who will be playing the games so your cabinet should be tailored to suit your needs and not that of others.
Don't be too concerend with the anti-"frankenpanel" non-sense. :cheers:
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