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Does the 7th button get in the way or cause confusion?
protokatie:
I use the "standard" 7 button layout
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As per the question about confusing new players, I fixed this with my front end. For each game I have that standard pic of the title screen in one image box and a pic of the control button layouts in another with the buttons that the games use highlighted.
EG, these are some of the pics that show up on the screen.
Kajoq:
RoomTenofNine: You're not the only one who thought that might be easier. Taito has their badass new Vewlix cabs set up that way in the:
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I think some of the reason people do the 7th button bottom left is that it doesn't made each players layout any wider since you're going towards the joystick with the extra button instead of getting any wider
Jdurg:
I've got my buttons arranged with the 7th button on the bottom left so that when I'm playing the Mortal Kombat games the 7th button will function as my run button and pretty much be where it should be on the real machines. That's my reasoning.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: efjayel on June 28, 2008, 03:01:25 pm ---I'm gonna use the LEDWiz kit so that it lights up only the buttons that are to be used for that game. Should save them "non-arcade people" of all the guess work. :dizzy:
;D
--- End quote ---
The Led-Wiz, by itself, does not light the buttons for various games. You need another piece of software (front-end usually) to do this. :tool:
NickG:
I have had 7 button layouts in the past but I have never really played well any games that require them. I am currently using the same method mentioned by Turnarcades with a "standard" 6-button layout. Since I have never become very accustomed to the standard Neo Geo layout for the games which use all 4 buttons, the 6-button layout is acceptable.
my setup for 4-button Neo Geo Games is:
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I hope to program my Ledwiz to color the ABCD buttons later if/when I buy some Electric Ice action…
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