Howdy-
One of the admin-ish buttons that I have on my CP will be mapped to F10, for "throttle" in MAME, which will toggle between running the game at normal speed & running the game at the fastest speed that my computer can handle.
Why? Speeds up loading of DECO games, & some others that have long boots. I used to use the automatic save game states, but then I realized that I actually *want* to see the startup sequence when I boot games--I like it. But, there are times when it's nice to bypass it (or run an old game super-fast just for the heck of it).
So, I tried to come up w/ a simple icon to put by this button to explain that it makes the game go fast/slow (without making a label that says "Fast / Slow".
So, I whipped up some sketches in Solidworks:
First, a bunny rabbit: bunny1.jpg. Yes, it's sitting still & being cute vs. running...sedentary bunnies are easier to sketch than active ones...
Then, after my coworker was puzzled, I tried a bunny w/ a (slightly disfigured) turtle: bunny & turtle.jpg
My coworker got the point but preferred a running bunny. Perhaps something along the lines of one of these shots:
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS264US264&q=rabbit+runningComments? I'd like an intuitive graphic to explain this button, rather than word(s).
Another thought that I had was a Shazam lightning bolt (lightning.jpg), but that could be confused with a power button or electricity or...?
Thanks,
-Jason
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