Re: Help on what to do


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Posted by lo' cash on 19, 2001 at 9:02 PM:

In Reply to: Help on what to do posted by Tom Wende on 19, 2001 at 7:33 PM:

I would seriously consider revisting the drawing board. IMHO a control panel with all the controls you list would be far to big to be practical. I can't think of a four player game that requires 6 buttons or multiple trackballs (which isn't to say they don't exist, I don't know for sure). I would recommend a 2 player panel with (2) joysticks, (6) buttons ea., and (1) trackball, and perhaps a second panel with (4)joysticks and the number of buttons required for your four player game.

If you do stick to your original plan, I would go with a keyboard encoder over the hack. You could daisychain a couple of I-Pacs [www.ultimarc.com] to get the number of inputs you need, and I think it will work with USB.

: Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me on how to build my MAME cabinet. I don't have any trouble with the cabinet, but I don't know what to use for my controls interface. I want to have it be 4 players, where each player gets a joystick and a trackball and 6 buttons. I'm not sure if i'm supposed to use a keyboard hack or what. The system I'm putting it on is fairly new and has USB ports. Also, what MAME program should I run and what front-end should I run on the system, which will be running Windows 98SE

: Your help would be greatly appreciated




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