Mame control panel how many buttons

By default, MAME assumes you have 6 arranged like: Stick with that and just about everything will be mapped correctly without having to do any remapping. After actually using it for a while though, I prefer using the first three buttons on the top row and hitting the first button in the second row with my thumb.

That said, I play a lot of Steam games on my cab and there are a couple games I needed an 8th button for. It's just less complicated and looks better. If you plan to hook it up to a console or play steam games, it's good to have the same 8 buttons the commercially available fight stick or fight pads have.

The two extra buttons are basically just shortcuts to post button combos. MAME just isn't good enough. It's a gateway drug. Quote from: Malenko on August 03, , am. I'll reiterate from my other post: Quote from: 8BitMonk on July 29, , am. Quote from: Nephasth on July 29, , am. I'm gonna echo Malenko. A 7 button layout can be nice if you want a 4 button spread for neo-geo and other 4 button games. But 6 should be all you need if you are running mame.

Awesome, guys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Depends on what games you plan on playing. I care only bout neo geo games. I only need 4 buttons. I have an odd 7 button layout which only uses six inputs where the extra button is on the right side, which means the buttons are mapped as follows 4 I use my pinky for the extra 4 button.

Works great. Obviously Capcom fans will want to remap the top and bottom rows. In reality four buttons is enough. The L and R might be best in something like obsidianspider first entry with L and R being on the end. Plus it still keeps a more standard MAME format.

So many options. I bet if these retro controllers would've been invented in the USA, the A button would be before the B but we're all accustomed to B then A.

Here's my latest panel I just sold. Tried a different offset for the buttons but don't like it. It turned out better on yours but mine feels a bit cramped. Customer didn't mind tho :. I really like your button layout, can you share your button configuration file with me? I only used 6 buttons tho.

I would really appreciate it thanks! Do you reconfigure the keys in mame after the setup? I tried to, but it maps directly to the joystick, instead of retroarch. So, I have a idea how to setup up mine. I'm in the process of a bartop build, and I'm adding side buttons as well, primarily to have these as pinball buttons. And is there a cool functionality to have for side buttons in Emulation station, e.

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All Activity Home Arcade M. Facebook Twitter. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Recommended Posts. Byrd Posted April 10, Posted April 10, Hi, I'm building up a MAME vertical monitor cocktail cabinet well, initially with a in-1 board running , which came with two buttons only.