Arcade controls advice

Capeman

@pjft Turbo is for the weak! Real men hammer the buttons!

pjft

@capeman Yeah, I know... It's just that we're not getting any younger, and I'm not Takahashi Meijin.:)

@TMNTturtlguy Ok, so now I'm curious: you have "Select" and "Start", and assigned a separate (non-select) button to "Coin"?

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft Yes sir! The red coin buttons are real push buttons (they don't take coin, they are push buttons). I have this on both my arcade machines and love it. I have my coin button set to L3 which would be the thumb push button on the ps4 controller, i assume your ps3 controller has a button when you push straight down on the joysticks?

All the coin button (L3) does is operate the coin button for arcade, neo geo, fba, mame games. I can also set them to load or save games or any other function combined with my "Mode" button which is my hot key. It is a pretty fun feature when used as a single button, and an added button for flexibility with the hot key.

pjft

@tmntturtlguy I imagine you edited RetroArch.cfg for that not to be mapped to the select button, then.

Love it.

Thanks!

UDb23

After reading and researching quite a lot , my choice for my first custom control panel was:
Suzo Happ Super Joysticks , IL concave buttons, cherry microswitches and Ipac-2.
With that joystick you can switch it from 8 to 4 way by "inverting" a dedicated part at the bottom of the stick (no need for restrictor).

Really happy with that configuration!

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft yes, you are correct.

TMNTturtlguy

@udb23 I assume you need to access the bottom underside of your control panel to switch the plate? I can do that as well, but it is a hassle and not user friendly, especially when friends are over, or kids are playing.

UDb23

@tmntturtlguy said in Arcade controls advice:

bottom underside of your control panel to switch the plate?

It's not really a plate but... yes that's the negative point of this approach... means you need to decide in advance if you wanna play 4 way games...
I also have a Qanba Stick that I modded (it's easy to do) to accept Sanwa JLF "diamond restrictor"; this has an option to go "4 way" mode by just turning a restrictor ring (still you need to access the bottom).

I tried octagonal restrictor before but still couldn't play 4 way games like Pac-Man and Pengo the way they are meant to be played (played the original arcade games as a kid).
Timing and precision on these games is absolutely key: one missed direction and you're done; one life lost.

UDb23

@capeman said in Arcade controls advice:

Turbo is for the weak! Real men hammer the buttons!

Yeah ! Absolulely true. Said by someone that this year crossed the half of a century age.

Ademilson

@capeman
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