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    Arcade Controls

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      Sturgy86
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      Hi Newbie Here,

      Im sure this question has been asked before. I have had a quick look through the forums but cant find the answer i am looking for.

      Im currently building my first table top 2 player arcade cabinet and i just wanted to clear a few things up before i commit to ordering the bits i need.

      The build is run by a Raspberry Pi 3 running retropie.

      Firstly can someone point me in the right direction for 2 player arcade controls (joystick and 6 buttons).

      http://www.ultracabs.co.uk/usb-interface--illuminated-button-joystick-set-460-p.asp

      Would something like this be suitable and is it compatible with pi 3 ?

      Secondly can I also run joy pads for the newer games ?

      Thanks

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      • GraboidG
        Graboid
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        Hi Sturgy86,

        I just completed my bartop arcade and used this kit from Arcade World UK

        It contained all i needed and works on the Raspberry Pi 3. The controller is the Xin-Mo so needed the usb quirks fix to get two players going See Wiki Link

        You can run joypads for players 3 and 4. I've heard of someone having a switch this closes off the Xin-Mo cable thus leaving the joypads as players 1 & 2.

        Built Space Invaders Themed Bartop - Check it out here:- https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5593/space-invaders-themed-bartop-arcade-uk-completed

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          Sturgy86
          last edited by

          Your cabinet looks amazing !

          Thank you for the reply !

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            Sturgy86
            last edited by

            Any ideas why when I'm configuring the 2player controls it asks me to configure game pad 2 first but only the controls on the left hand side of my arcade work to do this ? Meaning once it's all configured player 2 is on the left and player 1 is on the right ?

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            • GraboidG
              Graboid @Sturgy86
              last edited by

              @Sturgy86 I didn't have this issue. Are you using the Xin0Mo controller? And have you wired up the control unit the correct way? Possibly got player 1 & 2 the wrong way round?

              Here's how mine is wired.
              0_1481727441128_Xin-Mo-2-player-layout-wired.jpg

              Built Space Invaders Themed Bartop - Check it out here:- https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5593/space-invaders-themed-bartop-arcade-uk-completed

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                Sturgy86
                last edited by

                Ahh thank you, I believe I have got them the wrong way around on the interface, I knew it must have been something simple, I will follow the drawing you have posted.

                Thank you again much appreciated

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                  Sturgy86
                  last edited by

                  Ok, managed to get all my controls on the correct sides, only issue I have now is I cannot have start and select working on both player 1 and 2. This also causes me not to be able to exit a game back to the main menu by pressing start and select. Any ideas ?

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