vaderag Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 So I've seen various mentions of the need or lack of 2 coin buttons in other threads, but havent yet found a definitive answer... I was initially going to have 2 and a P1/P2 button and that is it, and use those buttons in combination for exit/pause BUT after setting up things I think I'm going to add an Exit and a Pause button separately as can see them being used a lot... but now i'm wondering if I need 2 coin buttons? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNTiGOD Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 If you are building a two player cabinet you should go with 2 coin buttons. But even if you are using gamepads I would add a coin button to the player 2 gamepad. I'm of the view the less shortcuts/hotkeys the better to reduce confusion especially if you are having friends around that don't know who things are setup. On my bartop I have player 1 and 2 buttons with a matching coin button for each. I also have an exit and pause button. You could always configure mame to insert a coin for both players.... but i dont like this option. Maybe give some more details on your setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaderag Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Yeah, should have been a bit clearer. I'm building a 2p cab. I want at least 1 coin button for sure and as I say, was originally going to have two... seems that plenty of actual cabs only have one coin slot tho, so figure there may not be that many occasions when having 2 is useful? Or am i totally wrong here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNTiGOD Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 A lot of the newer games 90's and onwards only had one coin slot but plenty of 80's cabs had two. Now you can always draft up a list of your favourite, then take a look at which require one or two coin slots. If you take the time you could always check out a particular games dip switch menu and see if it can be reconfigured from coin slot two to coin slot one. If plenty of your favourites require that second coin button that can't be reconfigured through dip switches I would stick with two buttons. The last option as mentioned is two configure player one and 2 coin to the one button. Eg you press one button and two coins go in. But I don't like this option. Hope this makes sense as my head is spinning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefboi16 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Maybe I over killed it but its nice to have those buttons there I have a player one coin and start and a player two coin and start. I also have a exit button, pause, volume up, volume down, and power. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefboi16 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Not the best image I can try to get a better one once home but here is my coin/start and admin buttons on my CP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaderag Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Are they little buttons? They looks small... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefboi16 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Its a big control panel they are regular sized buttons about inch and a quarter. Its a pedestal cab so i made it wide it is being leaned on a lot by my brothers when they get up to sit down on the bar stools didn't want ti to tip over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefboi16 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Here they are lit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaderag Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Cool. I kinda hoped they were small buttons as it gave me an idea for my exit button!! Ah well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNTiGOD Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I do recall on the first cabinet I built I only had ONE coin button (for a two player cocktail cabinet). But... I only had about 100 games and I went through and changed the dip switches for most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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