Re: SortInfo is only sorting the information produced by MAME (read on)

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: You are right, Defender is only 5 buttons + joystick up and down. I don't know why MAME report it as 7 buttons (maybe counting up and down as buttons insted of joystick)... : SortInfo is just sorting the information produced by MAME running it with the -listinfo argument. That information is not about how the original game was setup, just how MAME is configured to handle the game. It is quite usable if you are planning a control panel for MAME (not the same as interfacing the real thing trough JAMMA etc.)... : So if any one is wrong then it has to be MAME... : / EmuMannen : : Mole Attack uses 9. It is very easy to see why if you run it. : : You have to whack the moles and there are 9 holes for them to : : appear from. The holes are in a 3x3 grid. : : What are the 7 buttons for Defender? All I remember are 5: : : Fire : : Thrust : : Smart Bombs : : Hyperspace : : Reverse : : About your screenshot: : : I do not use SortInfo so I have no idea where it gets : : its info but it definately needs to be fixed since : : about half of the games shown have errors in there info. : : Blades Of Steel : : Both version only have 2 players. : : Blast Off : : Only uses 2 buttons (Fire and Select). Probably wrong : : because it on jamma hardware which supports up to 3. : : Blaster : : Only uses 2 buttons (Blast and Thrust) : : Blasteroids : : Both versions only had 2 players and use 3 buttons per : : player (Fire, Thrust, Transform). You had to push all : : 3 at the same time to get the Rip Star to activate. : : Blazer : : Only uses 2 buttons (Fire and Missile). Probably wrong : : because it on jamma hardware which supports up to 3. : : Blazing Star : : Only has 4 buttons per player. (Hint: It's a NeoGeo) : : : I was just using SortInfo and it lists Mole Attack as a 1 player 8 button game (+ 1 coin), that is 8 buttons to me (nor counting the coin). I tried KLOV to but no record of "Mole Attack". : : : The only game I know of with more than 6 buttons worth mentioning is Defender, it uses 7 buttons. But I plan to use buttons from both player 1 and 2 to sort that out (Defender is one player only, and the original CP had buttons all over in the first place so I will use some of the player 1 and some of player 2 buttons when playing Defender). : : : I also found that 6 buttons per player is optimal if you want to have as less buttons as possible on your CP. : : : : : I was just wondering what game uses 8 pushbuttons duging game play... i know Streetfighter uses 6 and so does MK. Im making a standalone control panel and im wondering if to use 8 buttons per player or just 6. : : : : : So far it looks like 6 is winning. : : : : : But before i draw that out, id like to know if there are games that actualy require 8 pushbuttons for game play per player. : : : : : Any ideas? : : : : : ~DigitalPuppy : : : : : ICQ 23255436 : : : : I don't know of any that use 8.

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