The day to day use of your Mame cabinet is going to be through the stick and buttons on the control panel, so you need to spend some time designing it and laying it out. For the moment, consider what games you think you’ll want to play, how many buttons you need to play each game, and if things like a trackball or spinner are going to be needed. I dropped the idea of trackball and spinner rather quickly, and gave myself a two player “fighting Game” layout of an 8 way stick and 6 buttons per player. This gives … Continue reading Mame Controls