tedbell
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- Dec 1, 2009
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How do you guys play your arcade games that require only 4 cardinal directions like PacMan, Ms PacMan, DigDug and so forth? Using the 8-way dpad is very difficult! I play these games rotated, so that the dpad is being used by your left hand and the menu button is activated by the right hand.
The trouble is when you hit the diagonal directions, the character doesn't move or gets goofed up.
It would be awesome if there was an option in MAME to flip the screen, so that the A/B/X/Y could be used instead. This would also work better for right-handed folks. I see that wiz_frontend.cpp has the code for rotating screens and controls, but I am no programmer, and trying to compile that would turn my Wiz into wizz.
So, what do you guys do to play those games?
The trouble is when you hit the diagonal directions, the character doesn't move or gets goofed up.
It would be awesome if there was an option in MAME to flip the screen, so that the A/B/X/Y could be used instead. This would also work better for right-handed folks. I see that wiz_frontend.cpp has the code for rotating screens and controls, but I am no programmer, and trying to compile that would turn my Wiz into wizz.
So, what do you guys do to play those games?