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Naoki
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Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons
01/23/14 01:32 AM


> Hello all,
>
> First, my apologies if this post is in the incorrect forum. I was lead here by the
> "Contact" page at mamedev.org since I'm trying to report a possible bug. Second, this
> is my first attempt at reporting a bug so please forgive me if my terminology and
> explanations aren't quite correct.
>
> My issue concerns the control setup for Tutankham in MAME. Right now the default
> control scheme in MAME is for one joystick to control the character, two buttons for
> firing the laser, and one button for using the flash bomb. You can see in the game
> history that it's set up for 3 buttons.
>
> However, the Tutankham arcade machine uses TWO joysticks. The 2nd joystick is a 2-way
> that is used for firing left and right. As such, it is only possible to fire in one
> direction at a time. MAME maps these directions to buttons that can be used
> simultaneously.
>
> Tut schematics
>
>
> Does this count as a "bug"? Am I missing something incredibly obvious? Thanks again
> for your help!

Not nessecerially a bug as to the game it can still be argued they'd be buttons as a joystick is basically 4 buttons in the cardinal directions. I can't remember if there was a mechanism in mame to prevent two buttons being pressed at once on these types of games.


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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons xelnia 01/22/14 10:21 PM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons hap  01/23/14 04:16 AM
. * For the technically impaired...... Traso  01/24/14 05:56 AM
. * Re: For the technically impaired...... StilettoAdministrator  01/24/14 06:41 AM
. * Re: For the technically impaired...... Traso  01/28/14 09:18 PM
. * Re: For the technically impaired...... TafoidAdministrator  01/28/14 09:33 PM
. * Re: For the technically impaired...... StilettoAdministrator  01/30/14 07:51 PM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons xelnia  01/23/14 10:20 AM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons hap  01/23/14 07:39 PM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons Matty_  01/23/14 01:58 AM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons Anonymous  01/30/14 12:40 PM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons Naoki  01/23/14 01:32 AM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons Bad A Billy  01/23/14 04:41 AM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons joey35car  01/23/14 06:18 AM
. * Re: Tutankham - Joystick or Buttons Waremonger  01/25/14 06:58 AM

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