Shit, I don't recall that at all. And I would, because my first panel had T-sticks to address just this, let alone going onto U360s in further vein.
> I believe your suggestion for a new feature is an old feature that's since been
> removed.
>
> It was called "sticky keys". There's mention of it in MAME 0.37B14 (April 2001)
> readme.txt:
>
> - Changed 4-way emulation on a 8-way joystick to "sticky" mode. This makes
> Lady Bug and other 4-way games more playable.
> Explanation here: http://www.rentrondesign.homestead.com/JoyPrimer.html
> [Jeoff Krontz]
>
> Don't bother with the JoyPrimer link above; it's long dead, and even archive.org
> doesn't have it.
>
> It looks like it was changed in MAME 0.57 (January 2002) src/inptport.c:
>
> /* If joystick is pointing at a diagonal, acknowledge that the player moved
> * the joystick by favoring a direction change. This minimizes frustration
> * when using a keyboard for input, and maximizes responsiveness.
> *
> * For example, if you are holding "left" then switch to "up" (where both left
> * and up are briefly pressed at the same time), we'll transition immediately
> * to "up."
> *
> * Under the old "sticky" key implentation, "up" wouldn't be triggered until
> * left was released.
> *
> * Zero any switches that didn't change from the previous to current state.
> */
>
> And it was further tweaked in MAME 0.84u4 (July 2004), where it looks like it's
> remained mostly unchanged since.
>
> There's also a (very) old conversation about it here, with some suggestions on key
> mappings that might help.
>
> I was concerned about this when I started buying components for a cocktail cabinet,
> so I settled on joysticks with a rotating restrictor plate. With a pull and twist,
> the joystick goes from 8-way to 4-way mode, and back again. No need to even open the
> cabinet. See Mag-Stik/Mag-Stik Plus.
>
> H@P
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