Arcade / tact switches question

[jeffslot]

Hi,

I'm buying another arcade board to portabalize. What would happen if I only wanted to use 1 joystick for both players and simplye connected player 1 & 2 to the same points on my tact switches? Would that work? Thanks.

Jeff S

[dudex77]

Hi,

I'm buying another arcade board to portabalize. What would happen if I only wanted to use 1 joystick for both players and simplye connected player 1 & 2 to the same points on my tact switches? Would that work? Thanks.

Jeff S

i think so but im pretty sure you would need a switch

[bgnome]

all it would do is simultaneously ground both inputs at the same time. this should just register as simultaneous button presses.

[Super Cameraman]

As long as it's not a two player simultaneous game, it should work fine. Didn't the NES Advantage do this sort of thing?

-Super

[dudex77]

As long as it's not a two player simultaneous game, it should work fine. Didn't the NES Advantage do this sort of thing?

-Super

ive got a quickshot for the master system shut up it was 3 euros that does

[arfink]

Well, as for the arcade boards, I think that an arcade board that does not do 2 player simultaneous would certainly be just fine, especially if it's Jamma. I know this because Jamma uses only 1 ground for all the controls, both 1 player, 2 player, coin up switches, everything. I don't know squat about much besides Jamma, so if you use a non Jamma board you'll just need to break out the good old ohm meter and see whether the common lines for the controls are all connected to the same ground line. I really liked your last portable, and I am really looking forward to this one!

Edit: might I ask what you are portabalizing this time?