Q*Bert controls in MAME

[bkenobi]

I asked the same question at BYOAC, but in case I don't get a response, I thought it might be interesting to ask here as well. Whoever answers first, I'll put on the other board to close out the thread.

I'm trying to play Q*Bert with standard 8-way joysticks. I'm not sure why, but MAME won't let me map multiple inputs to the directions, so I can't map my diagonals as I want. I really don't have a clue why this is a problem as I've had no problem mapping multiple inputs to other controls. Help?

Oh, I should mention that I tried manually editing the cfg file to add both directions, but when I go to MAME, the directions don't work at all then.

[headkaze]

Have you seen my Mame Analog Joystick Map Editor? It contains a map for Q-Bert.

[bkenobi]

I'm using standard 8-ways, not analog. I guess Windows treats the stick as analog anyway, which I didn't realize. It sounds like u_rebelscum over at BYOAC had the same suggestion, so I'll definitely be giving this a try over the weekend. Thanks HK!

For reference:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=95716.0