03484: boxingb: 1 & 2 player game start doesn't work with the 1 & 2 on keyboard

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
03484	Gameplay	Minor	Always	Oct 24, 2009, 13:34	Oct 24, 2009, 13:45

Tester	joemagiera	View Status	Public	Platform	MAMEUI
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS	Windows XP (32-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver
Version	0.127	Fixed in Version		Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	03484: boxingb: 1 & 2 player game start doesn't work with the 1 & 2 on keyboard
Description	game coins up as normal with the 5 key. But game does not start with either 1 or 2. Game started single player by hitting space bar. Still haven't figured out how to start a 2 player game.
Steps To Reproduce	same as above
Additional Information	I found thig same issue in a few other Cinematronics games also. Unfortunately, I didn't keep track of the game names, but I suspect they share the same driver, since it is the same on all, 1 & 2 doesn't start game and space bar does.
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Affected Sets / Systems	boxingb

Attached Files	joemagiera_garage2_boxingbugs.jpg (104,393 bytes) Oct 24, 2009, 13:45

No.05056 Haze Senior Tester Oct 24, 2009, 13:40 edited on: Oct 24, 2009, 13:41	not a bug like many games it doesn't have dedicated start buttons, you must use one of the normal game buttons to start, as you've found. 'Q' (player 2, button 3) will start a 2 player game just as space (player 1, button 3) starts a 1 player game.
No.05057 Tafoid Administrator Oct 24, 2009, 13:44 edited on: Oct 24, 2009, 13:58	As Haze states - not a bug. The picture I'm seeing, which is a machine you own (or used to own)? shows that there is one dial, and 6 buttons (3 for player 1 and 3 for player 2). Each set of buttons has a multi-function button which works as a game action button AND a start button. As decided with other games/drivers that have similar behavior (Atari Games such as Indiana Jones, etc) 01868 - it makes no sense to have a separate start button mapping. If the original game has a single button doing multiple things, MAME shouldn't split this up.

No.05056

Haze

Senior Tester

Oct 24, 2009, 13:40

edited on: Oct 24, 2009, 13:41

not a bug

like many games it doesn't have dedicated start buttons, you must use one of the normal game buttons to start, as you've found.

'Q' (player 2, button 3) will start a 2 player game just as space (player 1, button 3) starts a 1 player game.

No.05057

Tafoid

Administrator

Oct 24, 2009, 13:44

edited on: Oct 24, 2009, 13:58

As Haze states - not a bug.

The picture I'm seeing, which is a machine you own (or used to own)? shows that there is one dial, and 6 buttons (3 for player 1 and 3 for player 2). Each set of buttons has a multi-function button which works as a game action button AND a start button.

As decided with other games/drivers that have similar behavior (Atari Games such as Indiana Jones, etc) 01868 - it makes no sense to have a separate start button mapping. If the original game has a single button doing multiple things, MAME shouldn't split this up.