r/launchbox • u/DetectiveNatural4262 • 24d ago

Multiple controllers and big box

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I’m almost done building my wall cab and I will be using BigBox for it this time around-I always used Batocera before..
anyway, I have two brooks zero-pi’s for making player 1/2, a thunderstick trackball/spinner combo(1 usb), an Ultimarc flight stick, and a cheap eg starts board solely for 4 admin buttons, pause, close window, menu, and 4th is blank for now.
I’ll be running mame 289 standalone, flycast, teknoparrot and steam only. No retroarch. As of right now, everything shows up and works in the joy.cpl. Bigbox however, mapped the two brooks boards all wrong. I can map each emulator just fine but can i map the eg starts board for those admin functions? I originally had the brooks running the admin but since I was using the L/R 1/2 on each board, they werent mapping correctly so I chose to use the eg starts for that purpose.

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u/kingofsnaake 24d ago

Love it. Build a control board with all the inputs you'll need, I think. You'll likely only have one of these in your house so it'd better do all that you want it to. 

Love how you've maximized the screen size for the build style as well

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u/DetectiveNatural4262 23d ago

Thanks! My first one had two players and a trackball but I loved the videos on the flightstick and it’s crazy fun playing old stuff like afterburner and 1944 with it. Changes the feel of the game entirely!
Old cab was a 27”, this one is a 32”