fighters that use 8 buttons

[boobie]

so i would like to know fighters for playstations 1,2,3 that use 8 buttons.. i have played quite many and the maximun buttons that have been used were 6. just wondering if there is any use for those arcade sticks that have 8 buttons?

[MrPopo]

I don't think I've ever seen an 8 button fighter. 6 button fighters are rare enough as it is. It's essentially Street Fighter and Darkstalkers. Then you've got Mortal Kombat and Guilty Gear as 5 button fighters, and pretty much everything else is a 4 button.

[elvis]

just wondering if there is any use for those arcade sticks that have 8 buttons?

The 8 buttons are basically there as a failsafe. Most games allow mapping of buttons, but for the handful that don't, it's a nice way to ensure that users can actually get to what they need (particularly pre-setup and save).

Also if you're an old school Neo Geo fan, you can map your buttons to the top row of 4 like the old MVS machines.

For the record there are no fighting games that use more than 6 buttons. You'll find a lot of players actually remove the last two buttons and replace them with plugs so that they don't accidentally use them (particularly at tournament level).

[SplashChick]

Only the first two Mortal Kombat games are 5 buttons, the rest are 6. MK vs. DC Universe is 8. The only other ones I can think of is Robo-Pit 1 & 2, but those work better with standard controllers. 8 button joystick setups just don't work well.

[elvis]

MK vs. DC Universe is 8.

Is that 8 separate buttons, or are there "shortcut" buttons (like in the console ports of the various Street Fighter games, where buttons 7 and 8 are shortcuts for pressing all three punch/kick)?

[SplashChick]

Shortcut buttons don't count. ;p

[SplashChick]

Though I got curious and found out MK vs. DC universe is only 6 buttons as well, I was told it was 8 but 2 are shortcuts set by default.

[boobie]

thanks for all the info.. always so helpful this site is.