Maybe my crystal ball was broken
Anyway, looks like this conversation starts to go in circles now.
As I see it, we are not talking about keyboard vs something else here. Diagonals at keyboard should be much easier pushing up+right than trying to make same using hotrod. (BTW, Marp 1st at Robotron is played with keyboard.)
We just don't want someone to have unfair advantage using questionable button mapping. .That is compared to arcade, or other players who play the game "clean"
I think indy's rule looks fine, when I add one word in the end: simultaneously...which means that you can still use more than one key, just don't use them same time/same event(T&F etc-wise).
Example:
You can use analog joystick to play Tron, but at lightcycles you use keyboard.
Example:
You can use joystick at Hypersports, but use buttons at skeet.
You can use 2 running buttons at T&F, but joystick at highjump event...But you can not use joystick + buttons same time, same event, getting more pushes/second than you could do at arcade!
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2.n) Mapping two or more of the original arcade machine's buttons to a single key or joystick button in MAME is not permitted. Also it is not permitted to use more than one key or button in MAME for the same arcade machine button simultaneously.
Think about it, poll in 24h
