MAME controls

[defianceEgyptia]

So i have Mame setup in launchbox/BigBox. I am using 228 emulator and 228 roms set. I am also using a homemade jotstick that has 12 buttons and an eightgate  stick with a zero delay board. it works great. Some games will not let me use the start and coin buttons that i have assigned, but if i use the keyboard its no problem. in particular Express Raider. i am building a arcade machine so i dont want to have to us a keyboard to start the game any thoughts or solutions would be appreciated.

[Retro808]

Launch the game and then hit tab to go to the Mame settings menu. Choose the option for Inputs This Machine and see if by chance the bindings for those option are different than what you set.