> as with most software-related details, you should rely on external dats not on the > MAME source because the hardware does not care how the buttons are used by the > game...
MAME presents an in-game UI for mapping controls and that works best if there are descriptive names for the game controls in MAME. Either take the MAME UI out of MAME (which I personally would be totally OK with), or accept improvements to the controller descriptions that make that UI better.
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