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justinjstark:
I have attached what I am calling version 2 of my control panel mockup.  There is obviously a red and blue joystick and a trackball in the middle.  Here is the legend:

white buttons: buttons
gray button: p1/2 start
black button: coin
yellow button: pause
red button: exit

The cp is 30" wide and everything is to scale.  The black boxes around things are the exact dimensions required to mount based on the hardware I plan on using.

I currently have two mouse buttons and I will probably keep them as the arcade machine is also going to be a computer and will be able to play computer games.

I'm not sure I like the button layout.  Currently I have it set up as the sega layout from slagcoin.com.  I'm thinking about just doing two straight rows of 3 instead.  And I am going to do some testing to figure out if I should have 6/7/8 buttons and where best to place them.

My girlfriend is going to be doing the artwork and it looks like there will be plenty of space for some art and places to place wrists while gaming.

But overall, what do you think?  Did I forget anything important?  Ideas?
DashRendar:
Question- are you (and your friends that will be playing this) left handed?
darcyp:
and are you going to be playing any games like golden tee, shuffleshot or any trackball bowling games?
justinjstark:
Whoops, no, I'm not left handed.  I made this in inkscape upside down (in order to do measurements from the straight side) and I flipped it vertically instead of rotating 180 degrees.  I've attached the rotated image.
justinjstark:

--- Quote from: darcyp on February 03, 2010, 03:36:51 pm ---and are you going to be playing any games like golden tee, shuffleshot or any trackball bowling games?

--- End quote ---

Yes, I plan on playing some games like this.  Hence I made the rounded bottom so the trackball could be a little farther south.
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