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DeLuSioNal29:

Funny that you guys mention quad panel vs. dual panel:  I'm was actually THINKING about reducing my Ultra Arcade quad panel to a 2 player panel instead the last few weeks.  Although NBA Jam, the Simpsons, X-men and other 4 player games are great to play when a lot of people come over, I end up using all 4 players twice a year if that.

And it does take up a lot of real estate.  So I'm seriously considering to sell the quad panel and build a new one.  But again, everyone is different.

DeLuSioNaL29

Hoopz:

I've got kids so a 4 player CP comes in handy.  Depending on who's playing, TMNT, Super Mario War, and a few others get some playing time quite a bit.  A lot depends on the situation.

quarterstringer:

I have kids too and a 4p control panel. It's great for the kids with their cousins and friends, but there has never been a time when 4 adults play any of the arcade games. The 4p panel does get a lot of play from the adults when I put on Name That Song. It's a great party game written by BYOAC member Lave Laar. It can be downloaded from his page at http://home.online.no/~llindga/

apfelanni:

actually i hate 4 player 65 square feet monster panels  , but i thought of cloning a cab for a 2x2 player setup for gauntlet sessions using 2 cabs of the same kind with a breakout harness. another alternativ may be buying a versus city cab . 

ArcadeKO:

Personally I would go JPAC and by a jamma harness (dirtcheaptrading has them cheap with all the buttons marked and disconnects on all the wires) makes it a snap to wire AND you can swap out for real arcade PCB's or multi-boards - for instance the 1000-in-1 boards are under $300

the CRT will make the games look a lot better - however, I think if you are tweaking your mame setup you should be able to get an LCD looking good using scanlines or other graphic tweaks - but i can say from experience - most games look like crap on LCD if they aren't tweaked in mame. These games were designed to run in like 400 lines of resolution and displaying them on an LCD just makes them look jagged as hell

also if you do go with an LCD make sure you do not get a widescreen!!! it has to be 4:3 or it looks like crap

If you don't want to mess with a CRT go to your local thrift store and pick up a 26" TV for $30 and by a $25 VGA -> S-video converter and bam you got a sweet gaming screen.

I can make you a control panel for way cheaper than $700 if you are interested PM me

GL - this is the funnest hobby I have ever had - its only been 3 months for me and I have already built 9 machines! I now have an arcade in my gameroom - pretty sweet

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