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My first build (design stage)
« on: April 27, 2010, 03:10:00 pm »
Greeting to all these are my designs for my first arcade machine i got inspiration from lusid's arcade flashback




The plans are in PDF at the moment, soon i will convert them to JPG
http://www.colindecon.co.uk/cab.pdf

i will post updates as and when i start to build it,

hope you like it

colin
« Last Edit: April 27, 2010, 03:13:36 pm by colindecon »
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2010, 05:23:06 pm »
I'm new too but, Welcome!

Design's look great.  Looks like it will be a single cabinet with two CP's, excellent.
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2010, 02:25:49 pm »
yeah the 2 player control panel will be able to be removed so the 4 player can be placed in,
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2010, 02:43:58 pm »
I like that swappable CP design

Nice.
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2010, 05:27:46 pm »
i have some questions,

what the max amount of buttons needed for a 3-4 player game?

is 3 each correct?? ie xmen?

or are there any games that need 4 buttons per person??

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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2010, 06:03:10 pm »
Quote from: colindecon on May 04, 2010, 05:27:46 pm
i have some questions,

what the max amount of buttons needed for a 3-4 player game?

is 3 each correct?? ie xmen?

or are there any games that need 4 buttons per person??



Yup, there are a few that use 4 buttons. Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara and Tower of Doom is a 4-button game. Awesome game for 4 players too, especially when you work together as the different classes.

I think the Knights of Valour series are also 4 button games.

IMO, you don't need to have 6 buttons for players 3 and 4 on your 4 player panel.
Check out what I did with my El Diablo Mechanico cabinet (in my sig).
« Last Edit: May 04, 2010, 06:04:44 pm by opt2not »
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2010, 06:15:00 pm »
ok cool i will make my 4 player control panel 4 buttons per person, thanks for the info :cheers:
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2010, 04:33:09 pm »
heres my layout so far for the 2 player Control Panel



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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2010, 04:57:07 pm »
Not so sure about that button placement... They seem to be really far apart.
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2010, 01:56:44 am »
i had a 1inch gap between the buttons
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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2010, 02:03:57 am »
ok ive repositioned the buttons

take a look

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Re: My first build (design stage)
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2010, 02:06:35 am »
Quote from: colindecon on May 10, 2010, 02:03:57 am
ok ive repositioned the buttons

take a look


Yeah 1" is way too far. This looks better.

Take a look at this page, they have some good information on controller details.
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html
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