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Cynicaster:

I briefly considered the swappable panel route but ultimately I decided to go for a design that can play most of the games most important to me.  I'm totally fine living without Tron and Star Wars.  I decided that the only appeal I would see in swappable panels would be the "science project" challenge of it getting it to work.  As in, "hey, look what I built!  Neat, eh?"  After that, I just know myself--I'd end up with panels sitting in the closet collecting dust.  Not only that, but half the fun for me is having guests over to play on my machine, and if I had to swap panels every 10 minutes it would ruin the pick-up-and-play experience I think.  

On paper the idea of having multiple clean, purposefully built panels sounds great.  But in real world use, maybe I'm just lazy, but the swapping process couldn't possibly be simple and convenient enough--it would always be a pain.  

Now, before everyone gets all upset, I'm just speaking for myself--YMMV.





telengard:


--- Quote from: Paul Olson on June 15, 2011, 02:05:37 am ---Hey telengard, long time no see! Definitely worth the effort. I know we have talked about this quite a bit over the years, but I still couldn't imaging not having the modular panel.

People keep getting hung up on having to swap panels, but it is a non issue. If you don't feel like swapping panels...don't! Play the games that work with the setup you have. I still have my Robotron setup mounted, and I played a quick game of Galaga the other day by mapping fire to the right stick/left. If I really wanted to play a full game of Galaga, I would have changed it. :)

It is just nice to have the option to change them out to anything you want.

I really need to get busy designing the new cab to go with the LCD TV. I can't wait to get it all up and running again. Playing Robotron is hard when the CP is not bolted down. lol

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Yep, I still poke around in here from time to time (usually when I'm adding a new control to the cab or upgrading MAME).  Working on the Sinistar 49 way as of late.

I can totally understand why modular wouldn't work for some folks.  For *me* personally, I like having as close to the original layout/controls as possible (probably OCD) so modular was my only option.
And yeah, Robotron not locked down HARD can be ugly.     :)

~telengard

rohan:

Rcub3 should totally do this:


Of course my cab has no admin buttons (all shift functions utilizing an i-pac) because frankenpanels are really fugly.  :puke

Xiaou2:

If you dont like it, dont look at it.


Bootay:


--- Quote from: rohan on September 18, 2011, 10:24:07 pm ---Rcub3 should totally do this:


Of course my cab has no admin buttons (all shift functions utilizing an i-pac) because frankenpanels are really fugly.  :puke

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I would hope those steering wheels are removable. Could you imagine how uncomfortable those must be when playing non-racing games?

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