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SSJ4Vegeta81:
I'm finally able to get around to working on a cabinet after being forced to put it on hold. I want a 4-player cp and am planning on hacking two 360 controllers to use for p1 and p2 and might use an ipac for p3 and p4 (I doubt I'll use four 360 controllers). I made an arcade stick for 360 mainly for SSF4 and it came out perfect so I think they could work on a cp. So I have 2 questions about the cp:

1) Is my idea good or would it be better using an ipac for all 4 players?  My cp will have a trackball, spinner, flight stick, and maybe a dedicated 4-way, with 2 guns on the cabinet.

2) I'm thinking of using 6 buttons for all players but I've read here that p3 and p4 don't have more than 4 buttons on arcade games.  I also want to use my cabinet to play SNES games and other systems I can find. Are there any games on any system that use 6 buttons for p3 and p4?


As for the TV, is it better to mount it whole or to mount without the case?
Dechene:
If you're gonna spend the cash on the ipac use it for P1, P2 and all your extra admin & coin buttons.
Then jump on ebay & buy 2 cheapo knockoff playstation style usb controllers for about $4 each, hack them as you would the 360 controllers for P3 & P4.
The 360 controllers would be unnecessarily expensive imo.

Don't know of games that use 6 buttons for P3 & P4 but i've never looked.

I don't have that many friends.  :dunno

As for the screen, it depends on your design I guess.
Personally I much prefer having the TV simply sit on a shelf with its case still on. I don't have to worry about decasing it & mucking around with the power in it.

Plus it is a lot easier when it comes time to move the arcade around.
My one has been in half the rooms in the house and even at a couple of mates places over the past year, I can simply pickup the TV & PC and take them out each time it has to move.
GregD:
Is this the official definition of a Frankenpanel?  Seems like a crap load of controls for one machine but I don't profess to know much. :lol
Nephasth:
Get a Lono. Best 4 player solution IMO. And decase the TV.
Donkbaca:
^^^^ This
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