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cmoses:
Looks like some good progress there. Do you know what spinners you are going to use?

I have a cocktail project that I am working on currently. No 3rd side. I am thinking of doing a similar control panel but swapping the joystick and spinner locations. This way the joystick will be closer to the center for joystick only games. Need to mock if up and test it out.

I am using the same HyperSpin cocktail theme. It I'd amazing looking. Looks like you need to download the wheels for your regular MAME theme. Keep it up.

jrose78:
I was thinking for the spinners I would get TurboTwist 2.  Here is the thing about the third control panel.

Pro:
can play horizontal games (asteroids, track & field, simpsons, and let not forget Dragon's lair)

Cons
A lot more money
A lot more wiring
Takes away from authentic (not that it is even close to begin with)

As for your comment about the joystick being closer to the center I wouldn't worry about it . It has never even crossed my mind when I play pac-man Also the Control panel is so small anyway that it doesn't really make a difference.

cmoses - are you going lcd or crt?  Because if you are going lcd you need one that can do custom refresh rates and also is s-ips so that it has good viewing angles. On a cocktail table viewing angles are everything.

P.S. If anyone is wondering that glass is tinted solar gray and it does help the image a lot.

cmoses:
Initially going LCD and MAME. I have a Dell 19" monitor that I plan to use. Viewing angles are really good as is the picture. I will be running MAME with a normal video card. I will also be using HLSL, which is part of MAME, to simulate scan lines and shadow mask. It is amazing how good it can look.

I am keeping an eye out for a 19" TV that has s-video, but very hard to find.  Not going for total authenticity. What ever works and can look good is fine with me.

What type of monitor are you using?  Are you using an ArcadeVGA card?

jrose78:
I went with the HP LP2065 Monitor. I am running groovymame with a switchres program. Groovymame keeps the default resolution on the monitor put calls on the program called Powerstrip to change the refresh rate to whatever the game is. A lot of older games run @ odd refresh rates like 54 or something like that.  I run a normal video card (not sure the exact model #) if that helps. Oh and I take back my comment about needing custom refresh rates. You don't really need them but they make the games run smooth. Most LCD do not do custom refresh rates far from 60. Hope this helps.

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