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| leapinlew:
Whats the screen orientation and joystick? Is it a 4 way, 8 way, or 4/8 way? * My classics is 4 way joystick, 1 button and vertical screen. If I added 1 more joystick, I could play a few more games (like Astro Blaster and Satans Hollow). * My 8 way uses a horizontal screen and 6 buttons. You could always go for this, and do the joypad for player 2. * My spinner cabinet uses a vertical monitor and 2 buttons. Classics cabinet 8 way (can barely be called a bartop) Spinner So, whats your audience? Fighters, TMNT/Simspons, Classics? |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Knievel on January 26, 2012, 01:56:17 pm ---I never play fighters so I am having trouble thinking of games that would need 4 buttons, can't think of many that need 3 either. --- End quote --- If you're sticking with classic 4-way joystick games, I remember looking it up on MAWS and there are only a couple 4-way games that used three buttons. (and you have the option only having two buttons and mapping the third button input to them both being pressed simultaneously) It would be nice to have all the Neo Geo games (can't think of any non-fighters that used more than three buttons). Most of the popular sports games and beat 'em ups used 3 buttons. 4 buttons would get you the Neo Geo fighters and Tekken, but then you might have MK and SF withdrawal. Personally, I'd do 3 in a curve. I'd consider them too small for my taste, but 24mm buttons are also an option. |
| Nephasth:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on January 26, 2012, 03:10:55 pm ---Personally, I'd do 3 in a curve. --- End quote --- This would be my preference for a bartop as well. |
| Green Giant:
Stop asking for advice, you are Knievel. I expect something revolutionary and amazing. Will be waiting in the project announcement forum. |
| Knievel:
lol. Doing this one on the cheap I'm afraid, won't be anything revolutionary. :laugh: Great feedback as always here. Appreciate that link Dave. Lew you've got some great bartops there, nice work. I am using 2 8-way joys and a horizontal screen in this. Hoping the 8-ways will be playable with Pac-man and alike, time will tell. I'm thinking 3 buttons in a pyramid shape at this point. Trying to keep the width down so the artwork in the center won't be covered up too much. I'm going to try the various button options in some scrap wood I have here. See what works. In other news I discovered the joys of Superlite MDF today! What a difference in weight, mess, workability. Makes me want to rebuild everything I've ever made to this point. |
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