Looking for black "Coin" or ".25" buttons

[Ravenger]

I used Pongo's coin button labels on illuminated red buttons on my cab:



The photos don't do them justice, they glow a very bright red and the cut-out coin text really stands out, with a bright red ring around the button too.

The cab is a pre-built reproduction Jamma cab, but I've modified it to be a mame cab and replaced the joysticks and buttons with Magstik Pluses and gold leaf switch buttons, as well as wiring up some admin buttons and various other improvements inside. It uses my own custom Mala skin.

I also used Pongo's labels for the joystick dust washers and the admin buttons. They really finish off the machine nicely.

Here's a pic of the full machine:

[Ginsu Victim]

Why six buttons each for a vertical cab?

[Ravenger]

Why six buttons each for a vertical cab?

Essentially the machine is a compromise because I don't have the room (or money!) for separate dedicated vertical and horizontal cabs. The cab came as vertical (it was pre-built) so I had to work with what I had. As it happens I like vertical games, so I'm not worried by the horizontal ones having a big border at the top and bottom, and the screen is big enough that the horizontal games look fine.

Six buttons per player gives me the best flexibility to play the widest possible range of games, including fighters, and using Mame button re-mapping it's possible to get pretty reasonable control approximations of classic games like Defender and Asteroids using that layout.

I also have a separate USB trackball that I can rest on the control panel to play Missile Command and Centipede, which also works nicely for spinner games like Tempest.

[Ginsu Victim]

I understand. I run vertical games on my horizontal monitor.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Um.  Yeah.  So, any black coin buttons out there?

I have white 25cent logos somewhere.  I need to look for them.  PM me and I'll check in the meantime.

As for the coin door idea:  I made a hybrid on one of my arcade machines which used GGG's coin door pushbuttons.  I had to mod the door by cutting a hole, but they came out better than I could hope for.

Note:  I created a graphic from scratch that made the 25¢ logo horizontal.



DeLuSioNaL29

[DeLuSioNal29]

Do they hold up well?  I'm asking because my white 1 and 2 player buttons (They're Happ 1 and 2 player buttons) are now just simply white.     The players are gone.  I'd get the vinyl ones, but I just wonder if they are able to withstand the pushing...

I replaced mine just for the same reason.  They kept rubbing off.  The vinyls don't do this.  Just make sure not to clean them with Windex.  I learned the hard way.

DeLuSioNaL29

[RandyT]

I know I said it before but I find it hard to believe SOMEBODY in the community doesn't have access to a laser engraver/etcher that could burn these images ever so lightly into the buttons.

I have a laser and have tried doing this quite some time ago.  The results were not something that I would feel comfortable offering.  Nylon doesn't do so well when exposed to the high temperatures, and doesn't really ablate in the way which other plastics do.  It tends to just melt, and not in a particularly attractive way.

RandyT

[nickbuol]

DeLuSioNal29 was kind enough to send me some extra decals he had.  They look a lot better than I thought decals would.  Here are some (crappy) photos of them.  Overall I am VERY happy and now my wife and kids know what the main buttons do. 

[mcseforsale]

Yeah.  Great guy!  He sent some of the 25c ones, too.  Looks like GGG has what I'm looking for.  I'll just put them in on my next order:

http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73&products_id=386

Thanks RandyT!!

AJ

DeLuSioNal29 was kind enough to send me some extra decals he had.  They look a lot better than I thought decals would.  Here are some (crappy) photos of them.  Overall I am VERY happy and now my wife and kids know what the main buttons do. 

[DeLuSioNal29]

They look great!  Enjoy!

D

[bizarrojoe]

Hello, I'm reviving this thread since I'm looking for the same items. I have a custom fight stick that I want to add 1-player and 25-cent vinyl decals to (sanwa buttons). Is there a place that anyone knows of where I can acquire them?

[PL1]

Welcome aboard, Bizarrojoe.   

Check out SlammedNiss' B/S/T thread here.


Scott

[bizarrojoe]

Thank you! 

[big10p]

For my coin button, I got an illuminated, white button, removed the white plastic disc (that made the button glow white - the button itself is actually transparent) and inserted an image of a 10p coin I printed on my inkjet. Looks good and its the only illumated button I have on my CP, so people cant miss it.