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severdhed:
There is no right answer. Make a cardboard panel and test both to see what you like best. Personally, I like the curved layout. I think it is more comfortable for long periods of time, plus if you are slightly off center when drilling your button holes it is much less noticeable with a curved layout. A misplaced button in a straight row sticks out like a sore thumb.
Malenko:

--- Quote from: severdhed on September 11, 2013, 09:04:38 am ---There is no right answer. Make a cardboard panel and test both to see what you like best. Personally, I like the curved layout. I think it is more comfortable for long periods of time, plus if you are slightly off center when drilling your button holes it is much less noticeable with a curved layout. A misplaced button in a straight row sticks out like a sore thumb.

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There is a right answer, you just typed it.
shiori1425:
It should look like this.

Best.CP.Ever


paigeoliver:
No one will ever be sad if you just do the standard straight 2x3 rows. Some guys might prefer the curved row but unless they grew up in Japan during the late 1990s they would have learned to play on the straight 2x3 rows.

No one will ever get lost on the standard 2x3 layout. No one will find themselves unable to play properly.

The same cannot be said for the curved layout.

Full disclosure.

I have a mame cabinet with the common BYOAC very curved layout. I hate it, hate it, hate it.

I also have a Candy cabinet with the standard very mild curve that they usually have. It doesn't bother me, but it is so mild it might as well not be there.

I grew up in America and never saw a curved button layout cabinet in an actual arcade until 2013.
Richardgregory:
I'm thinking from a comfort and if I dare say "ergonomic" point of view, it almost makes sense that the buttons be curved......

Ok, taking that aside, from a gameplay perspective, are there any advantages or deficiencies from using a 2 X 3 row vs the curve.  I don't have any experience seeing both worlds, so it'll be up to the folks here to chip in.
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