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Shortest/Longest distance between joystick and PB

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IAmDotorg:

I was about to ask who this Xiaou2 clown is, but a search of this forum pretty much explained this tripe.

There should be a sticky warning people about him.

BadMouth:


--- Quote from: mimic on August 17, 2014, 05:36:25 pm ---What is the shortest (known to you) distance from center of joystick to center of push button
and same question but longest distance? (Can you give me some real life game examples?)
TIA

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Some of the 4 player games that tried to squeeze all the players on one side of the machine had action buttons pretty close to the joystick base.
(simpsons, nba jam, tmnt)

Why do you ask?
Are you considering building something that is extremely close or far?

Don't have measurements handy at the moment, but I spread mine out a couple inches farther than usual based on what felt comfortable and having a 34" wide CP to work with for only 2 players.  (and the buttons are grouped as tightly together as is possible)

Here are some layouts from original machines on slagcoin if you haven't seen them yet.
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html



solar:

The ones on my bartop are as close as you can get them. Not because i had limited space (i did - its only a 19" 2 player control panel) but just that they ended up being the most comfortable distances...minus the limitations on the nuts on the rear of the buttons.

I've got it drawn up somewhere if you wanted to see just how close everything is.

But if you're building something custom i'd just go with what suits your preference. If its just curiosity then have at it. :)

Malenko:

welp I have my new panel that's based on NBA Jam/Open Ice, about 37" wide, joysticks altered to be all on the same horizontal line (to allow for 2 player Smash TV, Karate Champ, etc) but players 1 and 4 have their buttons pretty close to stock, but adjusted to compensate for the joystick move. Picture attached.

Vigo:


--- Quote from: IAmDotorg on August 18, 2014, 01:27:03 pm ---I was about to ask who this Xiaou2 clown is, but a search of this forum pretty much explained this tripe.

There should be a sticky warning people about him.

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We hung a warning sign on the front yard fence.  :dunno

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