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BadMouth:
My dream....

vertical classics cab: a single 4-way joystick that uses a rubber centering grommet, 2 leaf switch buttons

vertical (or rotating) shmup cab: a short throw 8-way joystick (Suzo 500 or Seimitsu LS-56) , 3 convex Japanese style buttons
One player only, centered.
Casual multiplayer games could be done on one of the other cabs with less specialized joysticks.
(the 4 player cab would probably have a big enough horizontal screen that the vertical shmups would look ok on it)

light gun cab: an America's Army cab with a PC running emulators tossed in.
I'd use the original Happ guns for the light gun games and add Aim-Traks in assault rifle style housings for the positional gun games.
Might try to find a way to switch between one of the happ 45s and a shotgun.

Sit-down racing cab: Don't bother with a stand-up. It's just not the same.

4 player cab: Hap bat tops and 3 concave buttons all the way around. (not worried about the two Dungeons and Dragons games..a combo could be mapped for the 4th button)
Some type of automated system to display the function of each button based on game currently playing.
Beat 'em ups and hack 'n slash games would be on this cab, even if they are only 2 player games. If you want to get crazy, use Happ rotary sticks for P1 & 2.

2 player Vs fighting: tricked out sanwa JLFs with silent mods. Standard concave buttons in street fighter layout. I'd still be tempted to only do 6 buttons per player.
On current PC fighters like SSFIV, the two extra buttons just post combos of the other buttons so they are redundant.
To make it future proof I might add those other two buttons, but they'd be black or grey to differentiate them from the core 6.
It is nice to have a consistent "tag" button across various games instead of having to remember the combo.

Trackball cab: I'd be fine with this being incorporated into one of the other cabs. It would basically just be for World Class Bowling and Golden Tee.
The control panel artwork would include instructions for both.

Left out:

Spinners: Not a fan of many spinner games. Could be added to one of the other cabs
Analog flight stick: All the jet flying games suck. I guess it would be ok for Tron and Star Wars.

harveybirdman:
Thanks for getting us back on topic, here's what If space were no object.

Two Player Vertical Shmup Cab LS-58's, octagonal gates, three buttons per player (but even now I'm sure I could have got by with two)

Namco Style Vertical Cab. Dominux or Pac Pro centered, one maybe two buttons on either side of stick

MVS style machine horizontal monitor, with a two slot board, maybe have a multi cart in one and Windjammers in the other

Termin8or's Arkanoid Bartop

A Dynamo Cab with true LS 56 rotaries, Ikari, Caliber 50, Time Soldiers, and maybe Guerilla War on actual hardware.

Horizontal Mame Cab, Capcom buttons Layout, JLFs, Could be expanded to a four player, but most of the great beat em ups I love are 2 player games, or have 2 player versions. And we all know my bias to four player machines.

wp34:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on November 04, 2015, 09:05:56 am ---
vertical classics cab: a single 4-way joystick that uses a rubber centering grommet, 2 leaf switch buttons

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This. After getting my first cabinet done I quickly found there is something visceral about this experience for the classic vertical games. It seems silly but specifically looking down at a vertical monitor (like in a Galaga or Pac cabinet) is part of the experience for me. My MAME cabinet was missing this feel.

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: wp34 on November 04, 2015, 10:23:32 am ---
--- Quote from: BadMouth on November 04, 2015, 09:05:56 am ---
vertical classics cab: a single 4-way joystick that uses a rubber centering grommet, 2 leaf switch buttons

--- End quote ---

This. After getting my first cabinet done I quickly found there is something visceral about this experience for the classic vertical games. It seems silly but specifically looking down at a vertical monitor (like in a Galaga or Pac cabinet) is part of the experience for me. My MAME cabinet was missing this feel.

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Amen brother! I miss my vertical 1p 4-way classic build, but at least my daughter has it and I kept it in the family.

BadMouth:
My 4-way classics cab would be made from furniture grade maple plywood with orange t-molding ala Rally X.
I wouldn't want any of the other Rally X artwork, but I think it's a cool color combo that's not used often enough.
I'd probably keep the CP and monitor bezel areas black ala Pacman.

Putting the idea out there for others because it will probably be a couple years before I can work on something other than remodeling the house. :-\

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