The reason this all started... We had a bad lightning storm a few weeks ago and I now have 2-55" TVs that work perfectly other then sound. Neither were mine, I'm a loon, I unplug everything if there is a bad storm. My neighbors on the other hand are normal so I get their fried ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. I am thinking of wall-mounting vertically with a surround of some sort to mask off the unneeded areas (if I can figure that part out in software) so I have digital bezels & maybe marquee. Someone did this with an upright if I remember correctly. Typing it makes me think I am in over my head already, lol.
Thanks for the list Scott! This will help, my list was off the top of my head + the D&D game you mentioned. There was another list (excel spreadsheet) but I'm thinking now it wasn't here on BYOAC
The only ones that used 4 were the two D&D games. There are no others.
I'd go with 3. All the sports games use 3.
I'd add a coin button for each player.
It's possible to make a combo enter coin, but then everyone who uses the machine has to know the combo.
Some 4 player games determine which character you are by which of the 4 coin slots are used.
Pause and a dedicated exit are all the admin buttons you need.
People will try to talk you out of the pause. I don't have one and sometimes wish I did.
The real reason I'm posting....heed my signature.
3 buttons is the current plan, This will be built out of a lot of scraps I have layin around. One of those scraps happens to be a 4P Ipac, so If I decide to toss in the 4th button for P3&4 its not a big deal.
If I cant find a reasonable $$ coin-door solution, option 2 is 4 of those coin return (looking) buttons (might be overwhelming), option 3 is 4 concave buttons sunk in the underside of the overhang of the CP box.
Pause is important, VERY important, phone calls & piss breaks.. does it need to be on top? no, but if ESC is, why not. The rest of admin can/should be done with wireless KB. The way I look at it is this, what buttons do you
NOT want your 6yo nieces and nephews pressing? dont put them on the CP.
Ok! got it, P1 P2 P3 at a 45d angle and P4 sqrd to the screen, right?