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Nailz:


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--- Quote from: flampoo on February 11, 2004, 12:29:50 pm ---I say rip the entire cabinet to pieces, sell it for parts and piss on the remaining pieces.  ;D

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i second that, and then bury the cabinet upside down and then piss on it again.

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I've just sensed a disturbance in the force.......   The pain!

EricDeLee2004:

LOL...

Well... I've thought about trying to reproduce the exact thing... but the Tempest CP is a little different in shape compared to a lot of CPs.  

I'm still about a month away from buying my parts (joystick, buttons, trackball, IPAC, Optipac... etc etc....) but I think I'm still going to use the original CP.  I can't find anyone around here that can make an exact copy of it so it will fit my cab perfectly.  

Well... if you all have any ideas as to what kind of layout I should put my controls in... I'd be greatful to your suggestions.  I know you all have enough experience as to where to put the trackball to avoid running into stuff, the correct button configeration and things of that nature.  Any help would be great.  



Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: EricDeLee2004 on February 11, 2004, 12:08:41 pm ---Note:  Dimensions for top of Control Panel:

6 1/2" X 23 1/2"

Not a whole lot of room... but I'm hoping to get everything on there without it looking to crowded.

(Noticed that some people use 7 buttons for each player.  What is that for?  I may not use 6 buttons... but I've got to try to figure out which games I would not be able to play if I do not use 6 buttons.  I'm not a big fan of fighting games... but I will be adding Console games as well... so that may factor in)

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7 buttons are generally so you have a 4-button neo-geo layout combined with the Capcom SF 6-button layout.

If you're not into fighting games, you could probably get by with 5 (or even 4 buttons) but console emulation (except NES and SNES, or Atari 2600) often wants 8 or even 9 buttons, so you're kinda at crossed purposes.

NoOne=NBA=:

I personally would sell/store the original CP, and do something like Justin did on his Centipede Cabinet.

I just can't see ruining something that others may need at some point, in hopes that you can "make it work".
I think the Dynamo style CP would give you more room for a trackball, etc..., and be much better suited to what you are trying to accomplish, than any conversion you could do to the original.
If you start from scratch, and design it to be what you WANT (not what you can make fit in the area you have), I think you'll be alot happier with it in the end.

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