CP size

[slayerjenkins]

Hi I am planning on building or buying a control panel like SlikStik arcade's.  What I'm curious about is: is it worth it to spend the extra effort/money into getting a four-player control panel as opposed to a classic 2-player CP?

I know most people will say if you have the money and the space then go with the four player, but I want to know how often do you guys have four people playing at the same time and did you find it really rewarding to have the four-player control panel?  And do the 3rd and 4th players have a good enough angle to view the monitor?  Thanks.

[Minwah]

I think if you have at least 3 friends who can come round regularly, and if you love some of the 4-player games then you'd have a great time with a 4-player cab...

I personally am not too keen on most of the 4-player games (Gauntlet excluded of course   ).  Plus I am a lot more interested in retro games than anyone I know (I do have more than 3 friends, honest!) , so I figured I would be playing alone a lot - so I went for a 1 / 2 player (swappable) design.

[Stingray]

I did the same as Minwah. I'm mostly into early '80s stuff, and not really interested in newer four player games. I don't have room for a giant panel anyway. Mine is a smaller classic Midway cab with swapable panels. Well only one panel so far, but I'm working on numbers two and three.

-S

[GGKoul]

My 4 player panel is 48x19.

Lots of room for 4 players, lots of buttons and a trackball.

[TalkingOctopus]

Check out this recent thread for lots of 4 player info:

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=16720

I think that if you are questioning the utility of a 4 player cp you should just build a 2 player one and use gamepads for the third and fourth player.

[hyiu]

I guess that mainly depends on you....

do you have friends over often
I guess that will help you decide....

this is 1 thing we can't really decide for you.... you already know the pros and cons.... size.... space... price....

its mainly your choice and whatever you decide... just be happy with it... that's all....

[slayerjenkins]

Check out this recent thread for lots of 4 player info:

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=16720

I think that if you are questioning the utility of a 4 player cp you should just build a 2 player one and use gamepads for the third and fourth player.

I like this idea, that's not bad to use controllers.  I was thinking of putting a four port USB hub into the cab underneath the CP that way I can hook up some USB NES and USB SNES pads to it as well.

[namzep]

I have a four player cp that I've had together for a few months now and have only once had more than two people playing on it at the same time.  I'm thinking about revising my cabinet design (haven't done more than cut my pieces out) and using a two player setup with trackball and spinner (it would also give the cabinet more of a retro feel than the overlarge control panel would).  I really like the idea of using a usb hub and just plugging in regular game controllers for when I have players 3 and 4 over.