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| Stormy151:
I stand just short of 6 foot (like 5'11 and 3/4). After visiting several arcades (well, arcade type places anyway- a Gameworks, a Jillian's and a Fuddrucker's with a Ms Pac Man/Galaga) I determined that the most comfortable panel height (for me) landed about where my leg met my torso- which just about 36". I figured that I would try to get fairly close to the same height as an average arcade cabinet, so that it would be accessible to all ages. But of course, if that height hadn't worked out I would have biased it for my own comfort. :D |
| DougHillman:
--- Quote from: Stormy151 on March 22, 2004, 10:33:20 pm ---I stand just short of 6 foot (like 5'11 and 3/4). After visiting several arcades (well, arcade type places anyway- a Gameworks, a Jillian's and a Fuddrucker's with a Ms Pac Man/Galaga) I determined that the most comfortable panel height (for me) landed about where my leg met my torso- which just about 36". I figured that I would try to get fairly close to the same height as an average arcade cabinet, so that it would be accessible to all ages. But of course, if that height hadn't worked out I would have biased it for my own comfort. :D --- End quote --- I'm about an inch shorter and find that 36" is pretty much optimal for me as well. Seems to be a good all around comfort zone. The front of the CP on the cabs I'm building start at 36" and have about a 1" rise to the back. D |
| patrickl:
Wow, a lot of replies, thanks! I forgot to say that I playtested my estimates by putting books on a desk and then put my monitor and standalone Galaga CP on top. I found the measurements I calculated quite comfortable to play (took me a while to stop testing ;D ). It's just that the resulting cab design looks so weird. I guess playing on a tall cab like this would be a problem for kids, but perhaps they could sit on a stool too. I see that most of you end up in the 36" to 37" range. That's actually quite far from my heights. I will try that out with my mock-up setup and see how it fits. Actually, my friends are all taller than me, so they will probably don't mind if it's a bit heigh anyway. My kid is 80cm heigh so he won't be playing much for years to come anyway. --- Quote ---You might want to take a trip to the local arcade and find some cabinets that "feel right" to you, and then measure them. --- End quote --- That's just it. I tried in a local arcade and I found the few cabs (that actually had a joystick and buttons on it) play horrible. The Galaga/MsPac was so low I could almost see over the top of it! Trouble is I can hardly find a cabinet that doesn't have a steering wheel, light gun, bike seat or set of ski's attached. There is no real arcade anymore, just simulator games *sigh* I'm wondering why a CP is sloped up if you don't slope your forarms up in the same angle? When you have a lower CP, do you find that you bend your wrists? Doesn't the CP slope then just hinder an easy grip by making you need to bend your wrist more. |
| Felsir:
I found that I use my cab the most while sitting on a barstool (I hope it's the correct word, not a native english speaker). So keep in mind when designing your cab in what way you will use the cab the most. Sitting requires different ergonomics than standing up (also in terms of leg-space etc.) |
| mnm:
I've been thinking about this for a while as I design my cabinet, and was thinking of sloping the cp so that the front of it was higher than the back near the monitor (so it would have the opposite slope to what seems normal). This would make it less of a strain on the wrists, and the cp wouldn't be as high as patrickl was talking about. Martin |
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