Are illuminated buttons distracting?

[RayB]

I'm debating whether to bother illuminating my buttons. I was thinking, if you're playing and it's mostly black around the monitor and control panel area, wouldn't illuminated buttons be distracting?

~Rb

[NoOne=NBA=]

I love mine.

I've got my P1/Pause/P2 illuminated right in front of the monitor bezel, and I have light up modules of varying button configurations.

I haven't found either of them distracting because I'm focused on the monitor.

[Industen]

I have 4 lighted credit buttons and other lighting around the cabinet and I have no problem playing. Actually I see zero reflection off of the monitor because of the angle.

[deibit]

I always played with illuminated buttons in the real-arcades (15 years ago).

The buttons where also bigger than american/japanese buttons...

I still need to be used to this small/non-illuminated pushbuttons that people use now  

[ChadTower]

No, I LOVE my Atari LED buttons.

[FractalWalk]

I was thinking, if you're playing and it's mostly black around the monitor and control panel area, wouldn't illuminated buttons be distracting?

If you're distracted by lights, then maybe video games are not for you.  

[RayB]

Guys I'm not talking about tiny LEDs for player start buttons, I'm talking about illuminating all the action buttons next to the joysticks (and a trackball).

[NoOne=NBA=]

As mentioned earlier, I've got BOTH, and I don't find them distracting at all.

[ChadTower]

I don't have illuminating play buttons, mostly because I try to use original panels and not too many games had them.  When I do use them on others' cabs I have no problems as I'm not looking at them when I play.