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2person CP - generic
colonel_colon:
I'm looking for a generic control panel for two players.
My thought is:
two 8-ways; 7 buttons each (for neo-geo)
one 4-way
trackball
spinner
I know that this is a common control panel, but I was hoping to here some 'if I could remake this panel stories'
I want to be able to play games like Golden Tee at some point, so do people have problems hitting their spinner/4-way, if there up top? know what I mean? any other thoughts?
also, my puzzle fighter addiction is really out of control. I first discovered puzzle fighter when I was in Thailand in 1999. It was on the smaller sit down cabs. Everytime I sat down to play a resident Bangkok-ian we would play and then he would get up and leave. I guess they just wanted to play by themselves or at least not against a loud obnoxious American. Maybe I should scrap this panel and just build a puzzle-fighter only cab. It would truly be worth it.
peace!
Tahnok:
"I want to be able to play games like Golden Tee at some point, so do people have problems hitting their spinner/4-way, if there up top? know what I mean? any other thoughts?"
I know that a lot of people stagger their spinners slightly to the left or right to allow for follow through.
marsmarvin:
Colonel:
I'm building that precise panel except that for the 8-way joysticks I'm using button tops. Why? I want to be able to play Tron without cluttering up the panel with a big trigger-stick.
A top firebutton will also be useful for Battlezone.
paigeoliver:
A couple suggestions to make your frankenpanel even more functional.
Put the 4-way right next to the 8-way for player one, it can share those buttons and requires less space than giving it a separate zone of it's own.
Replace one of the standard 8-way sticks with a top-fire and the other with a 49-way, then you are really set to play almost everything.
marsmarvin:
Saint goes into some of these issues in his book. Not to steal his thunder, but he suggests keeping the trackball centered on the panel, but down low near the player.
This is to allow you to play games like Golden Tee as they were meant to be played - slamming your hand down on the trackball without fear of cracking your knuckes into the bezel or a joystick.