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nathan118:

Well all my buttons, joysticks, and trackball are finally here, so I'm getting really serious about my control panel. It's similar to the old one, but a little smarter design. The inner "box" is the CP base, while the outer box is the CP top. The top is 48" wide, 20" deep. One problem on my old design was how close the joysticks/buttons were to the front edge and your hand would be resting on the edge. Yuck. I sat down at the table and found a good distance to be about 7" from the edge, so that's how far all 4 setups are from their edges in the front. All the buttons are 1.5" apart. The 5 buttons at the top are admin buttons (which I need to sit down and decide what they should be so I can do my artwork). The three buttons off to the left are left/middle/right for the trackball. The two button pairings are coin/start for each player. The red joystick is a dedicated 4 way galaga/pacman replica. I'm using happ competitions for my 8-ways.

So any suggestions? Trying to nail this down before I start on my artwork. You guys rock!

nathan118:

Well, since my boring CP above didn't get much response, here's some work in progress. :) I'm still labeling everything. I created the whole thing in photoshop using lots of online tutorials. As you can tell I'm doing a space theme.



nathan118:

And without the visio design.

And already I've realized it'd make more sense to put the labels above the buttons. Then if your hand is on the button you won't be covering it.  :D

Chris:

Heh... looks like we have similar tastes in art... :)



nathan118:

Nice Chris. I was just thinking the dark side of the planet in my lower right corner is kind of bland. I saw you've got the MAME logo on yours, could be a good "filler" graphic.

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