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RayB:
The reason people like Paige point this out is because of the one thing people overlook. The MONITOR doesn't change orientation, therefore on the MONITOR, "UP" will always be the same orientation, just as LEFT and RIGHT also will be the same, regardless what angle a person stands at.
THEREFORE "UP" on an angled joystick is actually pointing at an angle to the monitor's orientation, which probably is more like "UP-RIGHT".
Your friends might not notice at first try, but give them a while of play of something like a shooter or over-head scroller on the P1 position, then make them play on P3 or P4. See if they don't suddenly feel like they can't quite move the player quite right anymore...
~Ray B.
versapak:
--- Quote ---Your friends might not notice at first try, but give them a while of play of something like a shooter or over-head scroller on the P1 position, then make them play on P3 or P4. See if they don't suddenly feel like they can't quite move the player quite right anymore...
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How many shooters and overhead scrollers are 4 player anyway?
Neither I, nor any of my friends, have any problem playing gauntlet. When a person is playing a console game, and they are sitting to the left side of the TV, do they hold their controller diagonally? No, because they know up is the position forward from the direction they are facing. I found the same to be true of the arcade cab. Players found it MUCH more comfortable to have the controller match the angle they were standing in.
quarterstringer:
--- Quote ---Players found it MUCH more comfortable to have the controller match the angle they were standing in.
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I agree with this, I think the shape of the control panel determines if the joysticks should be angled or not. I have 45
Trimoor:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on January 05, 2005, 07:51:30 am ---No real game is like that. None.
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What about x-men 6 player? Gauntlet? Simpsons?
They all look like angled controls to me.
CCB0x45:
We did do a cardboard mockup and my friends thought it was fine, and im not really worried about people adjusting to an angle, they are meatheads in my frat but that much of meat heads. We left the corners straight like that because we havnt built the cab yet so we think it might fit down right inside of it and just be wide, but the corner doesnt matter at all if you have arms longer than a toddler anyways. And another note on the angle things, golden axe's 4 player controls the 3rd and 4th player are completely 90 degrees from the tv... so anythings gotta be better than that.