Show me photos of your home-built 4-Player (Quad) Contol Panel!

[Veinman]

My rendition of the Gauntlet CP, Mame style.

[mark shaker]

I'm a newbie who's thinking down the road to building my own 4-Player (Quad) Control Panel, and I'd love to see photos of what you folks have built and hear about how happy you are (or are not) with the layout and controls you chose.

[hulkster]

heres mine...yay

[NinjaEpisode]

I'm a newbie who's thinking down the road to building my own 4-Player (Quad) Control Panel, and I'd love to see photos of what you folks have built and hear about how happy you are (or are not) with the layout and controls you chose.

[johnnysmitch]

figure I'd slap mine up here - haven't shown it off in awhile:

[hulkster]

johnnysmitch...wheres the rest of it?  or did you build just the cp and not the monitor section?  i want pics!!!

[johnnysmitch]

johnnysmitch...wheres the rest of it?

[toyfiend2004]

Nice Job, Johnnysmitch.  I have been planning a control panel similar.  at least in principal.  I am making a roll away CP for 4 players that will be able to hook up to an actual Cabinet.  As I do not have a projection TV at the moment to make a showcase cab.  what did you make your CP base out of?  Got any plans?

[hulkster]

hey i dont have a projection tv for a showcase cab either.  i just used a 27" tv with s-video for mine, and it works great.

[johnnysmitch]

what did you make your CP base out of?

[nipsmg]

http://arcadia.gerety.net/


Sorry, Wish I had a better image. :-/

[Timoe]

with a UAII would there be a large gap between the monitor bezel/glass and the back of your control panel if you didn't notch your CP top to go in there like that?

The reason I ask is I am planning on using that area, if there is an "area" for a small panel that will stay with the cabinet when I swap out panels.

[Timoe]

see pic for area I'm talking about

[toyfiend2004]

what did you make your CP base out of?

[nipsmg]

see pic for area I'm talking about

Timoe:

That notch was basically just for my panel design, and to save wood.  I didn't need the space that was notched out, so I notched it out.  If I cut that part off the control panel, there would be a large gap there...

I would not recommend taking that area away from the CP, however.  That part of the cp is the exact width of the cabinet, and rests on the "Lip" part that of the base that is designed to support to control panel.  My control panel sticks out a great deal farther than that lip.  Unless you use a really good method of securing your CP down, you're going to have trouble because a lot more of your CP will be overhanging the front of the cabinet frame and it'll be unstable.

I hope I expressed that clearly enough, It's 5:00PM, I'm about to leave work, and my brain is totally shot.

--NipsMG

[mark shaker]

Ahh, it's nice to see my artwork being put to good use!

[NinjaEpisode]

Ahh, it's nice to see my artwork being put to good use!

[tonyarcade]

I agree with Sinner in asking about that?

Do you need to place buttons above a trackball? Can't you use the player 1 buttons with it..

i.e.

    A B C                                                             GHI
    D E F     (Joy)              ( TB        )           (Joy)  JKL

Couldn't you play Centipede, let's say with A button to shoot and TB, as well as use AB as mouse buttons when not playing?


The other thing that always makes me wonder about designing CPs
When people put a 4-way right about the TB. Doesn't that make it awkward to use?? Don't you hit wrist on TB or drive hand into stick when using TB?

Tony

[johnnysmitch]

what did you make your CP base out of?