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TurboC--:
Well, you misunderstand.
NoOne=NBA=:
That's different then.

If it were my project, I would get a Happ Reunion stick from Ponyboy in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum here.
(He sells new Happ stuff, at prices lower than Happ).
I would center mount it, with two buttons to either side.
That would let you play the 2/4 way games, but would leave out the 8-ways (most of which were horizontal games anyway).

The reunion stick is going to be as close as you can get to an original Pac-stick in look and feel, without finding a "new" Pac-stick on ebay (which would go for a small fortune).
They have the same ball size/shape/texture, but use microswitches/springs, rather than the leafswitch/grommet of the originals.

I can't think of any 2-player simultaneous "classic" games at the moment, so having two sticks on there would be a waste of space, and would throw off the classic feel of the cabinet.

You might also consider doing swappable panels (one 4-way with 2 buttons, one 8-way with 2 buttons, and a trackball panel).
That would let you set up 3 separate gamelists, and play them all as closely as possible to the original controls.
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on August 06, 2005, 05:25:03 pm ---I can't think of any 2-player simultaneous "classic" games at the moment, so having two sticks on there would be a waste of space, and would throw off the classic feel of the cabinet.

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None of the eighteen I posted were classics?
NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on August 06, 2005, 05:33:12 pm ---None of the eighteen I posted were classics?

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Not to ME.  ;)

1943 is probably the MOST classic on that list, and it came out in 1987, about the same time I got OUT of the military after 4 years.

Most of the rest are "classic '90s" games.
TurboC--:
I don't know if I would want to deal with the hassle of swapping panels out.  I guess I am not a 100% purist - I really will love to have the original cab, art, molding, marquee (whichever Pac I choose), coin slots, and monitor, but when it comes to the controls I may go with function over form.  Well, out of the 2-player simultaneous game list posted, nothing is that critical to me for 2-player.  But don't some games need 2 sticks?  Robotron?  Even if it's only Robotron that I would miss out on, I don't want to miss out on any games just for an "authentic looking control panel."

Well.  Looking at it from the opposite angle... I haven't had any good ideas for control panel artwork yet.  Looking at the original Pac-Man control panel online, I can see that I could easily disguise 2 black buttons to the right of the stick.  I could even wire the 1 & 2 player start buttons as regular buttons, and put 1 & 2 player start on the bottom front plate.  Or even use them as both?

I'd hate not to run a trackball though.  That would mean no centipede, tempest (I imagine a trackball can simulate a spinner), arkanoid (if I can run that), and a lot of others I love.  How often will a trackball move and screw up your control?  I'd hate to have that happen in the middle of a game of Pac.  Hmm... (boggle) 

Have you used the Ultimarc T-Stik Plus Ball-Top?  Since it switches the 4/8 restrictor plate from the top of the panel, that was my idealized joystick.  Unless it doesn't feel anything like a Pac stick?  Argh, too many options...
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