spacing between buttons

[rock345]

actually this is 2 questions.......what is your opinion on the ideal spacing between buttons....and the ideal spacing between the joystick and the buttons.  I'm making a 2 player cab and was just wondering what would be good for maximum comfort.

[DeathMonk]

I like an inch and a half from center to center of each button.  And I think I did roughly 3 inches from center of joystick hole to center of the first column of buttons

[Silverwind]

how about spacing between players??  (1 & 2)

[rock345]

i was just goign to guesstimate from the sides..just need to see what's comfortable fro that......i want to leave room for adding a trackball later

[Howard_Casto]

The indvidual buttons should be as close as possible.... On a real arcade machine (6 button of course) they are VERY close together.  A common newb mistake i always see are button holes that are too far apart.....  When the buttons are installed there should be about 1/16-1/8 space between the lips of the two buttons.  And 1/8th is really pushing it.... it should be closer to 1/16th....  If you make them further apart it will still be playable, but it will "look wierd." and a neogeo span of 4 buttons is going to be hard to reach.  

[naomi+]

theres a capcom design template around here somewhere, thats a good start point, tho you might want to adjust the buttons to be a bit more modern and erogonomic. if i can find again ill post

[SNAAAKE]

                                     


This is exactly what you are looking for?
The capcom templete is in my site too.

http://snake11417.tripod.com/myarcade/id7.html

                           

[rock345]

yes...thank you.....i tried a bunch of layouts on cardboard and the 1/16th inch apart feels the best.......thanks.

[lordsub]

Anyone know where i could find a Neo Geo Template?  Or know the angle of which that 1st button comes off from the rest.  Im having a hard time figuring this out.. thanks