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Animeka:
Updated top message to reflect new layout...
davieboynj:
at the risk of destroying symmetry, i'd suggest you move the trackball over an inch or two to the left so it's more centered between the joysticks.  your arms will thank you later.  If you dig on karate champ you can add another 4 way on the right.  also opens you up for some Namco Classics - great 2 player 4way games.
ahofle:

--- Quote from: Animeka on July 28, 2006, 11:39:21 am ---Here it is... Is that better? :) Nothing is in the way when playing the 8ways although are further up on the panel than I would have liked...

What do you guys think?

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Just my opinion, but those sticks look way too close to the monitor I think.  Your face would be awfully close to the screen.  Maybe you should try putting your mock CP on the cabinet and pretend to play a joystick game and see how it feels to you.
shardian:
I vote you bite the bullet and cut down the sides of the cab to expand the CP a few inches each way.
unclet:
Those joysticks seem a bit far back to my liking .... just my opinion.   I would not want to feel like I am "reaching" out for the joysticks in order to play....

I attached a picture...... I would recommend enlarging the front curve a bit (see yellow lines).  This will allow you to move your trackball down and joysticks a bit farther out to create space.  It also allows the Player1 and Player2 forearms to rest on the front of the control panel a bit when playing.   If you can not rest your wrist somewhat then they can become quite tired if you play for a long time.

You still have symmetry and the panel is not enlarged enough to really matter (in my opinion), so you can still get to the coin door underneath.  also, you have room for some admin buttons (see purple buttons) such as Quit, Reset and Pause perhaps.

I would finally recommend placing CoinUp buttons on the vertical front of the control panel, not on the flat top and you might want to think about putting right and left pinball buttons on either side (now that you have the room) so you can play Visual Pinball and Future Pinball....... they are amazing.


PS: I only filled in the left side of the control panel to give you an idea of what it would look like ..... I wanted to leave the left side alone so you can see the yellow line I drew to get an idea of what I meant......


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