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Galaxian Mame Conversion
leapinlew:
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--- Quote from: Aurich on October 27, 2006, 08:34:49 pm --- IMHO 23" is tight for a two player setup by itself, trying to cram a trackball in-between just sounds like you're going to ruin playability. Have you tried mocking up in cardboard or the like to really get a feel? Make sure you get someone to stand next to you and approximate where the screen is, the narrow cab and high sides of Galaxian (they intrude more than a Galaga) are a real factor in seeing comfortably.
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I agree entirely with this sentiment.
There isn't a lot of room for anybody other than me in front of my Galaga, let alone another set of controls AND a trackball. Swappable panels may be a better solution.
Cheers.
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CSA3d,
I confirm with CheffoJeffo and the others (I said the same thing higher up). Swappable panels is a good solution, but if your convinced you can make it work - do a mock up and see how it actually feels. How it looks is 1 thing, but how it feels is really what matters.
danny_galaga:
galaxians is one of my favourite games, so im a little sad :(
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on October 28, 2006, 11:44:03 am ---galaxians is one of my favourite games, so im a little sad :(
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I've been fighing really hard to supress the urge to flame - that cabinet is in great shape and would make a excellent restoration, so, yes, it is sad.
Cheers
csa3d:
No big updates today. I'm awaiting a check in the mail which is holding up some purchases.
In the meantime, I've taken into account the comments that there just isn't room for a full set of two player controls given 23" of space. Therefore, I've decided to make it Robotron, Arcanoid, and Centipede friendly. I've included Player 2 admin buttons for any other games that fall into the "multiple players take turns" category.
I still plan to use the above hinges and have measured them to fit in the above layout. Below is a mockup of the art I'm planning to put on the top of the control panel. It's 80% vectorized and to scale with spacing of my control components. I'd love to get feedback before I finalize the vector work.
All comments to date have been helpful minus the ones who think I'm being sacreligious ;) I expected to be flamed more then what I have to date to be honest. Hopefully with the addition of this image, it will be more apparent that I'm really just looking swap out the internals more then destroy a good cabinet. I very much want to keep it largely original.
leapinlew:
How many 2 player games require 1 button?
I ask because if you could squeeze a button in on the player 2 side - you could play Joust and Mario Bros. Not sure what other games, but I imagine there might be a couple. If you squeezed 3 buttons you could do Track n Field, Hyper Sports, BC Story, and Boot camp.
LoL. It might to start to look busy again!
Whats the screen orientation? Vertical? If yes, ignore this whole comment.... ;D