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dislecksea:
Here is the first draft of the CP I am planning.  The box came pre-built with the cab I purchased and I have settled on sticking with it for my build.  It is made out of 3/4 inch plywood and is already laminated.  It is 43 inches wide and 16 and 3/4 inches deep at its widest point.

In the drawing (I know, I am no Leonardo), the dark blue is the buildable interior space and the light blue shows the total size of the top.  The two red joysticks are going to be UltraStik 360s and the two yellow sticks are going to be some Happ 8 ways that I have leftover from my last build.  The purple trigger stick will be a Happ heavy duty 8 way and the spinner will be an Apache push/pull.  I have no admin buttons yet, but depending on the final layout I may add some on the CP or on the riser between the CP and the monitor.

I know that this is a lot of controls to put on one CP, but to anyone who would advise cutting down I would pose the question
Duster72:
I personally don't think you can comfortably play a 4 player game with a 43" width.  I had 20 people trying to play mine (48" wide) and everyone was bitching that we needed to go to weight watchers.

I would make it 2 players and not make it nice and comfortable.
shardian:
You could always move p3 and p4 a little higher up the control panel ALA TMNT arcade layout.
dislecksea:
Duster72 - nobody would ever claim that I need to go to weight watchers.  Mostly out of fear that I would sit on them.
 :laugh2:

Any other opinions on the 4P CP at 43 inches?
Dervacumen:
I have a two player CP that is 23 3/4", and it is quite cozy for two people.  Doubling that to make room for 4 players would be 47 1/2", which is even wider that the 43" you are talking about.  In my opinion that's going to suck for the two in the middle.  Unless you put a couple of hotties in there, then it's a great idea. ;D
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