Author Topic: Control Panel Database: Post a picture of your Control Panel! (Read 874373 times)

Grimoz · « **Reply #640 on:** August 02, 2011, 07:21:50 am »

Just finished mine off tonight, came up looking pretty cool if I do say so myself.

Malenko · « **Reply #641 on:** August 04, 2011, 03:22:52 pm »

looks really good! I have a suggestion, if the black buttons next to your start buttons are for coining up, super glue a quarter on top. Its what I did when I built a MAME cab for a co-worker, theres a link in my sig, NeoMAME , if you wanna take a look

Grimoz · « **Reply #642 on:** August 07, 2011, 06:31:11 pm »

Thanks mate, I'll check it out and see if I like it, always looking for new ideas.

GonzoDX · « **Reply #643 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:35:44 pm »

Nephasth · « **Reply #644 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:50:20 pm »

Looks good. How do you like the angled joysticks?

GonzoDX · « **Reply #645 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:31:57 pm »

As for as play it doesn't bother me, But when designing art around the angle it makes things very difficult to get lined up.

quintinbiker · « **Reply #646 on:** September 15, 2011, 04:03:43 am »

My control panel

vanrose72 · « **Reply #647 on:** November 09, 2011, 01:53:03 pm »

Quote from: dhansen on October 22, 2006, 10:42:14 am

Here you go, that reminds me, I should submit this to the examples page!

I'm amazed at how you managed to fit all of those controls onto one CP and make it look so tidy. I love the graphic design on this. Very impressive!

MNW · « **Reply #648 on:** November 15, 2011, 10:39:22 pm »

Quote from: Gamester on November 25, 2009, 05:41:35 pm

My contribution to the thread:

Nice! This is pretty much what I am going for, but maybe not as big. What are the dimensions on the top of this?

Mendark · « **Reply #649 on:** December 10, 2011, 02:46:42 pm »

Here's some shots of my control panel / machine, built it this summer while reading saint's awesome book for guidance and inspiration

Gray_Area · « **Reply #650 on:** December 11, 2011, 05:38:58 pm »

Quote from: Mendark on December 10, 2011, 02:46:42 pm

Here's some shots of my control panel / machine, built it this summer while reading saint's awesome book for guidance and inspiration

Looks great. My paranoia would have dictated the on/off switch being placed underneath.

Ridgefire · « **Reply #651 on:** December 23, 2011, 03:15:34 pm »

My cousin built the cab and console.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #652 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:23:19 am »

Just completed Darkade and thought I'd post up here as well for the CP.

Dawgz Rule · « **Reply #653 on:** January 02, 2012, 06:16:51 am »

Just completed my first build. Here are the control panel pics

animatorJustin · « **Reply #654 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:51:09 pm »

Going for a Sketchbook look

SNAAKE · « **Reply #655 on:** January 23, 2012, 01:39:53 pm »

mgb · « **Reply #656 on:** January 24, 2012, 11:47:33 pm »

Quote from: animatorJustin on January 22, 2012, 10:51:09 pm

Going for a Sketchbook look

Very Nice

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #657 on:** February 04, 2012, 09:26:27 am »

Castlevania Control panel enjoy!

jimmy2x2x · « **Reply #658 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:24:32 am »

Quote from: spkywlnt73 on February 04, 2012, 09:26:27 am

Castlevania Control panel enjoy!

Great job on that, well done

surface tension · « **Reply #659 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:37:34 am »

Here are all 3 surface tension control panels...

All are aluminium. Linished, anodised and screen-printed. Sanwa sticks, Happ/Sanwa buttons, Illuminated Happ trackball, ITW control switches, Ultimarc spinner via a Minipac.

Dual

Arcane

Double7

dave197878 · « **Reply #660 on:** March 05, 2012, 10:13:44 pm »

My first attempt.. nothing to fancey.

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MTPPC · « **Reply #661 on:** March 23, 2012, 01:54:56 pm »

I did this to my spare Ms. Pac CP. It works pretty good, but I might do it a little different if I did it again.

woofysmack · « **Reply #662 on:** May 03, 2012, 10:45:30 pm »

First post. Just wanted to thank everyone for all the great ideas and posts. Many good ideas and tips.

Wanted to post pics of my Mobile Arcade. Soon to be future plans, install a pc inside the arcade panel and have two cables coming out, power and HDMI. Going for a mobile arcade in a box. Anyway, forgive the sloppy wiring at this point, just testing, waiting on my USB LED board from ultimarc. HUGE props to my neighbor that is a finish carpenter. Hand drew and designed from scratch, the guy is a genius with the wood working tools, could not have done this without him.

Lemme know if you have any questions, always happy to help!

Los Abrazos Rotos · « **Reply #663 on:** May 04, 2012, 07:20:08 am »

I've just finished the control panel on my discs of mame cab

Brian74 · « **Reply #664 on:** May 08, 2012, 06:13:15 pm »

Here is the cp from my first cab

emb · « **Reply #665 on:** May 09, 2012, 09:43:45 am »

I will be throwing a little 2 1/4 trackball into it eventually for centipede.

Nephasth · « **Reply #666 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:06:05 am »

The Beast's panels.

The blanks.

Pre-wiring.

Wired.

Installed. Off.

Whole cab in Hyperspin.

MK3 layout.

NeoGeo layout.

TMNT showing all player controls.

Dungeons & Dragons.

Donkey Kong.

For any game having a 'white' start button, I have changed it to LEDBlinky's 'black' which makes the button light up grey-ish. 'Black' is also my default color for games not defined in colors.ini.

capsule · « **Reply #667 on:** May 09, 2012, 03:38:27 pm »

Work in progress

Classic layout in a refurbished generic cabinet control panel.
Handmade brushed metal plate.

edin_dave · « **Reply #668 on:** May 15, 2012, 08:29:33 am »

Really like your control panel- might take inspiration from it for my own

Well thought out, nice them.. good work!

Quote from: Petey Boy on June 05, 2007, 10:35:26 am

My first message on this board, although I've been reading for years and gathering help from all your work...thanks for the inspiration.

Here's mine...with a Defender theme - although I have no Defender button placements - I played mostly Atari 2600 which was way simpler...

Three Ms Pacman Reunions (a mistake I my part, maybe, thinking they had a different feel than the Happs Super 8-ways) I converted the base of two with a round 8-way plate.

Happs Blue Glow Trackball - still gotta wire the 'glow' up, but I'm afraid I'll burn out my power supply with the coin door lights already sucking out juice...

Turbo Twist Spinner- Nice!

Two Act Labs Arcade Guns - I drilled out two buttons so wiring can enter smoothly into the cabinet...the holsters are Home Depot "U" bolts that need to be painted black but I'm afraid they are too smooth and end up looking like crap.

Special thanks to Kneivel (spelling?) Wow!

Petey Boy

MK3FAN · « **Reply #669 on:** May 17, 2012, 09:10:53 pm »

Here's mine. Plain and simple...

SammyLJ · « **Reply #670 on:** May 20, 2012, 05:49:41 pm »

Quote from: mccoy178 on October 27, 2006, 12:59:42 am

This is exactly what I am looking to build. I have tried pming the user but with no luck. Does anyone have a diagram for a 4 player with track ball or even just the cp dimensions that they could send me?

On a side note, what are the 7th buttons on players 1 and 2 for as well as the 4th buttons on players 3 and 4?

edin_dave · « **Reply #671 on:** May 21, 2012, 03:32:58 pm »

Love your panel!

How big is it?

Nice use of the stick next to the spinner- does that play OK?

Quote from: animatorJustin on January 22, 2012, 10:51:09 pm

Going for a Sketchbook look

P-chan · « **Reply #672 on:** May 22, 2012, 09:05:30 am »

Figured I should put my pedestal CP up here.... I have a 15" monitor mounted in the CP for display of button configurations using CPWizard. It can also be used to play on, in case the big tv (a 40" mounted on the wall) is in use.

mytymaus007 · « **Reply #673 on:** May 23, 2012, 10:58:50 pm »

Quote from: martoon x on March 03, 2009, 08:36:24 pm

I've been planning out a defender cab with a 4 player console added on for a while now. I designed it so that when the 4 player module was attached, it would blend in with the original original defender control panel but would accommodate the extra controllers such as the spinners and trackball. At first I thought it was way too much, but the severity of it is starting to grow on me and I think I'm going to keep it as the final design.

Was this control panel ever developed. Just Wondering how functional is the defender layout since its so high up on the panel! But the art work is Amazing great job!!!

GregD · « **Reply #674 on:** June 06, 2012, 09:59:40 am »

Wish I had a better picture of mine but here it is. Turned out great IMHO. Thanks to Ond for the artwork and to Knievel for the control panel template.

ids · « **Reply #675 on:** June 07, 2012, 09:02:55 am »

Seith · « **Reply #676 on:** June 14, 2012, 12:49:13 pm »

Quote from: Nephasth on May 09, 2012, 11:06:05 am

The Beast's panels.

Anyone else notice that this was "Reply #666"... the number of the beast?

MaxVolume · « **Reply #677 on:** June 14, 2012, 01:53:18 pm »

Here's the finished control panel on the FLYNN'S cabinet:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetdust1/7372342394/#in/set-72157630100411654

Can't seem to figure out how people are embedding images in their posts... not working for me. Oh well, I wanted everyone to be able to read the description for this pic I posted on Flickr anyway, so I wouldn't have to copy and paste it here.

Nephasth · « **Reply #678 on:** June 19, 2012, 01:43:26 pm »

Quote from: Seith on June 14, 2012, 12:49:13 pm

Quote from: Nephasth on May 09, 2012, 11:06:05 am
The Beast's panels.

Anyone else notice that this was "Reply #666"... the number of the beast?

gildahl · « **Reply #679 on:** June 20, 2012, 08:27:19 pm »

Here's is some updated summary information about my "Project X Arcade" as of 10/5/2024.

I didn't build exactly from specific plans, but had inspiration from multiple sources. The base measurements and closest thing to plans (along with some good tutorials) came from an old site here (https://www.arcadecab.com/), and from pictures of a project called Neon MAME by someone named Knievel, which mainly inspired the circular side cutouts and curved angles in the side panels.

Once I started though, I began to make a lot of customizations. I kept a detailed blog at the time, but the blog has been down for a while. I do have a pdf backup of it though which you should be able to download here which contains a lot of information about what I changed and lessons learned

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArCGq1gvf0jkho0QI8stxw3tFBxnrw?e=7OtSd5.

I also made a video of the bezel assembly here:

Since the blog, I've made a number of further enhancements, including the addition of a marquee monitor topper and Stream Deck to provide the option of instant push-button game selection, which are controlled by my own software available here

https://github.com/gildahl/arcadeEIP

with videos of their operation here:

and here:

.

The most recent addition is a GRS Super Rotary joystick, Ikari Warriors edition a few months ago. Here's how the machine looks today.

https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArCGq1gvf0jkho0iIGCiQDpJlZa7gw?e=eDSYav


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Author Topic: Control Panel Database: Post a picture of your Control Panel! (Read 874373 times)

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