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I'm making a 1 player ~20" wide CP, looking for suggestions. 2 joys? 3 buttons?
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leapinlew:
I forgot to mention... mine is 16" x 7". I don't know where I came up with the 17.5" number.  While the CP is 7" deep, only 6" is usable - which is why my hyperspace sits higher on the cp than you might think it should.
quarterback:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 22, 2006, 12:59:59 am ---What I like about yours is the sticks are centered for Robotron. Thats a good move.
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I'm even going to center them a little more.  I did a Visio printout, put it on top of my current CP and put my hands on it (no buttons, just the printout).  I'm digging the general layout, but want those joysticks a little more to the left.    Just trying to get the best combo of keeping a single-joystick-n-buttons centered as well as the dual joystick setup.    My last layout worked pretty well, but a little smidge to the left will be a little better.

Also, it seems like the 'hyperspace' button won't be a problem at all.  I'll double-check with a cardboard mockup, but it appears to fall right under my palm if I was to use the 'reverse' button as my main/only button with a single-joystick game.

My current cab's CP (the one at the top) has some tricky spacing like that as well.  I actually moved a couple things by about 1/2" and my hands can use every control without interfering or bumping any other control.  Both the 49-way and the spinner are in places where my arms comfortably lie in between the lower controls.



--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on November 22, 2006, 12:05:20 am ---Being a much bigger fan of Asteroids than Defender, I would go with this layout.
It lets you play all the button games (Space Invaders, Phoenix, etc...) with buttons, rather than the joystick.

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I like your thinking.  I too am more of a two-button game fan than Defender  I'm going to mess with that idea.   

Thanks again for the comments y'all.
qb
leapinlew:
What joysticks are you using?
quarterback:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 22, 2006, 09:43:00 am ---What joysticks are you using?
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Wico 8-ways most likely.  I contemplated trying some other sticks, but if I'm going to go with a 2-joystick setup, I'll want both to be the same.   I'm pretty sure I have a couple wico 8-ways lying around and I probably even have the perfect-360 attachments for them.

I thought about buying a t-stick to try out the 4-way/8-way changeable action (I've never tried one before) and was originally planning on using a nintendo 8-way (when I was planning on making this a single joystick vertical cab) but somehow using 2 nintendo sticks for the double-joystick games doesn't seem right.   The Wico 8-ways just seem like the 'classic'  stick for me.  It's what I have in my other 2 cabs as well.

Did you have a thought/suggestion on this topic, leapinlew, or were you just curious?
leapinlew:
I was curious because I almost went with the ultimarc 360's since they can change from 4/8 way on the fly with no intervention from the user. I cheaped out and went with some supers I had laying around with some replacement balltops from Tornado Terry.

The U360's look promising with the ability to change from 8 way, to 4 way to qbert diagonal without having to do anything.

Did you consider the U360's?
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