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Narrow Arcade Cabinet (Cramped Control Panel Design) Need Help...
KenToad:
That's funny that you guys think 24" is too small for two players. I have a two player, six button setup running on one of modular panels for my 22" wide bartop.
Just personal preference, I guess.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: KenToad on April 14, 2007, 12:27:58 am ---That's funny that you guys think 24" is too small for two players. I have a two player, six button setup running on one of modular panels for my 22" wide bartop.
Just personal preference, I guess.
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You have skinnier friends. If you saw some of my friends you'd want a 80" control panel
MaximRecoil:
The game that pretty much started it all, "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior", was a kit intended for 19" monitor cabinets, usually Dynamo's, which had a 23 5/8" wide control panel (add about 1 3/4" for overall cabinet width including side panels). That other classic 2 player fighting game, "Karate Champ Player VS. Player" was in a 19" monitor Data East cabinet with the same dimensions as the aforementioned Dynamo's.
emb:
--- Quote from: RayB on April 13, 2007, 10:50:30 pm ---oh god, that control panel is ridiculous. (poor centipede!) Why would you want players standing on either SIDE of the monitor and then craning their necks to see? What's the point? Homophobic? Don't want your shoulder rubbing against your guy friends? :P
I don't see a problem with a an extended panel, but look at all that empty space in between!
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That empty space is for a track ball which I have not yet mounted. There is only a couple inch overhang, and when you put 2 people side by side, you don't even end up touching elbows. Also, the panel is extended out far enough so that you do not have to bend your head or twist your body to see the monitor inside the cabinet. It all feels natural to the players when I asked them.
Crowquill:
Looking at it the way it is now, I'd be more concerned with the depth than the width. That 4-way is going to be tough to use for serious gaming.
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on April 14, 2007, 01:14:38 am ---The game that pretty much started it all, "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior", was a kit intended for 19" monitor cabinets, usually Dynamo's, which had a 23 5/8" wide control panel (add about 1 3/4" for overall cabinet width including side panels). That other classic 2 player fighting game, "Karate Champ Player VS. Player" was in a 19" monitor Data East cabinet with the same dimensions as the aforementioned Dynamo's.
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In the end most of those worth playing ended up in Dynamo cut-corner cabs. By moving the CP out farther from the monitor and main cabinet, it gives a little more elbow room. Most of the SFII coversions I played besides these were kind of cramped and I think that's partially why many had weird button layouts.
The Primal Rage cabinet I have uses the same design philosophy. The players stand back away from the monitor a bit giving them more room. It's CP is only 24" wide. Also, note the "foot" on the front.