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phines:
Stuff I just ordered from GroovyGameGear.com and Ultimarc
Controls Lists:
-A Handful of Happ Buttons
-KeyWiz Max 1.5
-TurboTwist 2™ Arcade Spinner Control
-2.25" Imperial Trackball - PS/2 Interface
-UltraStik 360 Oval Top with USB cable
Stuff I had:
-2.8 Ghz. motherboard
-15" LCD monitor
-40 Gig HD.
-Power supply, ect.

Games: Mame, Game console emulators, some windows games.

I know I'll catch crap for this, but it will be a retro NES nintendo theme of some sort.  Yes I know nintendo has nothing to do with arcade, but I grew up with NES & SNES, I've seen worse themes (Ohio State?!?  ;D I'm a hawkeye fan)

Design so far:




Yes I'll smash my fingers on the monitor with the trackball, but my control method is different from others when it comes to playing golden tee.

Comments on the spinner above the joysitck?
Comments? Suggestions, Tips... I've been reading this forum and researching for years, so I have a pretty good handle on this.  Plus I have vast amounts of tools at hand because I work for a construction company.

There will be buttons on the side for pinball too.

Kaytrim:
Your layout is nice and compact.  Maybe a little too compact.  If you plan on using side buttons for pinball you might want to extend the sides a bit to give yourself room.  Those trackballs take up more room underneath then you give it credit for.

TTFN from a fellow Hawkeye fan.  :cheers:
Kaytrim

Jeff AMN:
It's never wrong to make a Nintendo-themed anything...  ;)

I have Nintendo press access, so if you need any art, let me know.

phines:
Kaytrim, you are right about the pinball buttons and the trackball, I may have to widen my cab a little, I can modify that during the build...

Too compact, I printed out the control panel on 11x17 true scale and it felt ok, but I could be wrong, what is the average distance from your joystick to the buttons?

Other measurement questions: Control Panel angle, and monitor view angle?

I have 10 degress for the control, and 20 for the monitor as shown now.



Art work will consist of strictly NES feel, no characters of an sort...

Control panel design to come...

Here is the marquee I plan on using... simple, Some of you might recognize the robot from "I am 8Bit" art site... I was lucky enough to contact the artist and get a high rez picture of it.

leapinlew:
Ahh! Well hello! This looks good!

This is a fine looking cabinet. How big is the marquee area going to be? It might be tough to get much graphics in such a small area.

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