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Biggest and widest Control Panel
DARRYLICSHON:
I hate big control panels so much, that i use smaller control panels that you sit on your lap or desk , or what ever and i also give each player his own monitor , everyone seems to like haveing thier own. I have gone as far as building a small cab. that sits next to my Lunar Lander cab with the cpu in it. the small one has only a monitor and a control panel it works great for playing space duel , well it did before i got my real space duel cab about a month ago, now we play the real one.
shorthair:
You know, that site has a page dissing unclet's cab.
unclet:
--- Quote from: shorthair on May 09, 2007, 10:03:52 pm ---You know, that site has a page dissing unclet's cab.
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Yes, I know .... I laugh everytime I read it ..... I think his commentary is funny. Keep it up. :applaud:
Now ... opening myself up for more abuse .... I will actually try to help the poster of this thread a bit. My standup 4-player cabinet has a control panel width of 56" inches. It is 19" deep. I have a room in which it fits very nicely and all my children along with the neighborhood children come and play on it a lot .... and I mean a lot. They love the Simpsons and the TMNT games which means my 4-player cabinet actually gets a lot of 4-player game play.
Why do people build 4-player cabinets people have asked ...... well I wanted to build a cabinet which had a lot of different options on it since I plan on keeping in the family for many many many years. I also wanted to be able to play 2-player games in which both players require two joysticks each. Another reason for having a 4-player control panel is that I have many other emulators configured on it so the extra buttons and even joysticks for player3/4 come in handy which allow for two player games to be played on different emulators as well.
The positioning/distance for each joystick seems to be perfect. I have never had problems with bumping elbows with anyone, even when 3 adults are playing "You Dont Know Jack" games .... which is a blast at parties.
I say ... if you have the time, money, space and desire then go ahead a build yourself a nice 4-player cabinet. It would be a shame if you built a 2-player cabinet just to then wish you had a 4-player one in the end .
Now, you can look at my layout at the following:
http://unclet.arcadecontrols.com/
I hope this kind of helps you out.
vidmouse:
I'm in a similar boat Uncle T -- the 3p/4p thing is really for the family and friends to enjoy as the kids grow up. They're a little young yet but I'm planning ahead.
I struggled with this for months and ended up with this plan.
P3 and P4 are removable "wings" that slide on/off and
store away in the cab for the most part. Total width w/ the wings
is about 45", minus wings is 36". I haven't built yet but the
design is close to where I want it to be.
vidmouse:
Whoops, meant to say 52" not 45".