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Author Topic: for those with 4p cp, a couple questions  (Read 1608 times)

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for those with 4p cp, a couple questions
« on: May 11, 2003, 02:09:11 am »
this is mainly aimed towards those who has a cabinet with support for 4 players, but anyone can throw in their 2 cents. :)

What are some dimensions on a cp that would have room for 4 players?? I drew out a 3d picture of my cabinet in autocad and i made the cp to be 38x12. I wanted to have 2 joysticks with street fighter setup in the center and on each side, a joystick and button setup like neo geo. there should also be a a trackball in the middle. my initial design is to follow lusid and the ultimate 2 cab structure, but extend the sides of the cp to accomodate 4 players without rubbing elbows and also make the width of the cp shorter so its not like a shelf before reaching the screen. is there a reason the panle should be more than a foot in width? and i'm pretty sure 38inches is too short.

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Re:for those with 4p cp, a couple questions
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2003, 03:46:26 am »
mine is 42" wide, the player 3 & 4 possitions only use 4 buttons (don't need more...don't use any console emulators) I angled the sticks, and the edge of the cp 45 degrees to give more elbow room


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wish I had a camera, it would be much easier to show, but the middle sticks are straight, with 7 buttons each, trackball in the middle, the outside sticks are angled in at 45 with 4 buttons
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Re:for those with 4p cp, a couple questions
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2003, 02:06:19 pm »
Mine is 46"X20" but is not built so I cannot comment on the spacing but from looking at other peoples projects it appears to be close to this size with no problems.


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Re:for those with 4p cp, a couple questions
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2003, 04:13:43 pm »
Mine is about 42".

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Re:for those with 4p cp, a couple questions
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2003, 08:41:35 pm »
I have a 4-player control panel which I think works very well.  My dimensions are 56"wide x19"deep. 

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BTW: I decided "not" to angle my 3 and 4 player joysticks to much to allow more elbow room.  I angled them ever so slightly instead.  If I did that then playing games which required two joysticks to play (Smash TV, Karate Champ, etc..) would be impossible since one joystick would be angled.
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Re:for those with 4p cp, a couple questions
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2003, 09:15:05 pm »
The SlikStik Quad is 48" X 21. I think the size is great for 4 players considering that it will probably be 4 adults using it ;D. If you are going to build your own you could go a little smaller but I think this size works pretty well, you could eliminate the trackball and pick up a few inches. You could also make one deeper like the gauntlet panel which was more of a square.

You can go to www.klov.com and search for 4 player games and look at the design of those panels for inspiration.
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Re:for those with 4p cp, a couple questions
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2003, 04:43:13 pm »
I'm shooting for 48" in my new CP
w/ spinner but no trackball.