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MiKman:
what are the dimensions of your panel? I currently have a 2 player but I wan't to do exactly what you have done here.  4 player panel with option for 2 play smash tv, but I don't want to redo the entire panel, just the top would be ideal...
Mr Kray:
From the images isucamper has supplied it looks like his panel is 40" x 17", each of the squares on the grid are half an inch.

I like what you've done isucamper, I'm still working on the layout of mine and I've been a bit busy the last couple of weeks so I haven't been able to get much done in the way of control panel layout (been concentrating on building the actual cabinet), but I'll reply again tonight when I've had a bit of a play around with some ideas.
paigeoliver:
Grown men don't like playing 4 player games all together at the same time. I'd forget all about a 4-player panel unless you have at least 3 preteen children. 4 player games out in the wild actually very rarely saw actual 4 player action.

Your vision of you and all your buddies going through TMNT or whatnot is something that might happen 1 time.

My current machine DOES have sticks on both sides of each button bank for 2 player Smash TV, however I didn't actually drill that panel (traded for it), and I wouldn't have designed it that way myself. It has been over a year and the dual sticks have never seen use in that manner.

Also, if you wish do play dualjoy games DO NOT mismatch the types of sticks that will be in each hand. Dualjoy games are way harder with mismatched sticks. This is the main reason why my player 1 currently has a pair of Perfect 360s with stiff springs and robotron handles, while player 2 has a pair of supers. I originally tried it where each player had the (way superior) p360 with Robotron handle as their main joy and a Super as the secondary and robotron and such were MUCH harder to play. I also have the same experience trying to mix a Topfire stick with a super and ended up going with a pair of topfire sticks on the project, even though the second stick didn't need the topfire function.
Vash:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 04, 2008, 12:13:35 am ---Grown men don't like playing 4 player games all together at the same time.
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Uhhh...what?  First of all, I'm not sure at what junction in life it suddenly becomes inappropriate or awkward to play a four player game together, and second (and most importantly) that's entirely untrue.  What about Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, and Halo?  Goldeneye?  While those may not be arcade games, I tend to think whatever stigma 'grown men' might have towards playing games with their buddies is non-existent.  It might be your personal preference, but don't knock it like it's something horribly immature or inappropriate.  You may just come off as a little bit pretentious if you do.
paigeoliver:
I was talking about standup arcade games, not console games. Believe me, getting 4 grown men to squeeze around a Sunset Riders machine is harder than you think it is, and isn't likely to be repeated. In 8 years of being involved in this hobby, after having owned multiple 4 player machines and been to many auctions and to the game rooms of many collectors I have seen 4 grown men play a 4 player upright one time, and it was a Pong and it was a 60 second game.


--- Quote from: Vash on May 04, 2008, 12:19:32 am ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 04, 2008, 12:13:35 am ---Grown men don't like playing 4 player games all together at the same time.
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Uhhh...what?  First of all, I'm not sure at what junction in life it suddenly becomes inappropriate or awkward to play a four player game together, and second (and most importantly) that's entirely untrue.  What about Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, and Halo?  Goldeneye?  While those may not be arcade games, I tend to think whatever stigma 'grown men' might have towards playing games with their buddies is non-existent.  It might be your personal preference, but don't knock it like it's something horribly immature or inappropriate.  You may just come off as a little bit pretentious if you do.

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