Main > Reviews

Mameroom Designs DIY Quad Panel Review

<< < (4/5) > >>

DeLuSioNal29:
I believe Mameroom has a .dxf and .jpg on their website for download:

http://www.mameroom.com/files/QuadTemplate.zip

D

farow69:
Thanks for review. >:D >:D

Peja:
I know this is an old topic but hopefully somebody answers as I am currently looking at the mameroom control panel to purchase without the controls.  Somebody up above said,


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 29, 2008, 11:28:02 pm ---I'd ask for my money back, all that work only to install the player 3 and 4 sticks at the near unplayable diagonal angle (search on it, straight up and down factory machines outnumber diagonal ones like 20 to 1, and the diagonal machines were generally titles that flopped).

--- End quote ---

I see in other threads people have mentioned this before yet most quad player setups have the 3 and 4 person controls at that angle.  Does this mean the up direction for these sticks is pointed towards the middle of the screen and not straight up like the 1 and 2 players?  I guess I am confused and if anyone can help me understand what the big problem is I would appreciate it. 

Peja

BobA:
Some people hate the player 3 and 4 sticks being angled in and others love it.   You can probably get the sticks angled or straight but it is probably your own preference that is the determining factor. 

wildclay:
I purchased Mameroom Design's (now "North Coast Custom Arcades") Quad Control Panel a few months ago and I agree with all of DeLuSioNal29's Pros; it's a very solid product. The price of a customizable layout is now $44.99 (no longer $19.99), but still a great value.  If you purchase the clear acrylic overlay for the control panel ($67.50) the customization price also includes the matching layout for the overlay, which was also cut to match perfectly with the same expert precision as the CP wood itself.  I didn't contact Mameroom/NCCA by phone, but I had several e-mails back and forth with Gerry about questions regarding prices/customizations, etc. and my inquiries were always very diligently responded to with the answers I needed.

To address a couple of the Cons that DeLuSioNal29 mentioned, particularly about the Pin and Cam system preventing piano hinges, I got around this by not closing the Cams that hold the top of the control panel to its base, and I used steel brackets to reinforce the strength of the front three boards of the CP base so it holds the weight of the open panel top (see photos).

I used two surface mount non-mortise spring loaded hinges that open at a 90 degree angle and mounted them with two pieces of square cut melamine (from additional wood I purchased separately). I like these hinges because they allow the panel to open and close smoothly, and you don't have to route out a space in the wood as you would with a typical cabinet hinge (which I don't believe would work well in the 3/4" thick melamine panel NCCA provides).  As you can see in the photos, I also added a support arm on each side to hold the panel up at a slight angle, taking some weight off of the hinges when open.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page