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Author Topic: Yet another "Please critique my Control panel design"  (Read 1441 times)

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Yet another "Please critique my Control panel design"
« on: July 04, 2008, 01:28:02 am »
Any feedback would be very welcome.  I am finally getting back to the hobby after about 2 years away.  I have a cut-corner Dynamo Cabinet taking up space in my basement that I have decided to get rid of since I will never finish it.  A stand alone control panel is far more achievable for me.

Panel dimension 10" x 22.5"

Parts:

HAPP 2.25" TBall
U360 joysticks
TT2 spinner

the spinner can go in any of the button holes across the top.

I will never play street fighter so don't need 6 buttons and I thought that 5 buttons laid out in this manner would be easier to find in frantic gameplay then if they were in a standard grid layout.
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Re: Yet another "Please critique my Control panel design"
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2008, 02:40:37 am »
Is there any reason you want 5 buttons? I cant think of any games that used 5 buttons in that type of configuration.

If you are not going to be using 6 buttons I would personally use four in the neogeo layout.

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Re: Yet another "Please critique my Control panel design"
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2008, 04:09:11 am »
I seccond franco, I can think of mortal combat, but its layed out in an X.

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Re: Yet another "Please critique my Control panel design"
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2008, 04:47:30 am »
The spinner in any of the button holes is kindof optimistic. The mechanic is much bigger. Or the spinner must have a very long shaft to get past the button switches.

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Re: Yet another "Please critique my Control panel design"
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2008, 04:58:11 am »
The spinner in any of the button holes is kindof optimistic. The mechanic is much bigger. Or the spinner must have a very long shaft to get past the button switches.

The GGG TT2 fits in a standard 1 1/8" button hole.


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Re: Yet another "Please critique my Control panel design"
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2008, 07:36:09 am »
Does that spin and have some momentum? Looks more like a potmeter.