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leapinlew:

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--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on September 16, 2008, 02:17:20 pm ---I think it's fine where it is, however I'm interested in seeing where Lew thinks it should go.

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If I had to guess I'd say "on it's own dedicated cabinet"   ;)

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Damn right...

Here's mine:


I couldn't find a good placement on any of my arcades - so it found it's way onto a bartop cabinet. Doesn't take up much room.
shmokes:
Spinners are a pain in the ass.  I have three panels: fighting (with a dedicated 4-way stick), racing, and "other" (for lack of a better word).  My "other" panel, has is two-player, two sticks per player.  One of the sticks is top-fire per player is top-fire, the other rotates Ikari-Warriors-style.  There's really no room on the "other" panel for spinners (I would want two for games like Super Off Road).  There's plenty of room on the fighter panel, but it hardly makes sense to put the spinners on the panel that doesn't have the top-fire sticks.  Dillema.
pinballwizard79:
If you are only allowed one arcade according to the wife then may I suggest you build a huge showcase with a 37" lcd & a massive control panel with everything imaginable.....then build a driving attachment for it with swapable wheels.....remember the light guns.....pinball buttons...4 ways, 8 ways, 2 spinners, top fire, flight yolk, trackball & tons of buttons....then incorporate a kegerator......then a brewery.....and a vending machine......toss in some THX certified speakers with a powerful sub & load every simpsons episode on it  ;D

Thats still just one arcade & you both should be really happy with that.

Seriously though, the 2nd revision of your CP looks good man.
shmokes:
You know . . . if Tron is your thing, Why not throw a couple top-fire joysticks on the panel?  That way you could ditch the button next to the spinner, plus you could get two-player Smash TV (and other games like Geometry Wars) going on.
Todd H:

--- Quote from: shmokes on September 16, 2008, 09:48:03 pm ---You know . . . if Tron is your thing, Why not throw a couple top-fire joysticks on the panel?  That way you could ditch the button next to the spinner, plus you could get two-player Smash TV (and other games like Geometry Wars) going on.

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Well, I've been thinking about it and I am close to at least adding one top fire joystick to the panel. I really love Tron and can't imagine not being able to play this game comfortably on my machine.
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