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Mickelonis:

If I am making a four person control panel similar to this:

http://customarcades.com/images/barracuda/controller2.jpg

What type of controller would I use for the buttons and joystick?

I found this, but it's for two player right? http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=303

How can I get it to work with four player?

Thanks!

-Pete



protokatie:

You will need more than 40 inputs for that CP. Dunno if GGG has an adaptor that has more, but you can always use multiple adaptors. I think Ultimarc's Ipac4 has more than 40 inputs, and may work for what you want...

Malenko:

is that the panel you WANT or the panel you THINK YOU NEED?

That frankenpanel just has too many inputs, most people do 2 sticks 6 or 7 buttons per player. Optionally they add a trackball in the middle;others also add the spinner if it'll be used. You are never going to use the flight stick, and if you get the U360 you wont need a dedicated 4 way or if you're like me, you'll use the 8way on 4 way games.

you'll need 2 more encoders too, one for the spinner (GGG has a spinner with encoder built in) and another for the trackball. Years ago back when I was a knewb I couldnt understand the desire for a panel like that yet years later all the knewbs think its what they have to put on their machines

leapinlew:


--- Quote from: Malenko on November 01, 2008, 08:59:32 am ---is that the panel you WANT or the panel you THINK YOU NEED?

That frankenpanel just has too many inputs, most people do 2 sticks 6 or 7 buttons per player. Optionally they add a trackball in the middle;others also add the spinner if it'll be used. You are never going to use the flight stick, and if you get the U360 you wont need a dedicated 4 way or if you're like me, you'll use the 8way on 4 way games.

you'll need 2 more encoders too, one for the spinner (GGG has a spinner with encoder built in) and another for the trackball. Years ago back when I was a knewb I couldnt understand the desire for a panel like that yet years later all the knewbs think its what they have to put on their machines

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DaveMMR:


--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 01, 2008, 11:53:19 am ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on November 01, 2008, 08:59:32 am ---is that the panel you WANT or the panel you THINK YOU NEED?

That frankenpanel just has too many inputs, most people do 2 sticks 6 or 7 buttons per player. Optionally they add a trackball in the middle;others also add the spinner if it'll be used. You are never going to use the flight stick, and if you get the U360 you wont need a dedicated 4 way or if you're like me, you'll use the 8way on 4 way games.

you'll need 2 more encoders too, one for the spinner (GGG has a spinner with encoder built in) and another for the trackball. Years ago back when I was a knewb I couldnt understand the desire for a panel like that yet years later all the knewbs think its what they have to put on their machines

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:applaud: Seconded.  It's all opinion but too many buttons for the outer players, seemingly angled controls (which looks to have become the homemade panel standard for some reason but they are not helped in this example by the cuts of the front not even parallel to the angling), and the eye-sore of an analogue stick makes for a unfriendly looking panel. 

I agree with Malenko.  If you really want the go with four-players (seriously, make a list of all the games that need that many players and also the number of times you'd conceivably have that many people playing and see if it's still the way to go), I also recommend two U360's (they remap in software as analogue, 4-way, 8-way, etc.) and then two simple 8-ways for the outer players (with no more than 4 buttons each).


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