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severdhed:
wow...thats going to be tough.  did you build that?  was this cabinet originally not an arcade cabinet?  i have never seen a cabinet shaped quite like that before.  the control panel angle looks uncomfortably steep. (unless you play from some kind of reclined position with your legs straddling the cabinet.  what is that rectangular cut out there for?

with those dimensions, i don't see how you would ever make a 4 player control panel work.  if this was my cabinet, i'd bust out a saw or two, cut off the control panel, build a box type panel to attach to the cabinet, that is wider than the actual cabinet.  preferrably at a much lower angle.
Ginsu Victim:
Man, that's an extreme angle!
slapaham:
The cabs are actually transport kiosks - the indent was where an adhesive label once was - however, the shape very much resembles that of an arcade cabinet (other than perhaps the steep front panel - which I think when you look at the photos below isn't quite as bad as you may think - you note this may be uncomfortable, but actually it is quite good when sat on stalls - it had originally been a concern but it works pretty well, I think!) The shape of the cab is actually very nice - here is an early shot -



and a later one...



Haha, I think people are going to see what I mean about how limited it is for extra controls - it was a complete pain in the arse getting the 2 sets in originally so I think I'm setting may sights too high to hope for another 2!

slapaham:
darn it, apologies, I didn't rotate the images! :tool:
vidmouse:
Hmmm....
I made this quick drawing before I saw the full cab:

Thought maybe you could make a "deck" to sit on that slanted area and secure it
somehow to act as a 4p control panel.

Now that I see the full photo however, I don't think I would do it that way.
That is a very unique cab and a deck would ruin the lines on that thing
horribly.  I would suggest if you want four player, hook up a four player
USB hub and use two additional gamepads, it will be much cleaner,
and really how often do you play four players?

Just out of curiousity, how did you score one of those kiosks??
That's an interesting use, neat conversion!

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