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| mastercave:
my recently completed cp has the exact same layout except for no 4way and an extra 7th button for neogeo games. i made it 36x14 and the 2 front corners are angled. i think its the perfect layout for me since i dont play the old-school games much except for pac and that i dont even play much. |
| F|end:
I think the coolest think is to place the pushbuttons set by your fingers positions! 8 way balltop joys, a glowing trackball by leds due to temperatures and a oscar 'tempest' spinner type! |
| EggZilla:
I've actually just come up with the following design, which I won't actually be building until this weekend. You might want to give it a look. The vertical rectangles are eight-ways, and the horizontal are a 4-way and spinner, respectively. the two green buttons are an added player 1, button a and b, and could be removed, as could the pinball buttons on the sides. Dimensions of this layout are around 16" x 34", but it could easily be squeezed down to be shorter. It's designed to keep the top row accessible without banging into the lower joys or hindering the violent flailing of my Golden Tee playing. Incidentally, I did this with the Interactive Control Panel Designer at http://www.move360media.com/mame/icpd/Launch.htm I'm pretty sure it was designed by someone on this board, and it's an absolute godsend. I absolutely recommend it. (by the way, if you do use it, press space bar to begin and end a line, and left mouse to stop drawing lines altogether) Good luck. |
| hyiu:
I see.... 1 thing I would like to avoid is 2 lines of controls... most other panels will have like the 4 way and the spinner on top.... I play my spinner lefty... so.... the 2nd player 8 way might be in the way when I use the spinner.... that's why I would prefer a longer panel than a 2 "layer" panel.... ------------------------------ I have give it even more thoughts.... and I ahve an idea.... the bad thing about this panel is that when I'm playing alone.... (1 player... 4 way especially...) I'll be all the way to the left.... not facing the monitor.... how about if I put a slider below the CP and it can slide to the right about 6-8 inches ??.... (it'll still not be dead center...) but I'll be comfortably playing 1 player games !!!!! (a few inches off center is acceptable....) I'm currently giving this more thoughts and see.... ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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