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Title: I have my new control panel together
Post by: zallax on March 21, 2010, 11:02:59 pm

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4-player custom panel designed for many game configurations, but made especially for Discs of Tron, Smash TV, Heavy Barrel, X-Men, Centipede, and Galaga.

• An UltraStik 360, SNK LS-30, TurboTwist 2 spinner, and 8 buttons on players 1 & 2
• Happ Supers and 4 buttons on players 3 & 4
• Happ 3" trackball
• Dedicated 4-way Galaga/Ms Pac-man joystick
• TurboTwist High-Low and a Happ flight stick
• Set of buttons inline with player's spinners
• Set of buttons inline with 4-way, DOT spinner, and flight stick
• Player buttons are angled for ergonomics and still without elbows collisions
• Also have steering wheels for the TurboTwist 2 spinners

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: severdhed on March 21, 2010, 11:34:59 pm

Looks very nice...there can't be too many games you can't play with a panel like that.

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: Havok on March 22, 2010, 12:20:19 am

I need sunglasses for that control panel overlay...

 8)

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: zallax on March 22, 2010, 12:34:29 am

The camera flash does light it up a bit -- now, if only it was UV reactive.

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: TEKNYNE on March 22, 2010, 01:08:45 am

Dang how big is that control panel? And dont the bottom spinners/buttons get in the way?

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: zallax on March 22, 2010, 08:34:23 am

The panel, itself is sloped so the buttons inline with the spinner are never touched.  Plus there is enough spacing for an entire palm.  The spinners aren't in the way because the button layout is meant for your hand to rest at about a 30 degree angle.

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: Dazz on March 22, 2010, 08:37:05 am

Which rotaries are you using?  I have the Happ mechanical ones, but I like the Ikari handles on those.  Where did you pick those up at?

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: zallax on March 22, 2010, 10:01:37 am

They are NOS SNK LS-30's, which are the exact ones used in Heavy Barrel and Ikari Warriors.  My last panel had a set of Happ Optical Rotaries but I had to practically cut a hole through the bottom of my panel so that they would fit, height-wise.  These are short and work great.  You just have to route deeply into your panel to mount them so that the joystick is high enough above the panel to move.  I got the set off of E-bay after lurking for months for them. 

They are connected using a GP-Wiz40 Max with rotary support.  I tried a U-HID but had problems with a single switch rotating the wrong way.  I also tried a Ultimarc Rotary interface but it would skip pulses if turned too fast.  The GP-Wiz works flawlessly.

Title: Re: I have my new control panel together
Post by: bkenobi on March 22, 2010, 11:00:12 am

Nice panel!  Too bad for P4 though.