Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: chrisindfw on November 11, 2003, 02:45:39 pm
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What controls would you put on a control panel that was 25" wide and 12" tall?
I am new and am trying to determine how many buttons I am going to need for the 8 way? 4/6/7???
This board is great. I cant imagine trying to build a cab without this place!
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Put as many controls as will fit and you can still play comfortably without interfering with other devices. I'd suggest buidling a cardboard mock-up and then lay in your proposed hardware to see how it looks/fits.
As for buttons for the 8 way.... Depends on what you like to play, but i see most folks go for either the 6 or 7 button layout so that your fighting games are covered.
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That's a hard question to answer without knowing what types of games you're wanting to play.
Are you a fighter type player, or more of an 80's classics games type player.
This is a small single player panel I built to play the older games, like Toobin, Defender, RipOff, StarCastle, Asteroids and many others (see the attached file). The button layout gives me a lot of the old style control panel layouts, but allows me to play a lot of other classics. But as you can see, it really isn't much of a fighter style layout.
Good luck with your project.
TM
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That's a hard question to answer without knowing what types of games you're wanting to play.
Are you a fighter type player, or more of an 80's classics games type player.
This is a small single player panel I built to play the older games, like Toobin, Defender, RipOff, StarCastle, Asteroids and many others (see the attached file). The button layout gives me a lot of the old style control panel layouts, but allows me to play a lot of other classics. But as you can see, it really isn't much of a fighter style layout.
Good luck with your project.
TM
Not sure why I can't get that pic to attach. PM me your email and I'll send you the pic. Sorry ???