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Title: My first C/P design.
Post by: sin360 on September 12, 2014, 12:39:14 am

Hello everyone,

I'm starting to work on my first mame cabinet. This is my current c/p design that I'm thinking of going with it's 47"X16". It a 4 player setup with a trackball which is green and the red circle will be the spinner. I've setup the joys so smash tv will be playable as well. I would like all suggestion and constructive criticism.

Thanks

(http://i.imgur.com/tc8h2Wq.jpg)

Title: Re: My first C/P design.
Post by: dubstylee on September 12, 2014, 12:48:28 am

It is good that you didn't try to rotate the P3/4 controls.  That was my biggest issue with trying to build a 4 player panel, and ultimately I opted for a 2 player control panel.  Best advice anyone gave me though, was to mock it up on cardboard and make sure all of the controls feel comfortable.  Good luck!

Title: Re: My first C/P design.
Post by: DaveMMR on September 12, 2014, 07:54:19 am

Pretty good but of course make sure things aren't too tight by testing it.  You could always rearrange the outer-player buttons above/below the stick if necessary (like a lot of 4P games did.)  It it good you have the sticks lined-up though so you can add Smash-TV, Total Carnage, et al.


The trackball and spinner placement do seem a bit odd - maybe you can move the spinner above player 2's buttons so it doesn't look so isolated?

Title: Re: My first C/P design.
Post by: sin360 on September 12, 2014, 10:35:30 am

That looked like a good spot for the trackball. I was trying to place it with good space around it so nobody smacks there hand on anything.  Yeah the spinner does looked kind of lonely.