Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: LsLSpamMatt on July 19, 2004, 08:41:41 pm
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Hey everyone,
I've been lurking on this forum on and off for a couple of years,
and after finishing college, have finally decided to go ahead and build a cabinet.
After reading through the bulk of the examples, I've decided to base mine roughly off of:
Jeff's ULTIMATE MAME Arcade Machine
http://mame.velociworks.com/ (http://mame.velociworks.com/), mostly because he offered plans and I'm lacking in CAD ability.
I'm going to be doing a 4 player CP, and am looking for any input
you all have to offer. My main concern is whether to turn the player
3 and 4 controls 45
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I think it looks good. The layout is sort of like mine. My cp is 47"x19 1/2". The best way to find out if you like your layout is to build a prototype out of card board. I constructed my CP last so I could try out different angles for p3 and p4, making sure they have a decent view and enough rooms. A few suggestions:
- If you are going to use 7 buttons, move the 7th button down some so you can have the neogeo layout as well as the capcom layout. Something like this:
123
456
7
- The 3 buttons above p1 are porbably not needed. I assume they are mouse buttons. However, you can map any other buttons to the mouse and I think that the top row of p1 works fine for trackball games.
Good luck!
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TalkingOctopus:
Hey, thanks for your input. I've already got a lot of images from your website.
Your machine is cool looking, and I probably should have just referenced it. I figure it coudln't hurt to ask though :)
I'm going to go with a cardboard proto if I can bring myself to order $300 worth of stuff from 'bobroberts' or happs.
Heh, my 7 button layout is supposed to look like the NeoGeo controls (Mslug!), but the templates from here don't look like that. I guess I just got lazy.
I'm going to agree with your judgement of the 3 "Missle Command" buttons.
I'll just go ahead and use some other buttons.
I appreciate the input.
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My main concern is whether to turn the player 3 and 4 controls 45