Author Topic: check out my cp. what do u think? (Read 8432 times)

theob42 · « **on:** August 09, 2008, 12:39:02 am »

hey guys this is the cp ive been working on for my arcade. what do you think? it needs some minor refinements perhaps some neon arrows around the joysticks? and neone circle around the start buttons. anmd a few admin buttons at the top as well

UPDATE!!!

finally finished my CP , heres the final product!

and as some people have asked me now that im done i uploaded the full AI files with layers and stuff to yousendit for anybody that wants it. the megaman and zelda are vectorized but the spiderman and wolverine are high quality scans that i traced the background out myself in photoshop with only the basic eraser (many many many hours of work) and they are in very high quality (600dpi for wolverine and i think 800dpi for spiderman)

heres the youseind it link below, its only a trial registration so the file will only be there for 14 days starting today. Tuesday OCT 14, 2008 So get it while its hot!!!

www.yousendit.com/download/Y2o4UGhZYXk3bUN4dnc9PQ

comments and question are always welcome

mrclean · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2008, 12:58:37 am »

I like the color buttons that match with the characters it's cool, would like to see pics once its installed on the cab, I'm guessing the trackball is going to be silver ?

theob42 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2008, 01:02:31 am »

nope its gonna be blue transclucent. not sure if they even make them in silver, but yeah i know the left is blue as well

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2008, 01:11:38 am »

Quote from: theob42 on August 09, 2008, 12:39:02 am

hey guys this is the cp ive eben working on for my arcade. what do you think?

It's one of the nicest I've seen, GREAT WORK!

theob42 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2008, 10:33:38 am »

thanks!! took me awhile cause ive never used illustrator before. all of those characters took awhile to get in high rez too, first 3 are vector and the wolverine was scanned from a poster i had at 600 dpi

Blanka · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2008, 12:18:07 pm »

How many games have 6 buttons for player 3 and 4? Thought 4 buttons was max for them.

Malenko · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2008, 02:37:34 pm »

Quote from: Blanka on August 10, 2008, 12:18:07 pm

How many games have 6 buttons for player 3 and 4? Thought 4 buttons was max for them.

console emulators.....

I dont quite see the theme though; link wasn't in any arcade games and though MegaMan was in MvC2, silver surfer wasnt. I like the layout in general (cept wolverine's leg) but if your gonna go with a marvel theme you could replace blue with pretty much any one and maybe the Hulk in the green?

its got GOBS of potential

theob42 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2008, 03:44:51 pm »

yeah im gonna be loading nearly everything, mame, all cosole emulators, daphne, maybe even the virtual pinball stuff. i debated the 4 buttons for 3 and 4 players but aesthetically it looks nicer with all 6 , plus ill be using it for some console emulators until i get some usb to controller adaptors for some of the more popular systems like new,snes,n64, sega genesis etc.

also i was originally considering an all marvel panel but since im throwing in many different systems i chose the characters that i liked. big on zelda, and megaman, spiderman and wolverine, also really like silver surfer, also that silver surfer pic worked out brilliantly cause as u see his right hand (on the left side) kind of surrounds the trackball like he is holding it there.

their head sizes are all roughly around the same size.
oh yeah and the wolverine leg will be cut off but i dont mind, because if i shrank wolverine to fit fully into the screen his size would not match the other characters. plus, we all know its all about the claws and not the feet for wolverine hheh

i want to add some arrows or directions around the joysticks but havent found any good styles that would not be too fancy. any ideas?? they would be neon style like the rest but its the shape of them im looking for. if u ahve any good ideas post the link to a sample?
thanks for the feedback guys.

ivwshane · « **Reply #8 on:** August 11, 2008, 07:07:26 pm »

I really like it but if it's going to be a play all arcade cab I think you need to mix the characters up a bit, there are too many comic book characters.

DrumAnBass · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2008, 07:41:03 pm »

Really nice!!

You have a white feathered halo around each section, I wonder if inverting that halo to black would look better to provide more separation? Not sure about the silver art for the trackball section - again maybe darker would look better for an illuminated trackball...?

But very cool design, look forward to seeing the completion!

Lucky S.O.B. · « **Reply #10 on:** August 12, 2008, 12:50:56 am »

This is sweet... I am doing the same thing, but I haven't decided in what characters to use in each area. I was actually thinking of doing an NFL theme and doing each area for a different team and the trackball in a football.

Not sure if you ever saw the original design that was like this without a trackball and used old school characters... This is a MAJOR improvement on that design.

thatitalian · « **Reply #11 on:** August 12, 2008, 04:35:53 am »

Sweet panel! Looks eye catching which is the whole point of an arcade!

Do you have that high res scan of Wolverine? I can try and vectorise it for you if you like?

Trebeck · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2008, 11:34:56 am »

Great job!

theob42 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:26:15 am »

Quote from: thatitalian on August 12, 2008, 04:35:53 am

Sweet panel! Looks eye catching which is the whole point of an arcade!

Do you have that high res scan of Wolverine? I can try and vectorise it for you if you like?

yeah i think i still have it around here somewhere, but i think ill just keep the high rez version, i heard as long as its over 300dpi it should be good, since its at 600, it should still looks amazing ont he printout. and vectorizing would remove some of the details, but thanks for the assistance

actually i have a higher quality spiderman picture that i need vectorized for the spidey pic, the one i ahve vectorized doesnt look to good in full size, pm me if u can help

Ortizimo · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2008, 11:09:53 am »

BOING!!! ITS AMAZING! could you send me the measurements used in PS?

Axe · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2008, 06:25:13 am »

I think it looks awesome, but wolverine's footie is gonna escape!

ivwshane · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2008, 06:14:40 pm »

If wolverine is going to lose his foot then I think you would need to bring spider mans hand and foot to the background and keep them in their own space.

theob42 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2008, 12:31:04 am »

UPDATED!!!

waveryder · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2008, 04:25:02 am »

Thats great! I wouldn't change a thing!

Chris2 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 19, 2008, 10:58:51 pm »

Link seems a little thematically inappropriate (The Hulk would have been better) but that's my only complaint. Great work!

venkman · « **Reply #20 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:18:58 am »

looks really good!

just in case anyone doesn't have AI here's what it looks like:

theob42 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2008, 03:33:22 am »

thanks,
odd because i updated my original post with a png as well. so everyone should be able to see the sample screenshot.

BadMojo12 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 08, 2008, 02:06:30 pm »

Dude, new to the forum, but spending months on my cabinet design. Your CP is wicked sweet. For lots of reasons, I'm having to go with something much more generic.

Best,

Ryan

theob42 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2008, 02:20:13 pm »

thanks!! yeah it took me many many months to put that graphic together, never used illustrator before so was learning that at the same time.

holycowzer · « **Reply #24 on:** May 22, 2009, 09:20:35 pm »

hey I really like your control panel overlay....I was looking at it and I would like to use it for myself but your link has been long expired....I was wondering if you could put it in a more permanent solution. I would suggest uploading your work to localarcade.com or deviantart.com or just re put it up on http://www.megaupload.com/ it would be useful for the community to have such a great work....thanks.....

theob42 · « **Reply #25 on:** June 05, 2009, 05:00:41 am »

hey yeah sure ill have to find it and ill upload it somewhere in the next week

holycowzer · « **Reply #26 on:** June 07, 2009, 09:29:02 pm »

thanks man

fookes · « **Reply #27 on:** October 26, 2010, 11:36:03 am »

Does anyone know if these AI images are still available, or in .PSD format? Sent a PM to the author of this amazing CP with no response, appreciate if anyone could provide me the source files. Thanks!

SNAAKE · « **Reply #28 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:14:33 pm »

the button boxes need transparent background color. everything else looks great.

Garza · « **Reply #29 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:42:28 pm »

Wow Looks really clean not to complicated Great job

DCsegaDH · « **Reply #30 on:** October 26, 2010, 10:49:06 pm »

Yeah I agree with Snaake, make the button boxes transparent, other then that its great!

fookes · « **Reply #31 on:** October 27, 2010, 11:10:57 am »

Back to the question asked, does anyone have the original AI/PSD files to share with the community? Thx.

shateredsoul · « **Reply #32 on:** October 27, 2010, 02:37:30 pm »

... not sure but if you put the joystick there (for the green area), won't it look like Link's you know what?

Jefferson · « **Reply #33 on:** October 29, 2010, 09:59:16 pm »

This is so so awesome

Dont angle those side joys though. Youll be sorry. Peep around this MFer.

Silverwind · « **Reply #34 on:** December 02, 2010, 11:14:14 pm »

Excellent job!!

Is this file still hosted?

zylon · « **Reply #35 on:** February 17, 2011, 09:48:34 am »

I love the cp. Very nice job!

lord-jaffa · « **Reply #36 on:** August 14, 2011, 04:56:10 pm »

Wow this looks great, does anyone have the file for it still I could grab as the link is now dead?


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