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Cynicaster:
I like me some Robotron every now and then, and I play fairly often on my cabinet, but the one thing I don't like about my setup when playing that game (and, indeed, all twin stick shooters) is that the joysticks are set up more with comfortable 2-player use in mind rather than twin stick games (i.e., spaced too far apart).  The games are still playable and fun, but I think I'd feel a lot more "in tune" with the game if the sticks were closer together. 

I did a quick Google search and best I can tell the sticks on a Robotron cabinet are ~11" apart (can anybody confirm?). 

I think that spacing would make it pretty uncomfortable for two full grown men to stand side by side and play a game. 

Obviously general purpose cabinets are riddled with compromises, so something in between what I have now and the actual Robotron dimensions would probably be optimal. 

I was just wondering--has anybody attempted to address this conundrum, and if so, what did you come up with for spacing? 

Thanks


 

harveybirdman:
I've seen people throw on another 8 way to both player 1 and Player 2 just to the right of their button battery.


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If only we all had enormus game rooms... cause the best thing is to just have a dedicated twinstick cab.

PL1:
Another good reason for using a modular CP.


Scott

Dcpmark:

--- Quote from: Cynicaster on February 15, 2013, 12:46:48 pm ---I like me some Robotron every now and then, and I play fairly often on my cabinet, but the one thing I don't like about my setup when playing that game (and, indeed, all twin stick shooters) is that the joysticks are set up more with comfortable 2-player use in mind rather than twin stick games (i.e., spaced too far apart).  The games are still playable and fun, but I think I'd feel a lot more "in tune" with the game if the sticks were closer together. 

I did a quick Google search and best I can tell the sticks on a Robotron cabinet are ~11" apart (can anybody confirm?). 

I think that spacing would make it pretty uncomfortable for two full grown men to stand side by side and play a game. 

Obviously general purpose cabinets are riddled with compromises, so something in between what I have now and the actual Robotron dimensions would probably be optimal. 

I was just wondering--has anybody attempted to address this conundrum, and if so, what did you come up with for spacing? 

Thanks

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Interesting! The 2 sticks on my HotRod SE cp are 11.5" apart. One benefit of having a smaller 24" 2-player cp, I guess. No problem with 2 full-grown men playing at the same time.

Cynicaster:

--- Quote from: Dcpmark on February 15, 2013, 09:32:31 pm ---Interesting! The 2 sticks on my HotRod SE cp are 11.5" apart. One benefit of having a smaller 24" 2-player cp, I guess. No problem with 2 full-grown men playing at the same time.

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Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "HotRod SE" control panel?

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