First Build - Arcade Patrol Mame Cab - Built from old Pole Position Cab.

[EMDB]

The joys and buttons are set back a little bit, are they comfortable and within reach?

What mgb said. The artwork looks great though...

[jongunz]

Super nice.... 

[Malenko]

I tried to make a working cab out of a pole position, and I failed miserably.  Your work is great and you should be really proud of this. I look forward to the day you decide to build a cab from scratch

[ita47]

The joys and buttons are set back a little bit, are they comfortable and within reach?

I really like the layout of the controls. After I get to play it for a while I will let you know if I would change anything. I think it is comfortable and easily reached. I will try to take a picture from the side to give you another perspective. Today I got some of the controls wired, it takes a long time to run all the wires. Once I get all the wire run I will zip tie them together and clean it up some. I used 22 gauge solid phone wire. I used the green for all the ground wires, red for the joystick wires and yellow for the buttons. Thanks for all the complements, I do appreciate it!

[gabrielmtl]

Love the art! Good work!!

You probably mentioned this already, but the top joystick with red ball, is it to control Hyperspin exclusively or is it a 4 way?

[TKW4rr10r]

I really like the layout of the controls. After I get to play it for a while I will let you know if I would change anything. I think it is comfortable and easily reached. I will try to take a picture from the side to give you another perspective.

Awesome build. 2014 Build of the year contender for sure. 

I'll be interested in a control feel update, as well. I see so many panels with a dedicated 4-way placed off in the 'boonies' and could never wrap my mind on how that could be comfortable. Yours seems close enough that it wouldn't be an issue, though.

[ita47]

Love the art! Good work!!

You probably mentioned this already, but the top joystick with red ball, is it to control Hyperspin exclusively or is it a 4 way?

The joystick at the top is a 4 way and it will be used to navigate hyperspin but will also be used to play some of the games that used a 4 way joystick. I wanted a 4 way but it was hard to fit everything in. The 8 way joysticks and buttons are great. The control panel is only 13" deep so nothing is out of reach, granted it can't be as comfortable as a dedicated machine, but in order to get everything on there this was the best layout we came up with. Like I mentioned I will let you know after I play it for a while how it feels.

[ita47]

This project is nearing completion  I finally to the cabinet moved to my house. I have the control panel completely wired, the coin door is wired with lights and coin slots work. I have the original marque light wired and working as well. I mounted the computer and my converter box inside and built and mounted my amplifier for the sound that drives the stock 6x9 cabinet speaker. I still need to wire in my main power switch and construction will be finished. I still have to do some tweaking in the computer, I haven't been able to get my trackball working in mame yet, but I haven't spent much time on it yet either. My kids love it and I am really going to enjoy having this. To me this is an awesome setup, to be able to play hundreds of arcade games on one machine. I don't have a room or a basement to have a full blown arcade with dedicated machines, I only have room for one. If anyone has any pointers on getting the trackball to work post it up.  Thanks!

[ita47]

More pictures. For some reason the thumbs are turned wrong but if you click on the thumb to enlarge the picture it will be turned correctly. If someone can tell me how to fix that let me know.

[mcseforsale]

Wow.  Turned out really well.  As for the 4-way, you should be fine.  Using the Knievel CP also has the 4-way above the TB.  The only time I've had issue with it is when I went for a massive shot in GT and whacked my fingers on the joystick.     *THAT* friggin hurt.

I bet your measurements from the TB to the 4-way are about the same as mine.  It just looks further because of the shape and scale of your CP.

AJ

[ita47]

The 4-way feels fine to me. The D button on player one side is a little close and my hand rests on it at times when using the 4-way but it doesn't bother me. I just made sure that button isn't controlling anything in the game. More pics.

[ita47]

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[yotsuya]

Make sure your MAME is set up to see the trackball as a mouse.