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WwonderLlama:

--- Quote from: DougHillman on August 19, 2004, 09:43:59 pm ---Ooops, meant to include the link to the thread showing the CP I just finished.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=23028

BTW, have you already purchased your Happs Competitions?  If not, get Ultimarc T-Stik Plus switchable 8/4-ways instead and you can dispense with the dedicated 4-way.  IME, any 8-way is NOT acceptable for serious 4-way gameplay.


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Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

Yeah, I already bought the Happs and I couldn't agree with you more about the 8-way as a 4-way being a bad thing.

WwonderLlama:

--- Quote from: unclet on August 19, 2004, 09:50:15 pm ---I gave you my link before ..... here it is again -->

PS: I am not sure the reason why you are trying to keep the width of your control panel so small for 4-players, but just keep in mind you most likely will have this cabinet for a very long time, so just make sure you try to do everything right the first time.  Dont want to make it too small (or too big I guess).   Not to say, the control panel wont work for you, but I would recommend not cutting any corners unless you absolutely must.   Of couse if your girlfriend/wife is just looking at you saying something like "you are going to make what .... and put it where.....", then you most likely wont have clearance to make the control panel wider anyways ..... :D

Good luck.....

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Okay, I've gone and gotten myself all confused. :)  I saw your link, but didn't see one from DougHillman, but thanks for reposting it anyway.

As for the PS., you're getting the right idea. :)  This cab is supposed to complement an entertainment room, not dominate it. :)  Another major reason I want to keep the cp as narrow as possible is that I plan on playing pinball games, and am going to install flipper buttons on the sides.  

My wife was initially quite unimpressed with the MAME project, but she's slowly coming around, and I want to make it as asthetically pleasing as possible (to increase her buy-in).  On the bright side, I hooked up my scrap control panel and got her playing Golden Axe.  She ended up playing it until she beat it! ;)



unclet:
If the wife is unimpressed, then do not ever consider making a 6-sided rotating driving cabinet   :o

PS:  MY 4-player cab has pinball buttons on it.   Check out the design of the control panel top.  The pinball buttons are placed at a comfortable distance like you are planning for yours.... I simply made made control panel top to accomodate that requirement as well.    I also placed a button to use as a plunger....  ;D

cdbrown:
If you were to check out the control panels for 4-player games like TMNT, xmen, nba Jam etc, you would see that all the joysticks are oriented the same direction.  I originally thought of having my joysticks like yours but after trialling them in cardboard I found it rather difficult to play properly.  Basically you can rotate the buttons around to make space but i would suggest straightening up the joysticks so that up on each joystick is perpendicular to the screen.

unclet:
I agree with cdbrown.   Just imagine trying to play a game (ie: Xmen) and you need to do one of those crazy moves quickly.  The person is looking at the screen somewhat from the side and joystick is rotated so the brain will find it hard to function the joystick properly (at least my brain .... :P)

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