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nathan118:
Well, I'm a noob building my first arcade cabinet, and was hoping to get some feedback on my control panel layout.
Some stuff you can't tell from the picture....it's 48" wide, 16" deep. The red joystick is a dedicated 4-way. I didn't include a spinner, just cuz I don't have a desire to play any spinner required games. I set the trackball up and off-center so that players 1 and 2 could move more to the center and give the outside players more room. I think the trackball and 4-way stick both have pretty good access points (ie. no joysticks in way of your arm). I want to add some "admin" buttons to the top, just haven't figured out what the most important ones are yet.
Any suggestions? Thanks guys.
javeryh:
Looks good to me but I prefer the action buttons to be all in a row - to each his own I guess. Looks like it is going to be sweet when its done...
Gunstar Hero:
Looks awesome. I wish my cab had that kind of CP room. Sigh... well, someday!
Anyways, I'd center the trackball and drop the extra 4 way for a spinner, make one of your other sticks switchable. I kinda dig the "curved" 6 button layouts, you might consider adding "NeoGeo" button 7's as well.
BarontheFirst:
I like it but do you ever plan to use a coin door? I am only asking because of the placement. I had coin buttons then decided to go for the coin door and made the coin buttons pause buttons. I placed them on the front panel of the CP to kind of make this change easier from the start. However if you never plan to use a coin door your lay out looks great! Do you plan on side pinball buttons?
3 buttons I found important
Start
Esc
Pause
other you might consider,
Maybe a few F keys
The ~ key all up to you.
pointdablame:
I would get rid of the dedicated 4way, get a 4/8way joystick, and put in a spinner... but that's just me.
How are you going to play Tempest without a spinner? And if you don't want to play Tempest... well... I don't wish to talk to you ;)
Otherwise, you CP looks very good.
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