Feedback on CPO for NEO-MVS

[Hiub1]

Hey guys, I am in the process of doing some update work to the cab. It is being moved to a different room, and I needed to clean it up a bit so it wouldn't look so rough. Part of moving it involved creating a new control panel, since the existing 4 player CP is HUGE and there would not be enough room being that the cab is next to a pool table. I want to get a CPO printed so it looks nice and professional. Here is a shot of the cab so you can see the overall theme of it. The new control panel will be a 2 player street fighter setup with 6 buttons each, maybe 7. Sorry for the crappy shot! All the artwork is vectorized of course.



Here is what I've come up with so far. By no means this is final. If you have an idea, please tell me about it!





The red looks a bit bright, but somewhat cool. The black is a bit toned down, and might fit better with the overall theme of the cab. Which one do you prefer? I've also been toying around with the idea of modifying an existing Neo Geo CP, so if I come up with anything, I will post it here.


Thanks for your help!

[GreenKnight37]

The design is far too "busy"

All the harsh diagonals and bright colors hurt my eyes when looking at it.

Try picking a theme, rather then simply old logos.  Or if you want to go with a specific company logo, feature that prominently rather then displaying dozens of small logos over and over again.

To be honest, I sort of like the black/red look the cab has at the moment.  Its nice, clean, and simple.  Maybe just a CP theme with some red lines, lettering for the buttons, etc?  Just something to match the existing look.

[Flinkly]

if your doing a neo geo based machine, just do a red cp with neo geo logo's on it or do a modified neo geo cp like i will be doing.  like he already said, it's too busy and too...generic to just put a bunch of logo's on it.

if you want to do neo geo modified, just make a huge red background the size of your panel, do diagonal white lines mirrored accross the very center, and do black blobs encircling your buttons.  for extra pizaz, stick a neo geo, mvs and snk logo above the center controls in small writing and make the black blobs interesting, like non-circular shapes.  all of the logo's for neo geo can be found at the AAL, as well as a regular neo geo panel for ideas.

[Knievel]

Did this for someone awhile ago, might provide some inspiration..

[Flinkly]

ooooooh

[HaRuMaN]

Did this for someone awhile ago, might provide some inspiration..

nice

[Hiub1]

That looks great. I will see what I can come up with and post back with some new stuff. I appreciate all the comments, thanks guys!

[Hiub1]

Hey guys, sorry it took me a while, but I finally got to working on this thing. Here it is:



Disregard the white borders around it, only the black will go on the CPO. It will be 29''x12.75''.

What do you think now? It seems to fit with the theme of the cab well, and it doesn't cause seizures like the last thing I did

[Flinkly]

i'd be more concise...just put select and change the start button descriptions to at least player 1 start, or just start, since the buttons should have the number on them.  also, why do you need to keep the multiple logo's on the bottom?

anyways, these are just constructive criticisms, keep it all if you like it.

[spriggy]

How 'bout Knievel's gorgeously simplistic cpo , but with your 'ABCD' button ellements incorperated.  Maybe remove Kn's black oval ellements (where the main buttons are obviously positioned) and replace with your button layout??  However, make sure you incorperate Kn's offset white borders into it.... looks great!