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Alcathiax:
I have been all over this website and the message boards over the past week or so...I am guessing about 40 hours of reading  :dizzy:. I see 4 player CP all over the place...but I haven't seen any that would allow for both Smash TV (dual joysticks) and other games easily. I'm thinking for Smash TV the sticks would need to be arranged in  + + + +.

Does anybody have any opinions on this?

ahofle:
If you don't care about leaving room for a trackball, you could still have the 3rd and 4th players staggered like:

+           +
    +   +

Then just put two joysticks on player 1 and 2 (bottom two pluses in the 'picture').  I'd put a stick on each side of the button group for those two players like this:

J ooo J     J  ooo  J
  ooo           ooo

Alcathiax:
I like that idea...but I was planning on Golden Tee....hhhmmm

Alcathiax:
Also...what is the average depth of a machine with a 4P CP? From front of the CP all the way back to the back of the machine. Maybe I don't have the room for the full blows 4P CP anyways.

ahofle:

--- Quote from: Alcathiax on April 25, 2006, 12:37:19 pm ---I like that idea...but I was planning on Golden Tee....hhhmmm

--- End quote ---

Yeah, I struggled with this when designing my panel too.  The other option is to maybe get rid of one (or two?) of the 4 players to buy a little more room.  I ended up skipping the extra stick on players 1 and 2 as a compromise (I kinda regret not being able to play 2 player smash TV though).  But a trackball was an absolute must for me.  Just ask yourself what is the most important to you with your panel.  Having 4 players?  Two player smash tv?  Golden Tee/trackball games?  Etc.  You'll probably have to compromise at some point and drop whatever is the least important for you.  In hindsight, I wish I had only done a two player panel with the double sticks and a trackball.  It's so rare that I can get 3 people on the cabinet at once, so the 3rd player is rarely used.

Good luck!

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