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4 players and angled sticks
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: clhug on May 03, 2006, 03:38:27 pm ---
The cabinet I'm converting to MAME is a former Captain America (it was non-functional when I got it) and the joysticks for players 1 & 4 ARE angled.
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Would you mind taking a pic of that? I didn't think there was any original machines that angled the joys, unless it was converted or altered by an op.
Simpsons, Xmen, and TMNT did NOT angle the joys, nor did most (I'll hold off saying "all" since clhug may prove me wrong) of the original machines.
I think angling the joys is silly personally, but its personal preference really. One thing is for sure though... you don't gain any more room. People will still stand the same way regardless of joystick orientation. Give it a shot with 2 mock ups and you'll see.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on May 03, 2006, 07:23:39 pm ---I think angling the joys is silly personally, but its personal preference really. One thing is for sure though... you don't gain any more room. People will still stand the same way regardless of joystick orientation. Give it a shot with 2 mock ups and you'll see.
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Never mind, I think PDB is channeling Paige ... and I agree with both of them ...
Cheers.
clhug:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on May 03, 2006, 07:23:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: clhug on May 03, 2006, 03:38:27 pm ---
The cabinet I'm converting to MAME is a former Captain America (it was non-functional when I got it) and the joysticks for players 1 & 4 ARE angled.
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Would you mind taking a pic of that? I didn't think there was any original machines that angled the joys, unless it was converted or altered by an op.
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Picture attached. I know the pic shows it's NOT a Captain America but see my previous post about details on that. I promise, under that Open Ice side art, the black monitor bezel, and the control panel, was Captain America artwork (no marquee though). The CA side art actually covered 3/4 of the side (from the very top to about 2 ft from the bottom) and they pained over the part of it that the Open Ice side art didn't cover. If you look just to the left of the speaker you can see a scratch through the paint with a tiny bit of the Captain America artwork showing through. If you look closely at the far left blue joystick you can see the carraige bolts holding the joystick on the panel and see that they're at an angle.
I do admit that I don't know enough to say this wasn't something else even before it was a Captain America, but there are no extra unused holes in the wood control panel, so either everything is still in it's original position on the control panel or they built a new control panel top from scratch when they converted it to Open Ice. It does look like they may have added a few buttons (some of them have counter sunk nuts on the bottom and some don't so I figured the counter sunk ones were original and the non-counter sunk ones were probably added for the Open Ice). But there's nothing "missing" either.
Oh, there is a "Data East" sticker on the back with a serial number, 308717, on it if that may help determine anything.
Sorry, I don't have any pictures of it showing the Captain America artwork. The CA artwork was too damaged from taking off the Open Ice artwork and I ended up pulling all the Captain America artwork off and throwing it away. Oh, I guess I do still have the monitor bezel though if you'd like a picture of that.
RayB:
Majority are not angled.
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on May 03, 2006, 07:24:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: pointdablame on May 03, 2006, 07:23:39 pm ---I think angling the joys is silly personally, but its personal preference really. One thing is for sure though... you don't gain any more room. People will still stand the same way regardless of joystick orientation. Give it a shot with 2 mock ups and you'll see.
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Never mind, I think PDB is channeling Paige ... and I agree with both of them ...
Cheers.
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I suddenly feel like buying a scooter.
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