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Should I make my arcade stick in the style of Mortal Kombat?

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fjl:
So leave it the way it is or change it like this...



Thing is that I don't have much CP space but I am persistent to not have a CP that sticks out from the sides. It must all fit within the walls of the side panels like on my picture. I have to since some of the doors around my house won't allow anything bigger than 28" to go through.

So i MUST restrict myself to 28" minus the side panels means my CP will be 26.5" wide.

NiteWalker:
I wouldn't sacrifice playability for aesthetics. If you need the control panel to be no wider than 28" because of being able to get through doors, why not build a separate control panel? There's no way playing on a control panel only 28" wide is going to be comfortable unless you and the other player weigh less than 80 pounds sopping wet. Angling the 1st player buttons downward like that places them in an unnatural position while playing.

fjl:
Well I'm obviously going to do the cardboard controls setup and see how it feels. But I'll probably just stick to all buttons and controls being perpendicular to the screen.  :dizzy:

NiteWalker:
That would probably be your best bet. You can get a little extra space out of the cp by moving the 1st player joystick and the second player buttons towards the outside a bit more also.

fjl:
Well I'm trying to keep them away from the T'molding cause if you rest your hand on the t-molding it might end up being uncomfortable. Although, from my test tries, it seems that your arm never really rests on the panel, just the side of your palms. Of course I tried it on a table that wasn't really to scale, height wise. Do you find yourself resting any part of your arms on the CP or just your palms?

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