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Control panel review - 4 player with spinner
unclet:
I do not believe the joysticks need to be closer together for two joystick games, however, the PLayer3/4 joysticks should obviously not be rotated at all if you intend to play two-joystick games since it would be impossible to move them correctly as required.
vidmouse:
Yeah, I realized it after I left my last post on that... I kept thinking "8-way joystick" but forgot that 4 of the directions come from combinations of up/down/left/right only... so remapping keys wouldn't work (not with my joys anyway).
ANother possibility, could make multiple sets of "wings" here, add-on modules as I need them.
Zebidee:
Vidmouse, you have my support for angled joysticks. But I also agree with posters who say that the player must be facing the screen.
The angled joysticks do work if you have them mounted on wings, with P3 & P4 looking inwards like you have suggested in your later designs, because P3 & P4 are a little further out, looking in. I have this arrangement on my winged four player cabinet with a 25" monitor, and having P3&P4 angled in really works. It feels natural. However, putting them straight might be better if you had a larger control panel or a larger monitor.
vidmouse:
It seems like I've been all over this debate(s) for a couple of months:
4p vs 2p (do you really use all 4? -- well, yes, that's the dream, right?
and, well, no, not all the time)
angled vs straight: definitely on my 36" test panel it wouldnt work
straight. As it is, 4p's are shoulder-to-shoulder and having
the test panel really feel that out for me made me rethink
to the modular design.
Straight would only work on this panel if it were like
Smash tv, 4 joys but only 2 players.
(and yeah I love Smash TV)
My thoughts, straight only works if you have the room for it.
(as in equal 3p/1p spacing as 1p/2p spacing, 2p/4p spacing)
I'll have to remeasure, I might...
I have a similar, 27" tv that I'm using -- so sizewise I'm probably
not too far off Zeb. However I'm also trying to fit a trackball and
spinner in there (at least the trackball) so I'll probalby stick with
the modular idea (besides it's an interesting challenge) for now.
Did some more work today... figured out how to wire my tv
power button to an admin pushbutton, as well as the PC,
and hooked up the marquee fluorescent light. Pictures to come
on my site....
On the other hand, check out this one that one a "Mamey" award
for control panel... angled, and yet I think his P1/P3 spacing is still too close...
but I'm a lefty P1 and I'm sure my elbow would jab P3 multiple times (heh, put people you don't like there)
http://www.mameworld.net/massive/NEWMAMEY/controls.htm
Zebidee:
27" screen sounds good for 4-player, and angled joys do work on the right cabs. Go for it, vidmouse.
Do you need a separate power switch for the TV? Won't it come on automatically? There are special master/slave power boards that can help here.
Perhaps you want an external volume control knob ..... ? Easy to wire up for < $5 ........... It is a must for all of my cabs now, especially as I use them to play music & movies too. Usually I hide it somewhere easily accessible but out of sight. Maybe this is worth discussing in a new thread ......
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