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vettetekk:
I angled mine - I didn't make the "box" underneath the controls bigger, I just re cut the top at angles to make the players stand more separated. It works great!! But you may have clearance issues that I dint. Its a neat effect, and you dint have to "seriously" modify the cab, just the control panel top. We play alot of track and field, and need the room for elbows a flyin!!
severdhed:
i desperately wanted to keep my cabinet intact, but it was just too crowded..so i got brave and cut out the sides, and build a box with a wider panel, and i couldn't be happier with it.
but ultimately it is your cabinet, do what you want. just be aware that we are speaking from experience here, you will probably get sick of being so crowded and build a bigger panel eventually.
and on a side note, track and field uses 3 buttons.
vettetekk:
--- Quote from: severdhed on July 27, 2007, 11:02:20 pm ---and on a side note, track and field uses 3 buttons.
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Thanks for the tip. If you look at the pic of my panel, you'll see six buttons, the bottons are off set vertically in the center as they were on the real game. The bottom row of buttons are the ones used in the game. the other row and the joystick aren't used. I was making the reference to the game more for the point of panel spacing due to the fact that its a physical game where a possibility of bumping the other player is a factor. But that sometimes helps in a race!! LOL ;)
RetroBorg:
--- Quote from: severdhed on July 27, 2007, 11:02:20 pm ---but ultimately it is your cabinet, do what you want. just be aware that we are speaking from experience here, you will probably get sick of being so crowded and build a bigger panel eventually.
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That's fair enough and that's why I posted my control panel layout for criticism but I feel comfortable with the room as I'm used to that much room on my current mame cab, I've probably had that mame cab for 4 years or so and no dramas yet.
I guess I was expecting to get more criticism on the placement of the spinner, trackball and 8-way rotary button thingy (what do you call that control anyway?). ???
Or something like the Mini-Pac doesn't have enough connections or can't connect a Trackball, Spinner and buttons at the same time. I presume it can as no one has commented on that.
Or perhaps some criticism on the choice of joysticks.
--- Quote from: severdhed on July 27, 2007, 11:02:20 pm ---and on a side note, track and field uses 3 buttons.
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I know Track and Field has 3 buttons but I don't know of anyone who actually uses both of the run buttons.
RetroBorg:
--- Quote from: vettetekk on July 27, 2007, 10:22:33 pm ---I angled mine - I didn't make the "box" underneath the controls bigger, I just re cut the top at angles to make the players stand more separated. It works great!! But you may have clearance issues that I dint. Its a neat effect, and you dint have to "seriously" modify the cab, just the control panel top. We play alot of track and field, and need the room for elbows a flyin!!
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That's a unique looking control panel you got there, it certainly creates more room.
I'm not a big fan of the angled control though, on my current cab players 3 and 4 are on angles and I've never really liked it.
Track and Field was one of my biggest worries because it's so physical but I've sussed out with my wife which buttons to map and we both believe we got plenty of room.
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