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drpcken:
wow! you guys are passionate!  :)
I love it. 

I'm not really going for an authentic cab look, I just want it to look really awesome.  I want to be proud I built it myself.

I think the following will be sufficient for me (building a test CP before the real thing of course):
2 U360 joysticks - heard nothing but great things about them.  However, I'm thinking I need joysticks that actually have the switch to make it feel like a 4 way (the U360's don't have this feature right?).  Also If i'm not mistaken they have the shift switch, so you can double up button features right?  This might help keep the admin buttons to a minimum.
7 pushbuttons per player:  Killer instinct is the only reason I started this project, I have to have at least 6 pushbuttons (3 per row).  I want to add the 7th to allow the players thumb to press it (NEOGEO fighters).  I haven't looked up pricing, but it looks like the Electric Ice buttons are the way to go.  Of course this is purely my opinion.  It seems like alot of programming and wiring.  Whats your opinion on this?
Trackball - think this would be great (and a must have) for golden tee and other games that utilize it.
4-way joystick - this is completely optional, and wont' hurt my feelings if i leave it out.  This would be a dedicated 4 way for the older games (pac man, donkey kong, etc...) where the 4way 'feel' is crucial.  If the U360 can actually lock itself into the 4 way feel, I'll leave this dedicated 4 way out.
pinball buttons - not a problem, they are completely out of the way and easy to install :)
Player 1 Player 2 with some admin buttons on each side

This will be based roughly on   :notworthy: Cronin's Arcade CP (see attached image)
 
I think this would be a great CP, considering its my first :)  And I could always build a 4player CP down the road.

I'm getting giddy just thinking about it   :laugh2:

leapinlew:
If you use U360's - you won't need the 4 way.

Green Giant:

--- Quote from: drpcken on October 02, 2007, 11:25:13 am ---I think the following will be sufficient for me (building a test CP before the real thing of course):
2 U360 joysticks - heard nothing but great things about them.  However, I'm thinking I need joysticks that actually have the switch to make it feel like a 4 way (the U360's don't have this feature right?).  Also If i'm not mistaken they have the shift switch, so you can double up button features right?  This might help keep the admin buttons to a minimum.
7 pushbuttons per player:  Killer instinct is the only reason I started this project, I have to have at least 6 pushbuttons (3 per row).  I want to add the 7th to allow the players thumb to press it (NEOGEO fighters).  I haven't looked up pricing, but it looks like the Electric Ice buttons are the way to go.  Of course this is purely my opinion.  It seems like alot of programming and wiring.  Whats your opinion on this?
Trackball - think this would be great (and a must have) for golden tee and other games that utilize it.
4-way joystick - this is completely optional, and wont' hurt my feelings if i leave it out.  This would be a dedicated 4 way for the older games (pac man, donkey kong, etc...) where the 4way 'feel' is crucial.  If the U360 can actually lock itself into the 4 way feel, I'll leave this dedicated 4 way out.

This will be based roughly on   :notworthy: Cronin's Arcade CP (see attached image)

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The U360's should be more than enough.  I have 49ways, the original autoswitching sticks, but the 360's are the newest thing out there.

If money is not a problem, get the electric ice buttons.  They look awesome.  The programming is really easy in mala and wiring is easy but tedious.

Trackball for sure, but unlike the one from cronin, you should make sure it is dead center.  You will never need three buttons for the trackball, probably just left and right on either side of it.  Also look into flushmounting the trackball.

The 4way is strictly up to you.  But what do you mean by the 4way feel?  Old 4way games could still move in a diamond shape, some people think it was a cross but you didn't have to return to center every time.  They do have restrictor plates for the U360 that change the way it moves, but someone else will have to say how they feel.

Otherwise, good luck and get to work.

drpcken:
OH so it moves in a diamond? I was under the impression it moved in a cross.

How hard is it to activate the restricter plates on the U360's?  (running to do research)

javeryh:

--- Quote from: drpcken on October 02, 2007, 11:47:08 am ---OH so it moves in a diamond? I was under the impression it moved in a cross.

How hard is it to activate the restricter plates on the U360's?  (running to do research)

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You don't "activate" them - they are either installed or not.  It's not like the mag-stik or something where there is a plate that rotates in and out of 4-way or 8-way mode.  The modes on the U360 are handled through software.  I use the U360 and I won't ever get anything else.  I also installed the circular restrictor plate and the hard spring which limits the throw of the stick and makes it feel a little sturdier (they are plenty sturdy to begin with though).

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