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RetroBorg:
I want a control panel with both a Trackball & Spinner on it, I am right handed and want to mainly play Missile Command, Centipede, Golden Tee, World Class Bowling, Arkanoid & Tempest.

My question is where is the best place to put the Trackball and Spinner?

Minwah:
This is very much debatable, so I will only say what I have done (although I haven't quite finished it yet)...

I have a CP I call my 'analog panel'. From left to right I have: UltraStik, then 3 buttons.  Roughly in the centre (slightly to the right) is my trackball. Then finally the spinner is between the trackball and the right hand edge of the CP.

Unfortunately I don't have a picture, and the controls are not currently installed as I am trying to design a CPO* for it...

* if anyone with vector skills is available for hire I could do with some help...

javeryh:
This is what I'm working on right now (it's almost a direct copy of Knievel's layout and many others).  Spinner is on the top row to the left (put it on the other side if you want to use your right hand to control it) and the trackball will go in the middle.  It all depends on the dimensions and what type of games you want to play.  I'd say at the very least to not put the spinner directly above the trackball because if you play games like golden tee where you might be smacking the crap out of the trackball you wouldn't want to hit the spinner on the follow-through.

GAtekwriter:
Just curious - I'm right handed and I've always used my left for a spinner - is this typical of most right handers?  Also, it seems to me that many spinners on old arcade games were on the left and buttons on the right - so maybe I just never had a choice?  Hmmm... any right handers prefer using a spinner with the right hand?

Jim

javeryh:

--- Quote from: GAtekwriter on July 02, 2008, 12:37:19 pm ---Just curious - I'm right handed and I've always used my left for a spinner - is this typical of most right handers?  Also, it seems to me that many spinners on old arcade games were on the left and buttons on the right - so maybe I just never had a choice?  Hmmm... any right handers prefer using a spinner with the right hand?

Jim


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I'm left handed so I can't help but in my experience if something is designed a certain way I just adapt.  Playing the Wii is a bit cumbersome because I can't aim/control my right arm with the Wiimote but I'm getting used to it.  It would feel very strange if arcade joysticks were on the right and buttons on the left even though a righty probably designed the first CPs... if that makes any sense...

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