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cmoses:
In getting ready to design my control panel and I have been looking at a lot of examples in the CP sticky as well as a lot of button layouts.  I have printed some out and really like the curved more ergonomical designs.  They seem to be more comfortable and would allow longer game play.  After printing some out I was confused as to why there are not more curved designs as they seem more comfortable.

I figured initially it might be that there are a lot of people that enjoy the fighter games (Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, etc.) and this is their standard layout.  Not being a big fighter fan I wasn't initially concerned over this.  I then began to think about the games I would be playing, mostly classics, which used 0 - 3 buttons.  These would be easy to play on a control panel with curved buttons.  Then I started to think about the games that my control panel wouldn't be really made for, but could accommodate and that I would want it be able to play.  Below are some examples:

Track and Field - 3 button game, unique wide spaced layout
Asteroids - 5 button game unique layout
Defender - 5 button game, unique layout
Stargate - 6 button game, unique layout
Toobin - 5 button game, unique layout

I thinking about these games and playing them I think that they would be easier to learn to play on a straight layout as opposed to a curved one.  Maybe this is why I see more straight designs over curved.  Any thoughts and opinions would be appreciated.

Also anyone wanting to share how they play these or any other games with unique button layouts would be appreciated.

Sardu:
I made mine curved.  This was based on an old Sega arcade stick. I also rotated it about 5 degrees.

My fingers fit perfect.  ;D

severdhed:
i made mine straight on all of my panels so far...mainly because it is easy to measure and lay things out in straight rows and columns..however i have new parts coming this week and am building a new panel, and i am strongly considering curved rows instead.

ivwshane:
I used curved on mine for ergonomic reasons as well.

cmoses:

--- Quote from: ivwshane on January 06, 2009, 10:52:19 pm ---I used curved on mine for ergonomic reasons as well.

--- End quote ---

Do you have a button layout that can be printed?  I like the look of yours.

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