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Power, Admin and Volume button placement???
ivwshane:
For my setup my power switch is on the back of the cab towards the bottom. Most real arcade machines I've seen seem to place them at the top or behind at the top.
For admin buttons I only have two. One for pause and the other for tab.
Besides the buttons for player one and two, I have a P1 start and P2 start button. I have P1+tab set to "esc" so I can exit out of mame menus or exit out of the game easily.
For coins my coin door can either except coins or I can press the coin reject button (one for P1 and P2 coin).
I see no other need for more buttons.
Then again my trackball acts as a mouse and my pause and tab button act as my right and left click buttons.
RayB:
I keep my volume knob on the very top, recessed in a "hole". My power button would be there too, except I haven't gotten that far yet. ;-)
TOK:
I like the power button up on top, usually where the original was. I don't like any admin buttons on the panel, or even in view.
Kinda goofy, but I feel like it messes up the "real" vibe of the cab.
cmoses:
I think I will be putting the power button on top of the cabinet.
As far as the admin buttons, I would like the CP to be as clean as possible, but I also want it to be easy to navigate and use for someone new. My first cabinet had only Player 1 and Player 2 Start buttons. Everything else was done through "Shift" buttons. This made it very clean but caused lots of questions for someone using it. "How do I add credits", "How do I get back to the menu", "How do I pause", etc. That is why I am really leaning towards having them on the CP.
I will surely have P1 & P2 Start, I want to have coin buttons either on the CP or at least down by the coin door. I think I will only put ESC/Exit and Pause on the CP and try to have them away from the other buttons. Accessible but not where they can easily be pushed accidentally.
I have given some thought to a admin bar above the CP where the admin buttons are located, but not sure how to incorporate this into my Mortal Kombat II cabinet.
Serverdhed - Any chance you can post some pictures of your buttons located on the back corners of your CP?
ivwshane:
--- Quote from: cmoses on March 18, 2009, 03:22:57 pm ---
Serverdhed - Any chance you can post some pictures of your buttons located on the back corners of your CP?
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