The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: ericball on May 05, 2004, 09:54:41 am
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Through happy accident, I have in my possesion both a spare PC with TV out and a spare 20" TV. I've managed to sell my wife/CFO on the idea of building a cocktail cabinet for MAME. My planned design is loosely based on Kyle's PacMan plans, except with an additional two-player side-by-by CP on the long side. (Which has been done before.)
Anyway, I am plotting my CPs and would like some input & advice.
For the vertical CPs I will be going with a single Wico 4-way leaf with 3 buttons on each side (my wife is a southpaw) in an inverted triangle. I figure that will cover almost any of the classic 4-way or button only vertical games.
For the horizontal CPs I will have an 8-way (p360 maybe) for each player with ? buttons. Question - ignoring fighters, how many buttons are required to handle classic 8-way horizontal (standard res) games?
The player & other buttons won't be on the CP either.
And is 1.25" a standard spacing for buttons?
Thanks