I was still deciding what to do with my artwork and overall colour scheme so I knew I didn’t want to get too fancy with my button colours in case it clashed. I spent ages swithering on what colours to get. I’m not yet sure if I need to have a separate button to quit the Raspberry Pi before switching off. But basically I want the ability to quickly go back to the main game menu, and also the ability to pause the game.
#HEIGHT OFA ARCADE CONTROL PANEL SOFTWARE#
I’m not totally 100% on the functionality of the MAME software I’m using in terms of whether Home and Quit Game or Reset will be the same, so I did buy a couple of extra buttons in case.
But for the other ones I thought about adding Pause, Home and Reset. Player 1 Start, Player 1 Insert Coin, Player 2 Start and Player 2 insert coin are definitely required. I also had to decide what operating buttons I needed. I think I don’t really have Neo-Geo high up on my list so I thought I would just keep to 6 buttons per person and keep it simple and neat. I heard online that 7 buttons per player was a good number, but that’s mainly if you want to play Neo Geo games that require 4 buttons in a row. I took this in mind in terms of limiting the buttons I wanted, although I may still have to increase the size of the control panel and cabinet frame. Rob ‘Flack’ O’Hara warned me that the Williams style cabinets, that I have chosen to replicate, normally have quite narrow control panels, so there wouldn’t be much room to play with. I knew I wanted 6 buttons for Street Fighter 2 but I didn’t know if I would want my buttons for older games to be separate or to be part of those 6 (if that was even possible). I spent ages wondering how many buttons to get. I also just kept it to two joysticks, rather than trying to make a four player machine. I didn’t, therefore, go for a spinner or trackball (I’ll put those in my second, portrait screen-orientation machine!). I chose to keep it simple and not cram too much into my control panel. All of these controls are purchased from Arcade World UK by the way.īefore I ordered my controls I had to work out what I wanted. I might try to do that this coming week in fact. But the beauty of getting these controls is that they are ready to play and I can set them up with my Raspberry Pi and monitor and have a play around with them right now, before I even start building the cabinet. I’m sure the day I get my MDF wood will be a similar feeling.
This was the first day that I really felt that this project was a reality and wasn’t just some ongoing figment of my imagination. My joysticks and buttons have arrived! Exciting day.
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