Arcade Cabinet

Cabinet Control Renderings

I got a few more updated renderings last night of the control panels for the arcade cabinet. A few more details are in them that weren’t in the prior ones. These now have the CNC layout for the additional “Add Credit” buttons, the pinball buttons, and the holes for the USB ports.

Left side view of the arcade cabinet controls. The front hole is for the "add credit" button.
Left side view of the arcade cabinet controls. The front hole is for the “add credit” button.
Front-right view of the cabinet controls. This shows the alignment of the "add credit" buttons and the pinball flipper buttons on the right panel. (The pinball buttons need to move slightly, as they're too far back in this design to be comfortable.)
Front-right view of the cabinet controls. This shows the alignment of the “add credit” buttons and the pinball flipper buttons on the right panel.

The pinball buttons in the side panels on the right are probably in the wrong spot, as the “comfortable” position is about 4″ in from the corner. I’m waiting back on what the measurements are there, but I think that’s more like 5-6″.

View of the control panel from the right. This is the spinner side, and the hole in the front face is for the "Add Credit" button.
View of the control panel from the right. This is the spinner side, and the hole in the front face is for the “Add Credit” button.
A few of the control panel layout from above.
A few of the control panel layout from above.

One issue I noticed in this rendering is that the right hand (Player 2) controls on the 2 player control panel seem to be a clone of the left hand controls. The CAD drawing I put together actually has them rotated slightly, so a player using them can sit six or ten inches further to the right without having their wrist at a weird angle. I’ve followed up on it to make sure its either a) an illusion because of the rendering or b) gets corrected.

View from below, showing the USB ports for player 3 and player 4 controllers.
View from below, showing the USB ports for player 3 and player 4 controllers.

The USB ports may need to move, as I’m not sure there’s enough clearance under the trackball and joystick to get the jack and the USB cable in. My original plan was to have them on the side of the panels that faces the “front” of the cabinet, but had Haruman move it to the bottom so they’d be out of sight. If they don’t actually fit, I’ll probably move them to the cabinet itself under the panels.