this is the first one i converted, and for that reason i will probably never sell it. i think the design wasnt bad but cosmetically it could be better. when i put this thing together i knew almost nothing. the one thing i did do was build several control panels to decide what i wanted for joysticks and button placement. i did nothing but the roughest sketches, and then pretty much set loose with scrap board, ruler, square, pencil, saws, and drill. the first one i designed on cardboard just to get the feel for it and put the buttons on the wrong side! sadly i have seen 48-in-1s on route with the same amateur mistakes i made. my advice is do a sketch of what you want and post it here and byoac and see what advice people have then. other than that, as far as spinners/4 way joystick/trackball/other custom controls are concerned, i say screw it, an 8 way stick and 6 buttons per player works for the vast majority of games. put all those other controls on another cab some other time, then mame a cocktail, etc. one thing at a time, one thing at a time... you dont have to cram every possible control onto your first attempt at a conversion...
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