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1. Start buttons are on the "wrong" side. Of course this is subjective, but on every single arcade cabinet I've ever seen start buttons are either centered, above the controls, or to the far right, tightly grouped together, aligned vertically.
I put the start buttons on the left side because that is where they are on dragon's lair. Probably my favorite laser disc game. Certainly I could've put them closer together. However, I have to say when I build a cabinet I build it from what I see in my head of how I want it to look. I didn't realize I had to build it like everyone elses cabinets. I guess that is the best thing about being able to build your own. You don't have to follow everyone elses rules.
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2. Esc and Enter??? By your writeup I'm assuming this is pretty much a dedicated daphne cabinet. These buttons not only clutter up your panel, but aren't necessary to run daphne.
3. Trackball and mouse buttons?? Afaik there aren't any trackball laserdisc games and even if there was, they aren't supported in daphne. Also see #2
I'm not a daphne pro by any means. So I have to ask. How do you start up a game or exit a game without a the mouse or a keyboard?
The trackball is nothing more than a mouse. And it is used as such that is why it is off to the far right out of the way of game play. Yes, I could've left that off and just used a mouse inside but that would mean opening and closing the cabinet to get access to it. I should point out that I use the daphne loader that comes in the download. I know you can start up a game by using the ctrl + s but that would still mean I would have to put a button on the control panel. But maybe there is another way to do it. As I said, I'm not a pro with this emulator.
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4. The cpo artwork is rather loud. The cpo art itself is supposed to blend into the background (not literally, I just mean it's supposed to be muted) so that the labels "pop" and users can easily read them while playing. As-is your radiation coated daphne logo is very distracting.
All anyone has to do is read what the button does before they start playing. After that they shouldn't even have to look at the control panel to see what button they are pushing. They should pay attention to what is going on, on the screen. Maybe I misunderstand what your meaning is here.
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I hope I don't offend you, it's just while probably everyone here would reply with a generic "looks good" comment, I find that it's more helpful to give some constructive criticism.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion good or bad.