popular arcade layouts?

[ulaoulao]

need some help here. popular arcade layouts. Not mame layout per say, but layouts you would find on the actual arcade.

I know street fighter

000 
000

I know most MK's are

   0 0 
    0
   0 0
0

also 2 buttons

    0
   0

, but what else?

 

[FatTrucker]

The main others are central joystick with 1, 2 or 3 buttons either side. 2P joysticks with 1 2 or 3 buttons to the right of each stick and of course the NeoGeo setup with joystick and 4 buttons with the first button set slightly lower than the other 3.

There's also a controls project (which I can't remember the name of off the top of my head) that has been archiving control layouts for use with things like illuminated panels, CPViewer and Johnny 5 controls viewer so you might want to google about for that and give it a try.

 

[ulaoulao]

The main others are central joystick with 1, 2 or 3 buttons either side. 2P joysticks with 1 2 or 3 buttons to the right of each stick and of course the NeoGeo setup with joystick and 4 buttons with the first button set slightly lower than the other 3.

There's also a controls project (which I can't remember the name of off the top of my head) that has been archiving control layouts for use with things like illuminated panels, CPViewer and Johnny 5 controls viewer so you might want to google about for that and give it a try.

THX ft, so like this..

neoGeo

  0 0 0
0

and the tree button like

   0 
0
   0

or

0 0 0

 

[FatTrucker]

The vast majority of dedicated cabs would have the buttons in a straight line.

Once Jamma became the norm though with ops changing games on a regular basis they would punch their own panels and would often use the 1 up and 2 under design if there was limited space on the panel.

 

[alcoatjez]

Just download the MAME Control Panel packs. This gives you the pictures of hundreds of arcade control panels.
Since you probably are going to use it for building a control panel, check out the layouts from the arcade control panel builders like SlickStick, X-Arcade & HotRod.
It's also nice to check out some reviews @RetroBlast!.