The Arcade Cabinets.
Copyright Jerod Underwood Park 1997
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They all have the regular dimensions of the average
standing arcade cabinet. In control wise, though, each one
differs. The Foot Platoon machine will have a joystick with a
button on top on the left side, a push button in the center, and
a light gun and holster on the right. The Jeep Patrol and Tank
Troops will be accessible through the machine equipped with a
steering wheel in the center, two trigger buttons mounted on two
of the cross brackets that connect the wheel to the shaft, and a
light gun and holster on the right. There is also a gas and brake
pedal on the floor to use for moving forward and stopping. And
the Helicopter Hawks machine will be equipped with a flight grip
joystick with a trigger button and two thumb buttons on a flat
surface where the player's thumb should be directed to by the
shape of the grip. And there is a light gun and holster to the
right of the stick. While the HQ Commanders machine is to have a
joystick with a button on top to the left and a cornucopia of
colored buttons on the right side. No gun on this one.
Each machine should be able to handle the entire game
campaign alone or be able to link up with any of the other
machines in a daisy chain set-up. And when multiple... (More to
Come.)
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