Need Hi-Res pics of Japanese Control Panels (City, Egret)

vpt_whatup · Post by **vpt_whatup** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:18 am

Hey Shmups. First of all I just want to say that this is a great forum. I did a ton of searching for the pics that I mentioned (both here and across a dozen other web-sites) and found over a HUNDRED pics of just panels. However, very few of them are taken from directly above and NONE are at a high resolution.

You must be wondering why I want these pics. Basically I'm making a custom joystick and want the panel to resemble a real arcade panel. I know that it's not the most common thing, but it's something that I've been wanting to do for some time.

I'm pretty much open to any cabinet (Astro City, Blast City, Versus City, Egret 2, Egret 3--those are the one's I know). But to be honest my preferred choices are Blast City and Egret 3. Also, Astro City is pretty easy to recreate and has tons of pics available. Therefore I'm not that much interested in Astro City.

By the way, when I say recreate I mean illustrate from scratch. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an illustrator. If I was, then I'd try to do recreate the other one's myself.

So if somebody can please direct me to some fairly hi-res (1024x768 and above) pics of an overhead view of a control panel (with minimum flash or glare), that would be great! If you have the panel(s) and can take a pic that would be helpful as well. THANKS A MILLION!

EDIT: I prefer a single-player panel, but a two-player one is fine as well.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:34 am

vpt_whatup · Post by **vpt_whatup** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:39 am

Hey! Thank you so much for that picture. I really appreciate it.

However, I still don't think that's good enough >_<. I know you must have put in lots of effort but I'm looking for the panel height to be at least 6" (~600 pixels). Perhaps you can take one pic of each side? And maybe a close-up of the logo as well.

I will save that and try to use it. But something better would still be nice. Thanks again!

EDIT: Is that Macross Zero in your icon?

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:47 am

That's just an old picture I already had in my photo bucket account. I'm not at a place where I can get to my machine right now, but I'll try to get some better pictures for you either tomorrow or the next day. And if you mean avatar when you say icon, then it's the cover of DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou.

vpt_whatup · Post by **vpt_whatup** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:24 am

Bump!

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:13 am

One I done earlier -

vpt_whatup · Post by **vpt_whatup** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:47 am

Thanks again guys. I will definitely try those out.

Also, does anybody have Blast City pics? That was my other preferred choice. The part numbers are 1L6B or OOM-8-6BSRT-H.

Thanks again!