Thoughts on Panel/Bezel... LED buttons.

[MNMax21]

Hey all,

I mentioned in a previous post that I was upgrading my panel.  I decided to switch up the bezel too.  I currently have the 90-1 game marquees from GameOnGrafix for the bezel and marquee.  I love them, but they’re just a bit chaotic for the bezel.  Distracting I guess.  I plan to do some LED buttons at some point too.  Looking at the Electic Ice 2 with Helio 9 RGB LED from Groovy Game Gear.  Then a couple PacLED from Ultimarc.  Has anyone done this before and do you have any recommendations?  I attached a pic of the panel and bezel.  Let me know what yah think.

[tthurman]

It's all so subjective to end user personal preferences on topics like this, which makes it difficult to offer anything other than an opinion based upon your own. 

If you're happy with it, then that's all that really matters.  For me, I lean a lot toward the less is more idea, so for me either of these would be far to busy. 

My preference would be interactive system bezels and game marquees over any static image that can't be changed  until the next "re-fresh".   When I look at the control panel I want the controls to be the standout, not the artwork.  Anything that detracts from the controls is something I would view as a negative.

[MNMax21]

Makes total sense.  My panel is a bit busy.  But, it’ll be clear/white LED buttons that’ll be all different colors, so it’s going to be busy no matter what.  Haha.

 

I really just love the idea of the buttons lighting up to the specific game and I really think it’ll make it easier to use and enjoy for my young daughters.

[tthurman]

I'm really curious about how this turns out for you, so please keep us posted (and maybe even give us a demonstration of the LED controls in action).

[MNMax21]

Will do.  I’m currently trying to get high scores to work in gameex.  I see the generic deal, but it doesn’t seem to update.