u/aplat40

Here's my Battlezone panel that I was asked about....I used a Tron panel and an extra Tron stick (two of Glen's Tron sticks total) as donors; for the Battlezone grips/shells I used two RH style grips (both with a top button) instead of just the button on the right grip like on the original machine.  Those were designed in Solidworks to fit/lock in on the previous Tron joysticks with assistance from photos, memory, and AI to get the correct length, shape, and angles, then 3D printed in PETG with a fuzzy skin.  I'm pretty happy with the results after comparing it to an arcade machine locally.  It currently has the original full movement for each stick, and I've toyed with the idea of adding restrictor plates to make them two way only, but that would lock it in for BZ only... Maybe if I can put them under the dust guards/make new dust guards to enable/disabled them.

...I still need to do a waterslide decal, and place it below the buttons/between the two sticks (the last image that AI helped generate)

I was showing Chris my waterslide decals I used here, and he said I should post this up, so here's my modified panel to play Tempest the way my wife (& I) remember it. I added a custom 1/2 lb counterweight to an old Turbo-Twist 2 spinner I had on hand (made it shorter, wider and heavier to fit inside, compared to the original counterweight it came with) I used a button masher panel but I had to relocate the PCB's utilizing a mount I sketched up in Solidworks and then printing on my Bambu X1C along with a shift in the USB B port, all so the counterweight wouldn't rub against the PCBs. I plugged the old port hole with a plug I printed. I did add a button/button hole on the lower lefthand side for the Super Zapper with the intention of using the red button as a jump button for Tempest 4000. It's far from perfect, but it plays perfect. The waterslide decals are just as terrible to work with as I remember as a kid doing models, but being able to make your own custom ones, the end results make it worth it. Font that I used was found online as "Tempest Apache" I may revisit the Spinner on a full size panel, I have an actual Tempest arcade spinner pull from an original arcade machine, I aquired off Ebay years ago that wouldn't quite fit in here. (EDIT also added American/Happ style buttons for the proper feel)