When Sega launched the Astro City Candy cabinet they gave it a modular control panel to make swapping the panel as easy as swapping the the game board. They continued using this control panel Design up through the New Net City and many cabinets in between.
Some of their competitors’ cabinets are even compatible with these panels including the Taito Egret II and 3 as well as the Taito Vewlix and the Delta 32, among others.
Here is a list of all of the officially released panels that I’ve been able to find in this style. If you know of others please send me a photo and I’ll add it to the list.
1 Player Joystick Panels
They also made a Sega Lindbergh Variant of this Panel
The art on this panel is awesome, the pictures don’t do it justice
This panel features a Heart Rate and Sweat Monitor
This panel was made for the Konami Windy II Cabinet, however it conforms to the Sega Panel Standard
Namco Actually distributed Tekken 5 in New Net City cabinets with dedicated art.
If you have a good image of the Sega variant of this panel please send it to me
This is one of my personal favorites, the Subway map art looks great, unfortunately these were on European cabs and the factory print quality is terrible.
The Versus City Cabinet was actually a joint effort by Sega and Tecmo so each brand sold it under their name. Tecmo Versus City cabs also show the Tecmo logo on other art where the Sega Logo would normally appear.
This machine was used just to manage player cards without tying up a Virtual On gameplay seat.
This panel was made for the Sigma Game Explorer Cabinet, however it conforms to the Sega Panel Standard
Note the weird design where 2 buttons are used for movement and a joystick is used for attack
Also note that these panels used a special Semitsu LS-57 Bat-Top Joystick
2 Player Joystick Panels
Note the metal flap in the center that allows use of Dreamcast Controllers
This panel was made for the Konami Windy Cabinet, however it conforms to the Sega Panel Standard
This panel was made for the Konami Windy II Cabinet, however it conforms to the Sega Panel Standard
This panel was made for the Konami Windy II Cabinet, however it conforms to the Sega Panel Standard
Part Number: CQN-2000 (Full Assembly) / CQN-2001 (Panel Only)
This was the original Panel that shipped with the Astro City and New Astro City Cabinets
Part Number: SAC-2000 (Full Assembly) / SAC-2001 (Panel Only)
Nearly identical to CQN-2000 except button 3 has been moved to below button 1 This is due to the Astro City II being designed around Virtua Fighter and this button placement is more amicable to that game.
This was a whole control panel unit for the Sega Saturn modeled after the Astro City Control panel housing and featuring 8 buttons per player
Part Number HOT-2003
Part Number HOT-20003 (fully assembly) / HOT2006 (panel only)
This was the default panel that shipped with the Blast City
Part Number: OOM-8-A6BS-H (still in production as of 2021)
This panel is almost like a 2P variant of the Versus City Panel
Only sold as an overlay (part number NOU-2001). Likely made for a New Naomi Universal cab (the Euro version of the NNC), that never came to market. (Thank you nem for the information)
This was for the USA and EU Market. I don’t believe it was ever shipped installed but rather as an overlay as part of a kit. Interestingly the buttons don’t seem to line up with any other official panel so it’s unclear which panel this artwork was intended to go over.
This was for the USA and EU Market. I don’t believe it was ever shipped installed but rather as an overlay as part of a kit.
This panel was made for the Sigma Game Explorer Cabinet, however it conforms to the Sega Panel Standard
Note that the buttons are on the left and used for movement while the joystick is on the right and used for attack.
Also note that these panels used a special Semitsu LS-57 Bat-Top Joystick
Analog Joystick Panels
Analog Joysticks and speed sensitive kick buttons. As this is a 4-player game I wonder if there is a matching “Player 3 / Player 4” version of this panel
Joystick shaped like a banana, uses a unique stick with very little dead-zone and an inverter board
Despite the lack of markings this panel was only ever used for this game.
This is the same panel as the JP/World market version with game specific artwork, found on the Dedicated Zombie Revenge cabinets sold in the USA.
This is a really interesting panel the joysticks are both Analog and Digital Simultaneously and have PCBs featuring Nintendo 64 Controller ICs. all buttons are routed through these PCBs and it connects to an Aleck64 Mobo with only 3 wires per player.
Trackball and Spinner Panels
I’ve seen a 1P version of this panel as well but I don’t currently have a picture of it.
It’s unknown if a 1P variant exists
This includes a JVS Trackball IO on the back of the panel
Identical to the Dynamic Golf Panel but for English markets instead of Japanese
This features an 8-way Trigger stick like the one used on Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, and also has an integrated JVS Trackball IO on the back of the Panel
Despite having artwork similar to the Egret II this panel is actually shaped for Sega cabs. As you can see above it’s installed into an Egret panel and there are gaps. This was most likely done to make it cross compatible across many cabinet types.
Buttons Only Panels
There is an official Super Bishi Bashi Champ panel also but I do not have a picture of it. Gameplay buttons also illuminate
This panel was made for the Konami Windy Cabinet, however it conforms to the Sega Panel Standard
Part Number: RM-1BS-H (Still in production as of 2021)
Baseball Panels
World Series Baseball (2001) is the English version of Super Major League (2001)
Blank Panels
These are more of a control panel placeholder since it is installed a cab with a gun pedestal or for a game with touch screen controls.
Fishing Panels
This appears to be the same Panel as Bass Angler with a Sticker Over the Logo
Twin Stick Panels
Despite the version specificity (it is explicitly called out in the artwork) this is the only official candy panel made for VOOT
This was a one off prototype but the panel does confirm to Sega Panel Specs.
this came after the prototype, as you can see it more closely matches the final design
Obviously this is a complete console controller but the panel confirms to the Sega Panel spec and can be used in-cab
Part Number: VDC-18-c 18 (Still in production as of 2021)
Other Panels/Oddballs
There is another variant of this that is a whole control panel housing replacement, this one is interesting as it’s a compact panel only variant.
Known Missing Panels:
Here is a list of all the panels that may exist but I was unable to find a definitive picture of:
1P:
Additional Variations of the Astro City Panels?
Additional Variations of the Blast City Panels?
Additional Variations of the Versus City Panels?
2P:
Additional Variations of the Astro City Panels?
Additional Variations of the Blast City Panels?
Additional Variations of the Megalo 410 Panel?
Analog:
World Kicks Player 3/4 Panel
Trackball/Spinner:
Incredible Technologies World Class Bowling 1P
Buttons Only:
Konami Super Bishi Bashi Champ
Updated with a bunch of new panels and reorganized.
Thank you to Kevin, Johnny, Clint, nem, Everten, and Alberto for helping hunt down more panels for the list.
Updated to include Banapass 1P panel (thank you Alberto) and USA Zombie Revenge Panel (thank you William Davidson).
Updated to include 1P Virtua Striker 4 Panel and Touch De Uno 2 Panel, as well as some new items on the missing list thanks to Frédéric
Updated to include 8 more panels! Big thanks to Frédéric for finding most of these!
Another huge update. Big thanks again to Frédéric for finding better photos for a lot of panels we already had as well as a few new variants.
Big thanks again to Frédéric for finding better photos for a lot of panels we already had as well as a few new variants.
And big thank you to everyone who sent in the missing Touch de Uno Panel Blank. I do appreciate that I was sent this one from multiple people 🙂
Added Additional Astro and Versus City Panel variants
Added a Sega Astro City 2L12B thanks to IPD
Also Added improved pictures for Sega Astro Trackball Panel and Sega Bass Fishing Panel
Thanks to wigsplitta for finding a better picture of the Windy Mahjong Panel.