Which do you recommend?

[RaymondV]

I have the Tankstick control panel hooked to my Mame computer in my bar and it is a really nice setup.
I did not want to screw around with making a panel from scratch.
So I would think that the complete X-Arcade cabinet would be a excellent choice judging from just the panel I have. It really is built like a tank.
All game roms have a backend, so all buttons are programmable on the Tankstick, so you can choose which button you want to use for a specific function and once you set them up, they stay that way.
Tempest is kind of a pain though because there is not a dial like on the original arcade machine but it is playable.