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Author Topic: When did classic arcade cabinets start using non-black t-molding (if ever)?  (Read 1876 times)

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Triangel7D

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I am MAME-ing a beat-up Taito cabinet (formerly a makeshift Shuuz cabinet) with Tron cabinet-inspired art. At the moment, I'm ready to install black t-molding on a black cabinet. But I'm starting to wonder if blue or light blue t-molding might look cooler.

So, when (if ever) did arcade cabinets start using non-black t-molding? This the colored t-molding just a thing we've done with our custom cabinets?

So far I've done the art free of techniques that did not exist in the early 80's (no Photoshop drop shadows, for example). Would anachronistic t-molding ruin the look?


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For quite some time. Pretty much right from the get go.

PacMan
Donkey Kong
Play Choice
Breakout (Wood trim on some models)

That's just a few I can think of off the top of my head. I believe there have been cabinets with green, yellow, red, and blue trim I just can't think of them off the top of my head. They sell metal and metal/black trim so there must be cabinet somewhere that leverages that.

edit: Here we go. A few more:
Ms Pac-Man (Duh :) )
Discs of Tron (another Duh)
A.P.B.
Fonz
Title Fight
Smash T.V.
T-Mek
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oh sorry. I wasn't paying attention to dates when I was looking for samples. Oh well, there's a few classics there, that should be enough.

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Galaxian. First RGB and used green T Molding.
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SavannahLion -- THANK YOU! I had no idea Discs of Tron had blue t-molding.

Does anyone know definitively if it's just regular blue t-molding or the light blue t-molding ("Cool Blue" on Randy's site)? I think I might go for that!