Is it me, or is this weird and ugly?

[markronz]

http://greenbay.craigslist.org/vgm/2019965390.html

[Malenko]

it is.  they could cut most of the top off and it'd be a pretty neat looking cabaret.

[BobA]

Really out of kilter.  Cut it off at the marquee and mount the marquee on what is left above the screen and it would look alot better. Changing the maquee to something else might also help.

[patm95]

Yeah, the setup and controls looks like it would be setup more for a cocktail than a stand up cabinet.

[SavannahLion]

Is this a conversion or scratch built?

The way the monitor is mounted, I can't help but wonder if this was once a bowling game or perhaps a golf game. You'll crush your forehead before you'll ever smash your fingertips against the back.

[markronz]

Really out of kilter.  Cut it off at the marquee and mount the marquee on what is left above the screen and it would look alot better. Changing the maquee to something else might also help.

Agreed, if this were my cab, that's what I would have done.

Is this a conversion or scratch built?

The way the monitor is mounted, I can't help but wonder if this was once a bowling game or perhaps a golf game. You'll crush your forehead before you'll ever smash your fingertips against the back.

I sincerely hope that this is a conversion and that no sane person would intentionally make their cab look like this.  Also, the cabinet appears to have a bowling lane feel, so I'm sure that's what it was.  I don't know for certain, I just saw it on Craig's List and I laughed a bit,

[SavannahLion]

I sincerely hope that this is a conversion and that no sane person would intentionally make their cab look like this.

Have you visited CrapMAME yet?

[BadMouth]

  seriously 

What gets me about this is that the build quality actually looks pretty good.
Total design fail. 

[TOK]

Is this a conversion or scratch built?

The way the monitor is mounted, I can't help but wonder if this was once a bowling game or perhaps a golf game. You'll crush your forehead before you'll ever smash your fingertips against the back.

It kind of looks like a Ms. Pac or Galaga that had the sides hacked out of it. The little kick-out where the control panel starts matches. It looks awful.

[BadMouth]

I always wonder if these are the work of a member here. 
Fess up and explain yourself, lol.

[Vigo]

I sincerely hope that this is a conversion and that no sane person would intentionally make their cab look like this.

Have you visited CrapMAME yet?

Haven't been there in a while, but my work filter blocked it:

Access to this site is blocked.

Reason: This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless.

Even my work's internet filter knows that those cabinets are tasteless.....

[markronz]

LOL!!!   Fantastic. 

I checked out CrapMAME (not at work).   It was very interesting.   People just seem to use bad judgment on monitor size and the number of controls.   I can't help but wonder though, when some of these cabinets were made.    They seem old, judging my the monitor.   I really have to believe that these were made some time ago, when great resources like this website maybe weren't fully rolling with all the great information we have available to us today.   But even that doesn't explain all of it, some of the cabs on that website, just plain, never, ever, could make sense.   So that was enjoyable looking at.

Anyway, about the cab on Craig's List, I think it was definitely a bowling game.  Something similar, though not exactly, like this:

I always wonder if these are the work of a member here. 
Fess up and explain yourself, lol.

lol  I was wondering the same thing.   Thought about that after I posted it.   And you're right, doesn't look like that bad of work, just a design fail.   I want an answer too.

[jasonbar]

It's so skinny in the middle--don't lean up against the marquee or you'll snap the cab in half!   

-Jason

[Gray_Area]

I asked and got an answer:

Hi:
 
The original game was Capcom Bowling.  I have rebuilt it as a 39 game multicade.  It looks and plays great.  If you would like to stop over sometime and see it, let me know, and we can set-up a day and time.  I am off work Tuesday and Wednesday if either of those works for you.

[markronz]

That's an answer to certain questions...but not his motive for doing it this way! 

[SavannahLion]

Markronz, I thought it was Capcom Bowling as well. But why?!?! Gray_Area's post confirms it, but that's a lot of wasted effort hacking it that way. The marquee looks too tall and the coin door is all wrong. I think it wasn't a Capcom Bowling per se but some other cab that was converted to a Capcom Bowling. The door looks old.... like Pac-Man old.

I looked at a few cabinets and there's a few golf cabinets with similar styles from the late 70's to early 80's. Would make sense if the Capcom is a conversion, might have used the same track ball.

[SavannahLion]

Just noticed what it says on KLOV:

Cabinet Information
While the vast majority of Capcom Bowling cabinets are conversions, a dedicated cabinet was produced in very small quantities. The cabinet was made from birch plywood and featured larger, painted on side art. The dedicated control panel contained a larger marbled trackball and a different overlay. All the dedicated cabinets were shipped with a ticket dispenser door althtough the dispenser itself was optional.

I think this cab was a conversion from a much earlier cabinet.

[RayB]

Well now that kinda makes sense. You can whip that trackball and not smack your hand on the side of the cabinet like a traditional classic has.

[VanillaGorilla]

looks like a refurbed DECO cabinet by data east....