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stefano:
Think about classic arcadeness. Now multiply it by 10.

 :applaud:

I'm a ghost reader of this fantastic board since it's beginning.
I'm already build a MAME cabinet in 1997 using an arcade 21" monitor ready made cabinet.
The termites in my parent's mansion are eating it and I don't have guts to bring it to my apartment.
Since I moved to my apartment with my wife, I'm planning to build a slim cabinet using a VGA CRT monitor... then an LCD... then a bartop.... now I've read your project and was amazes by the simply and classic lines of your cabinet.
Moreover, the formica texture, panel layout and details are simply stunning and recalls me the following experience:
When I was fourteen, my grandma send me and my brother to Miami and Orlando (Disney). 
In 1983, the experience for brazilian boys in USA was simply amazing and life changing. I remember being in an hotel called "Q Tower" near Orland and Disneyworld roadways. In front of this hotel there was Medieval Times, Wet n'Wild, Mistery Fun House, a *HUGE* Arcade and a Seven Eleven which served a classic american pizza and had a cabaret Space Invaders... This Space Invaders was very classy and had wooden formica...

Now I'm bookmarked your project as one of my top 3. Thank you very much for recalling such wonderful thought on my mind!

Best Regards,
Stefano Baron

mlenardon:
That is one amazing little cab.  If you were willing to sell or release that artwork printed or not printed let us know.  It is amazing.  DPTWIZ does make repros of that cab and he could do the panel in wood.  It would make for a a killer mull vector CNC cut.  Many would be willing to pay for that machine built/kit.

That is probably one of the nicest machine I have ever seen from a custom build.  Simple and should cover almost all Atari Vectors.

Michael

DaOld Man:
Great job Rockyrocket!!  :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:
I like the side art and that serial plate is a good touch.

stefano: I would be rescuing that cab immediately. I took my son to Disney in Orlando way back when he was 5 or six (Around 1988-89). We visited a laser tag place called "The Magic" or something like that.
They had some arcade machines and a indoor mini golf. Good memories.

rockyrocket:
@stefano -What a nice post!, really pleased to invoke some nostalgia for you.
@DaOld man - Thanks old fella you are as complimentary as always.
and @mlenardon When all the new art comes back from print I will give it to whomever wants it on the condition that;
A they make a donation to charity and,
B they do not make a profit from it,
all I can say is that really I am just guilty of plagiarism for all the art, the original cocktail art is simple and eye catching with that 70`s and 80`s style of blocks of colour and symmetry, and the CPO is just a mix of the original - a space dual and spacie`s multivector.
Its worth noting that my cab is narrower than the original due to the LCD.

So the serial plate was printed onto projector film and mounted on a piece of biscuit tin lid!.
And to be a bit more flexable I am now using mala as a front end with a skin I threw together and a custom bootskin completes my tinkering for now.
Really just waiting for the volcano cone switches to arrive now ( they are in the post).
And I really must paint the silver bezel of the screen or decase it.

rockyrocket:
Last bits of art came back from print!.
Now I know the battle zone twin stick graphic is irrelevant but I just think it looks purdy ;D .
So just the volcano`s to go for the admin buttons and then I will stop messing with this I promise.

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