There is some odd behavior I never can understand, and that is adding a big X-arcade style box that totally ruin the overall esthetics.
Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and everybody has his own personal taste. But still, why ruin a nice design by doing that?
The only cabinet in real life that get away with an overhang panel is Gauntlet, and there it is very subtle. Except that, the only original cabinet that I have seen with a CP outside the side T-mold is Killer Instict, and that is not a good design – so why mimic that?
So, if you design something from scratch, why incorporate something that looks to have been added afterwards?
Where these Midway monster so common in the US, that all of you have been brainwashed with that kind of design?
And as always, it is my personal humble opinions, and it is not intended to hurt any ones feelings