Author Topic: So they DID build "Bartops" back in the 80's! (Read 2767 times)

johnrt · « **on:** February 13, 2015, 02:01:05 pm »

I have never seen this before, but apparently they did make bartops back in the 80's also. So to all you bartop haters in here: Up yours!

Generic Eric · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2015, 02:14:35 pm »

Is that? ...Is that a keyboard tray?

johnrt · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2015, 02:16:28 pm »

Quote from: Generic Eric on February 13, 2015, 02:14:35 pm

Is that? ...Is that a keyboard tray?

No, it's a base to make it look like a cabaret.

Edit: this cab is from 1980. They didn't have keyboard trays back then:
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8482

behrmr · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2015, 02:45:38 pm »

If that's a bartop how would you play it being eye level with the joystick?

yotsuya · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2015, 02:47:55 pm »

Quote from: johnrt on February 13, 2015, 02:01:05 pm

I have never seen this before, but apparently they did make bartops back in the 80's also. So to all you bartop haters in here: Up yours!

Jim, oh, Jim, he's talking to you...

Actually, Nintendo made them, too...

And that image you posted is just a cabaret on a stand. No way that would work on top of a bar.

AzureKnight · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:00:00 pm »

Quote from: yotsuya on February 13, 2015, 02:47:55 pm

Quote from: johnrt on February 13, 2015, 02:01:05 pm
I have never seen this before, but apparently they did make bartops back in the 80's also. So to all you bartop haters in here: Up yours!

Jim, oh, Jim, he's talking to you...

Actually, Nintendo made them, too...

And that image you posted is just a cabaret on a stand. No way that would work on top of a bar.

At a quick glance that looks like a microwave....now that makes me want to turn my overhead microwave in my kitchen into a hanging bartop so I can play arcade games while waiting for dinner to cook.

pbj · « **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:09:52 pm »

And who can forget this masterpiece..

I've got one rotting away under one of my pinball machines.

johnrt · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:13:37 pm »

Quote from: pbj on February 13, 2015, 03:09:52 pm

I've got one rotting away under one of my pinball machines.

RESTORE!!!

pbj · « **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:15:41 pm »

It works 100%.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,137280.msg1415779.html#msg1415779

Come get.

johnrt · « **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:18:06 pm »

Quote from: pbj on February 13, 2015, 03:15:41 pm

It works 100%.

Oh, that's a beauty!

jdbailey1206 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:35:52 pm »

RESTORE!!!
BEFORE

AFTER

pbj · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:54:24 pm »

She looks happier in that photo than I've ever been in my entire life.

johnrt · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:56:04 pm »

Quote from: pbj on February 13, 2015, 03:54:24 pm

She looks happier in that photo than I've ever been in my entire life.

I agree... I haven't been that happy since I first discovered what my right hand was made for...

Generic Eric · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2015, 04:00:24 pm »

Quote from: johnrt on February 13, 2015, 03:18:06 pm

Quote from: pbj on February 13, 2015, 03:15:41 pm
It works 100%.
Oh, that's a beauty!

opt2not · « **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2015, 04:12:22 pm »

Quote from: johnrt on February 13, 2015, 02:01:05 pm

I have never seen this before, but apparently they did make bartops back in the 80's also. So to all you bartop haters in here: Up yours!

That is not a bartop.

That is a Euro sit-down cabinet propped up to be played as a cabaret. it's akin to doing this:

I'm not on the #nobartops train, but I am advocating #noweecadebartops.

johnrt · « **Reply #15 on:** February 13, 2015, 05:24:23 pm »

Quote from: opt2not on February 13, 2015, 04:12:22 pm

That is a Euro sit-down cabinet

Yes... it is... Other people would call it a bartop... but hey...

opt2not · « **Reply #16 on:** February 13, 2015, 05:30:56 pm »

Quote from: johnrt on February 13, 2015, 05:24:23 pm

Quote from: opt2not on February 13, 2015, 04:12:22 pm
That is a Euro sit-down cabinet
Yes... it is... Other people would call it a bartop... but hey...

And those people would be incorrect. Just sayin'

lilshawn · « **Reply #17 on:** February 13, 2015, 08:44:53 pm »

mgb · « **Reply #18 on:** February 13, 2015, 09:44:37 pm »

You'd really have to have to lower the bar for that
That's a cabaret.

behrmr · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2015, 12:26:42 am »

Quote from: pbj on February 13, 2015, 03:15:41 pm

It works 100%.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,137280.msg1415779.html#msg1415779

Come get.

That thing is actually pretty cool.

matsadona · « **Reply #20 on:** February 16, 2015, 07:21:31 am »

Quote from: lilshawn on February 13, 2015, 08:44:53 pm

That restorations is equally hilarious as horrible

For those who doesn't know the story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19349921

matsadona · « **Reply #21 on:** February 16, 2015, 07:23:12 am »

Well, if that is a bartop, I wouldn't be able to play it being just below 5.7 feet tall/short...

johnrt · « **Reply #22 on:** February 16, 2015, 07:27:24 am »

Well if you remove that base, it's not an upright nor a cabaret.

opt2not · « **Reply #23 on:** February 16, 2015, 03:52:07 pm »

Seems like this is difficult for people to understand.

It's not a bartop. It's not a cabaret. It's a sit-down cabinet, akin to the Japanese "candy" cabinets, the white gel-coated fiberglass ones that requires you to be sitting on a chair to comfortably play.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #24 on:** February 16, 2015, 09:27:24 pm »

Quote from: opt2not on February 16, 2015, 03:52:07 pm

Seems like this is difficult for people to understand.

It's not a bartop. It's not a cabaret. It's a sit-down cabinet, akin to the Japanese "candy" cabinets, the white gel-coated fiberglass ones that requires you to be sitting on a chair to comfortably play.

I have seen those in person, you would need to be about 8' tall to play one of those on a bar.

The Playchoice bartop was a complete and total failure, that is why there are so few of them. No one wanted to pay money to play with dinky baby joysticks on a teeny screen.

I have also seen bartop Golden Tees and bartop Arkanoids. Also failures.

While most of the "bartops" people are building today either seem to to fall into one of two categories.

#1. Full sized cabinet with the bottom half missing.
#2. A netbook with a gamepad would have been better.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #25 on:** February 16, 2015, 09:42:56 pm »

I think this is a very charming cab design, great for a little multi to sit in the corner.

pbj · « **Reply #26 on:** February 16, 2015, 10:25:21 pm »

Nobody puts mad alien in the corner

mgb · « **Reply #27 on:** February 18, 2015, 10:25:31 am »

While the mad alien posted here is not a bartop, it is still true that Bartop machines do date back to even further back then the 80s.
The first pong machine that was installed by Bushnel and Alcorn was in fact a bartop.
So really it was a bartop machine that really got this whole video game coinop industry rolling.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #28 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:48:29 pm »

Anybody ever come across basic measurements for one of these Sega Superminis?

keilmillerjr · « **Reply #29 on:** February 20, 2015, 11:33:17 pm »

Is a bartop a unit that goes on top of a bar?


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