Arcade games that deserve dedicated cabinet builds?

[Blackfoot]

Air Combat 22 or After Burner

[vwalbridge]

Air Combat 22 or After Burner

You sir, would be crazy a hero if you built a replica AirCombat 22 arcade machine.

[Ian]

I am a sucker for the artwork for Missile Command. I would go with that one.... Joust is awesome too.

[romshark]

I'm sure every game has it's fans. Each game, to someone, is something that should come in it's own dedicated cabinet, adorned with artwork akin to the original cabinet, or at least some form of art related to and celebrating the game within. A cabinet with just the controls that game used, not 2 joysticks, a trackball, and 7 or more action buttons per player.

For me, that game would be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I was a huge TMNT fan as a kid (til the cartoon went to the "red sky" seasons.) I always watched the attract mode when I saw one of these, and they were everywhere (this was back when I had to beg my parents for just one quarter.) I was happy when I discovered emulators and could play this in the late 90s, and later got the actual JAMMA board.

I'm actually thinking of building a scaled-down cabinet for that game (scaled down appropriately for a 14-inch arcade CRT I obtained.) Time will see if I will.

[mgb]

Wacko would be a nice dedicated cab, done just like the original

[Jamesbeat]

Ghosts n goblins
Ghouls n ghosts
Paperboy
Lunar lander

[EvilNuff]

Donkey Kong - because its my personal favorite and this is the one dedicated cab I have atm.
Star Wars
Tron - beautiful cab, I just love it!

[CheffoJeffo]

Serious question for you folks who want to build as opposed to restore: Why?

I know the obvious reasons: no cabs available (far too many common cabs cited in this thread), want a clean build from the start, etc.

So, perhaps an offshoot question: what game deserves a dedicated build where there is no existing cab in nature.

[wp34]

I build and restore depending on the situation. But I prefer building because it is an excuse to do a lot of woodworking.

[burn_654]

Of cabs that don't exist?  If I was making a wishlist it would be a dedicated US Tatsunoko vs Capcom cabinet. The Japanese version had an arcade release (running on modified Wii hardware) but as far as I know it was just a candy cab conversion. I'd love the Ultimate All-Stars US version in a themed cab.

[yotsuya]

Serious question for you folks who want to build as opposed to restore: Why?

I know the obvious reasons: no cabs available (far too many common cabs cited in this thread), want a clean build from the start, etc.

So, perhaps an offshoot question: what game deserves a dedicated build where there is no existing cab in nature.

Thanks for asking the question most of us have probably been asking in our heads.

[harveybirdman]

Super Spacefortress Macross 


I'm sure there are ton's of conversions that deserved their own cab, that's why I like project's like Yotsuya's and WellFedGames' Multi Raiden.