Just made this purchase today from a local guy via buy and sell .. coin door doesn’t really scream Contra but it’s kinda cool..
You could figure out a way of making it scream Contra. I was thinking of an idea using a vinyl sticker of the Stage 3 boss (NES Contra) that could go over that the Owl Eye coindoor, using the slots as its eyes:
or the Stage 3 Arcade boss (Garmakilma):
Purists might not want artwork on a coindoor, but I figured if you're struggling with getting this door to feel like it belongs on a Contra theme, something along these lines could help.
Working on a concept for art, maybe I can find an artist help me realise this. Do you think the C-Type name is too much of a stretch, considering r-type is not a vertical shooter and would not play on this machine..
Yeah, C-Type has got to go. Both games have nothing to do with each other, other than having a theme of fighting aliens. But that could be hundreds of arcade games...
Like others have said, go full-on Contra and nix the mash-up idea. A Contra tribute cabinet would be pretty sweet. You could give it a cool name that relates to the Contra Universe.
Off the top of my head:
- Red Falcon (Red Falcon is the terrorist organization Bill and Lance are fighting against)
- Contra Clash
- Contra Band (
)
- Contra Continuum
- Contra Attack
- Contra Gryzor
- C to shining C
- Mission: Contra