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What's your favorite upright arcade cabinet shape?
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mahuti:
Defender. But I'm biased.

Actually the reason I love the Defender cabinet is for a few reasons.

It's not too wide. It's not too deep. You can easily mount a monitor inside due to the large almost flat shelf. There's a great shelf up front for the coin door & box. The speaker is up front & very close. I'm surprised how good the sound is sometimes.

The shape is somewhat aggressive, and has very retro lines to it. It's boxy & edgy, with only a few tight curves. It's shape is raw & unrefined, and really points back to the golden age of the arcade days.  

I think the major drawback of this cab is the shortness of the control panel (due to all of the ledges underneath it, but for the most part is very serviceable for a variety of controls)
Apollo:
Got to be "Defender" the all time greatest game ever and wickedest looking cab.
Jakobud:
Browse through all the plans on my website, bro.
NoOne=NBA=:
Asteroids.
I especially like it with the Star Trek conversion art on it.
I actually designed my cab to be similar in style to that type of cab.
I think the front sweeping sides on it are very distinctive.
This is probably the only cabinet in my list that would fit the bill for what you are looking for 1-UP.
I don't see any way you could really go wrong with this style of cab because it offers alot of real estate in the CP area along with visual appeal to most people.

Another cab I really liked was Crystal Castles.
I loved the double marquee and the fact that it had FULL cabinet art.

I think one of the most unique cabinets has to be Wacko.
I'm not sure what inspired that one, but it is definitely an eyecatcher when placed along side "normal" cabs.

And lastly, I've always been fond what I call the "E.T." cabs.
I'm not sure what the real name for them is, but samples would include Major Havoc (dedicated), Xenophobe, and Xybots.
The ones that have a "monitor on a neck" style to them.
Generic Eric:
I like burger time, because it has character to it.   I think a quasi-pseudo-similar "jumping mario" would look sharp... So that Mario's fist is outlined (instead of the burger-time chefs' hat)

Defender is pretty cool too.
I also like the tempest cab.

Pixelhuggers "proposed" cab was pretty sweet too.
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