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| Gideon:
Huh? But it breaks! That's a little surprising; I don't think I've even seen a cab with glass. |
| paigeoliver:
A large percentage of Atari games have glass (Kangaroo, Centipede, most vectors, and all variants of the standard Atari upright). Many Midway and Williams games have glass as well. |
| Gideon:
Nevermind, then. I'll catch you recommending something inauthentic some other day... |
| Rocky:
--- Quote from: Gideon on April 21, 2004, 09:50:09 pm ---Nevermind, then. I'll catch you recommending something inauthentic some other day... --- End quote --- Gideon, You are just plain wrong on this one. Most of the arcade cabinets I have use glass over the monitor (Q*bert, Moon Patrol, Klax). Also, just as a tip, paigeoliver is one of the most knowledgeable guys when it comes to arcade games, cabinets, equipment, etc. Plexiglass and glass were both widely used. Glass is more old school, I think. Rocky |
| Zakk:
Paigeoliver is quite correct, a LOT of cabinets came with glass, since plexi for a bezel could be vandalized quite easily (an operator would hear someone breaking glass, but wouldn't hear someone scratching their high score forever into the plexi).However, a lot of glass bezels have indeed been broken over the years, and it's a lot easier to cut a piece of plexi than cut a piece of glass (plus they would keep sheets of plexi hanging around for just such an occasion). Glass is MUCH better to work with paint wise, but plexi will work fine, just get it right the first time since that paint won't ever be coming off. And I second the fact that he knows what he's talking about :) |
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