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Gradius:

Hi. I'd like to know how artwork works. I mean: is is some kind of semitransparent sheet over the monitor?

Generic Eric:

well in the old days, maybe even still, it was a piece of glass that was painted.

some mame cabinet builders tend to use plexi glass or lexan.  or reuse a bezel from their favorite game.

Gradius:

Yes, but if it's painted, how on earth can we see the bitmaps on screen? Because when I play Space Invaders in MAME I can see the ships clearly over the painted background.

Snarbald:

Didn't some versions of space invaders have transparent cellophane give the illusion of a color game?

krick:

Space Invaders used a mirror that reflected the monitor image.
You weren't looking directly at the monitor...

http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/s/sp/space_invaders.html

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