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Kremmit:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on August 23, 2004, 07:30:14 pm ---But if you spring for lit up translucent buttons then you can get away with a generic overlay. You don't NEED plexi if you use a real overlay (a real one, one that didn't come off a large format inkjet printer).
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So True- all the old games came with a naked overlay.. I remember the first time I saw one WITH the plexi- I thought it looked fake!
spidermonkey:
The only *early* cabs I can think of that did have acrylic protecting the overlays (actually underlays) were the Nintendo cabs ie. DK, DK Junior, DK-3, Mario Bros ect.. I'm sure their were more but more often then not the overlays were uncovered.
paigeoliver:
I thought the Nintendo cabs actually had the overlays reverse screened on plexi, like a marquee? Never owned a Kong, but I do have owned a few overlays for Kong romswap games, and all of those are like that.

Wait, I used to have a Popeye, and darn if I can remember how the panel was.
anoon:
FYI: I have a 1/2" wooden control panel with a 1/16" metal overlay, then plexi ontop of that, and my long translucent leafswitch buttons work great. under the control panel I have two 18" flourescent lights that illuminate all of the buttons and my translucent trackball.
anoon:
...and I forgot to add: I didn't have to route out anything for them to fit and work correctly.
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