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To Preserve or To MAME
SirPoonga:
I think it's what one means as a dedicated cab. If oyu mean a unique shape like a discs of tron environmental, no. If you mean it is an original cab then yes, it's a dedicated cabinet.
RayB:
Dedicated usually means it was shipped from the original manufacturer in that cabinet. The "opposite" of dedicated is the "kit" which is a board, marquee, controls, and stickers... and the purchaser then applies all this to the cab of their choice.
SirPoonga:
Well, this is the cabinet that double dragon II was distributed in from Romstar (Taito US distributor).
I don't recall if it was a kit or not. But a Dynamo is the original cab for many games. It's like most Midway games use the Pacman shaped cabinets. But instead of a company making it's own design, it's a company buying someone else's mass produced cabinet.
XtraSmiley:
I'm sure the FAQ mentions what is dedicated or not, but I use to have a Strider that came from the factory with Strider in it. It was never converted but a Strider since day one, I still didn't consider it dedicated. I feel that dedicated means the company built a cab, with full artwork (not just half side stickers) that was meant just for that game. Now I'm not sure this is the best or only answer, just mine. I do have a Gravitar and Space Duel, both of which have the same cab, just different art, but the art is full side art and not just a sticker, it looks silkscreen right on the side.
SirPoonga:
Oh, with that definition there aren't that many dedicated cabinets.
Heaven forbid someone tells someone to mame a pacman because it isn't a dedicated cabinet...