What cab was this?

[quadmasta]

I got this at an auction yesterday.  I know it's a converted Nintendo cab (they left the Nintendo plate on the back of the cab).  I don't know what game.

The CP looks like a redrilled original CP that appears to have one joystick in the middle and two buttons on either side.  There's also one button on the top left corner of the CP.  I can't tell anything past that because the buttons and joys are on it now in the Neo Geo configuration.

[daywane]

yes it nintendo.
used on many games

[RayB]

single joystick games... Donkey Kong, DK jr., Popeye...
You'd have to scratch off the black paint and see the color underneath to know for sure.

[paigeoliver]

Look again at that side picture, thats no Donkey Kong type cabinet, I don't think it is a Nintendo cabinet at all, Nintendo cabinets are plywood, and thinner than 3/4", and don't have a control panel that pokes out like that. That one looks like 3/4" particle board.

My quick opinion is that it is not a Nintendo cabinet at all, coin door is all wrong for Nintendo as well, Nintendo had those large single door setups, not an over/under. The Nintendo plate is probably left over from a previous Vs. System conversion.

There is no speaker grill on the control panel either.

[paigeoliver]

I knew it looked familiar. Dedicated R-Type. So it is Nintendo, but not their common classic cabinet.

[quadmasta]

Look again at that side picture, thats no Donkey Kong type cabinet, I don't think it is a Nintendo cabinet at all, Nintendo cabinets are plywood, and thinner than 3/4", and don't have a control panel that pokes out like that. That one looks like 3/4" particle board.

My quick opinion is that it is not a Nintendo cabinet at all, coin door is all wrong for Nintendo as well, Nintendo had those large single door setups, not an over/under. The Nintendo plate is probably left over from a previous Vs. System conversion.

There is no speaker grill on the control panel either.

This cabinet has had various parts replaced.  Judging by the cabinet's construction, the bottom was replaced with OSB and the front panel with the coin door looks to be MDF whereas the sides are plywood.  Also the coin door is WAY too shiny to be as old as the cabinet itself so I think it's new too.  The corner protectors are another giveaway to replacement parts.  There's missing wood and the part that's very close to that looks slightly water damaged.  Is there supposed to be a speaker grille on the control panel?

[paigeoliver]

Look again at that side picture, thats no Donkey Kong type cabinet, I don't think it is a Nintendo cabinet at all, Nintendo cabinets are plywood, and thinner than 3/4", and don't have a control panel that pokes out like that. That one looks like 3/4" particle board.

My quick opinion is that it is not a Nintendo cabinet at all, coin door is all wrong for Nintendo as well, Nintendo had those large single door setups, not an over/under. The Nintendo plate is probably left over from a previous Vs. System conversion.

There is no speaker grill on the control panel either.

This cabinet has had various parts replaced.  Judging by the cabinet's construction, the bottom was replaced with OSB and the front panel with the coin door looks to be MDF whereas the sides are plywood.  Also the coin door is WAY too shiny to be as old as the cabinet itself so I think it's new too.  The corner protectors are another giveaway to replacement parts.  There's missing wood and the part that's very close to that looks slightly water damaged.  Is there supposed to be a speaker grille on the control panel?

Not on R-Type, which is the cabinet you have (which is late 80s, not early 80s). The cabinet looked familiar right away, but I was just pointing out all the reasons why it wasn't a Donkey Kong. Then I went with my hunch and looked up a dedicated R-Type and found your cabinet staring back at me.

Coin doors are very seldom replaced. Yours probably just held up well. I own (and have owned) 30+ year old coin doors that still looked brand new.

[Stingray]

Where did you buy that? I saw a NEO-GEO that looked exactly like that one in Tulsa not long ago.

-S

[StephenH]

Looks somewhat like a single monitor playchoice-10 cab if I remember correctly.