| Main > Main Forum |
| So who's the resident midway cocktail expert around here? |
| << < (2/4) > >> |
| Paladin:
Could it have been a Galaxian cocktail? It used a unique two way knob. |
| Stobe:
That's definately the style. But its obviously been converted a time or two. There are two cutouts on the center of the long sides, as if there were CPs there at one time. So either it started as a horizontal and someone replaced the top and moved the CP sides to the vert possition. Or somewhere along the way someone added CPs to the sides? Are there any tell-tale ways to distinguish a Ms Pacman from a Galaga, or from any other cocktails? -Stobe |
| shardian:
Ms. Pacman had 9" control panels. Pacman has 11" control panels. The cabinet top has different shapes between a pacman and the more widely used Ms. Pacman. Pacman cabinets had a different color veneer, and also had a solid body construction with rounded wood edges instead of t-molding. The coin door/cutout were different/smaller for a pacman cocktail. The Ms. Pacman cocktail is the most widely used midway style cocktail. |
| Stobe:
Ah ha! You struck something there. My cocktail has (annoying) rounded edges rather than cut ends/t-molding. I saw annoying because the edges are showing white like someone tried to prime them and repaint them. Are those rounded edges actually wood or another material? And are there replacements available for them. They appear to be installed pretty well in a routed groove. Don't know how easy they would be to replace. -Stobe |
| shardian:
Congratulations, you have a pacman cabinet. You are pretty much screwed in this case, as the cabinet is grooved and glued. Yes, those are wood pieces at the corners. On mine, even the control panels were securely glued in place. (I got it for free because the guy that had it before parted it out and crudely cut out the control panels. :dizzy:) What I am doing for repair is evening out the cutouts, and then cutting a new piece to fit. You could also use Mike's arcade plans to build a new base. You could build the Ms. pacman style base and it would be much more builder friendly. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |