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Carriage Bolts On your CP: Tacky, or Tasteful?
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MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: Crowquill on January 29, 2008, 05:39:16 am ---And just in case there was anyone who was starting to be convinced that ALL wooden panels didn't have exposed bolts:

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I believe that Gauntlet had a wooden CP with exposed carriage bolts too (correct me if I'm wrong).
RandyT:

--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on January 29, 2008, 06:06:57 am ---I believe that Gauntlet had a wooden CP with exposed carriage bolts too (correct me if I'm wrong).

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One small benefit of exposed bolt heads on a 4-player panel is an immediate indicator as to whether the sticks are mounted square or at some other angle to the screen.

That being said, Gauntlet Legends does not have exposed heads.  No idea about the earlier Gauntlet cab.

RandyT
Crowquill:

--- Quote from: RandyT on January 29, 2008, 12:01:55 pm ---
That being said, Gauntlet Legends does not have exposed heads.  No idea about the earlier Gauntlet cab.


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It seems Gauntlet 1 & Gauntlet 2 both had exposed bolts.

I was just trying to make a point that it varies from company to company and sometimes from game-to-game. Atari never seemed to think twice about having exposed bolts. Even years after Gauntlet, Pit-Fighter had exposed bolts.

There are metal panels with welded studs on the underside. There are also metal panels with recessed areas for the bolt-heads that would be covered by artwork. As mentioned before, I'm amused by my Neo-Geo cabinet that has welded studs for the joysticks but exposed bolts to hold on the super-thin plexi overlay. All of this is on an aluminum panel.

I don't know if I'd classify them as either tacky or tasteful but they're definitely authentic.
patrickl:

--- Quote from: Crowquill on January 30, 2008, 03:57:57 am ---I don't know if I'd classify them as either tacky or tasteful but they're definitely authentic.

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Yet the poll question is if they are tacky or tasteful. Not if they are authentic.
TOK:
Carriage bolts are fine. Cigarette burns, a few scratches, crudely misspelled curses in the high score list are great too. Thats how it was, and still part of the appeal to me.
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