Help identifying a converted cabinet

[TelcoLou]

Hi there folks,

  I recently picked up this cab advertised as a "Stripped 19" Atari case", and it was suggested I make a new topic for help ID'ing it/

  As you can see, it looks like it was made to play NEO GEO games, and had no monitor or PCB.

[CheffoJeffo]

I think MaximRecoil hit it on the head in your last thread ...

[RayB]

Ah sorry, I'm the one who advised him to post a thread to ID it.
I don't read every thread on here, so I didn't know it had been ID'd already.

[TelcoLou]

I think MaximRecoil hit it on the head in your last thread ...

AH, indeed he did;

That's not a Dynamo cabinet—it's an Atari cabinet (Centipede?). That Dynamo (or Dynamo-style) "cut-corner" control panel on it is obviously not original to the cabinet.

Were all ATARI cabs the same, except for the side art/marquees, etc? I know a Tempest cab is quite different-looking

[RayB]

Were all ATARI cabs the same, except for the side art/marquees, etc? I know a Tempest cab is quite different-looking

No. Only Centipede, Dig Dug and Kangaroo shared that particular design, and even then there's small variances, like the type of coin door.

[Crowquill]

No. Only Centipede, Dig Dug and Kangaroo shared that particular design, and even then there's small variances, like the type of coin door.

Don't forget Arabian. Food Fight is very similar but has weird bumps in the outline where the pie artwork was. IIRC Centipede was the only one with the coin-door style that yours has. Others have an "over/under" coin door.

[TelcoLou]

Cool! I feel smarter (thought I also feel a bit guilty for 'MAMEing' and old Centipede cab    )

[pcb]

It's most definitely a Centipede.  They are the only Atari cab of that style that had a pinball coin door, the others had the over/under coin door pictured above.

Best,

 - Mike -

[MaximRecoil]

I believe that Centipede was also the only one that was "undercut" beneath the control panel; or more accurately, "overcut" above the CP (the Centipede is "fatter" on the sides above the CP). For example:



Also, I think the other Atari cabinets of that general shape, such as Dig Dug, had a notch cut from the lower rear corners, while Centipede didn't.

[Crowquill]

I believe that Centipede was also the only one that was "undercut" beneath the control panel; or more accurately, "overcut" above the CP (the Centipede is "fatter" on the sides above the CP). For example:

Also, I think the other Atari cabinets of that general shape, such as Dig Dug, had a notch cut from the lower rear corners, while Centipede didn't.

Very good observations. I'll have to make a note of those for the cabinet ID webpage I'm (very slowly) working on. I talked about it on this thread. I even mentioned in that thread that it'd be nice to know the differences between the Centipede and Dig Dug-style cabs.