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| CheffoJeffo:
Something I should have said in my original post -- "nice choice! I love the lines of the classic cabs ... " :cheers: |
| Turnarcades:
If you're going for a classic cab, I believe there's an unspoken duty to restore to former glory rather than modify. That said, an interesting twist would be to break down the artwork and replace certain key colours with a new one for a 'classic twist' to match your home decor, such as swapping the green palette on Galaga with blue, but keeping all the other colours the same and the original artwork virtually identical. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on May 20, 2008, 07:56:11 pm ---If you're going for a classic cab, I believe there's an unspoken duty to restore to former glory rather than modify. --- End quote --- Foul! You KNOW thats a hot topic. It's subjective per person and per condition of said classic cab. :) |
| DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: coltchillin on May 20, 2008, 12:58:13 pm ---my initial idea was to replicate a full blown galaga, artwork etc. but since everybody and his grandpa seems to be building one i started having doubts. --- End quote --- As others have said, there's nothing wrong with doing "another" Galaga replica It won't be unique on the boards but it will be amongst your friends. And IMHO, it will look the best of all the options (not to say your ideas would lead to a less satisfying result, but you're competing against instantly recognizable nostalgia here). Take it from someone who's like the fifth or sixth "Centipede-themed" cabinet of the bunch. If I had to start over, I wouldn't have done it any differently. |
| Crowquill:
I'm a big fan of doing 80's-style artwork for a cabinet even as a fictional game. This is what I did for my MAME cab, The Vortex. Another good example of this is RayB's Amusement 360. Aurich's was super-nice too. Late 70's/Early 80's cabinets just had great unified artwork (cab shape, cab color, side-art, control panel overlays, full-color bezels, and nice marquees). Around the mid-80's when conversions started taking over, this style of cab was pretty much gone. It's kind of sad, really. With that said, I'd say that if your gut instinct was to build a Galaga replica then that's what you should go with. Just make sure that it's going to be flexible enough to be able to play all of the games you want. |
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