Any way to find out how many Midway games had the same cabinet shell ?

[mrclean]

Ms. Pacman, Galaga, Pac-man all the same shell...any way to find out a list of dedicated Midway games that used the same cabinet design ?

[Turnarcades]

Not sure how to find out, but I'm curious to know why you want to know?

[CheffoJeffo]

Ms. Pacman, Galaga, Pac-man all the same shell...any way to find out a list of dedicated Midway games that used the same cabinet design ?

Not quite ... Galaga and MsPac are the same, but different from PacMan.

Here is your answer

Ok, here's the deal regarding these cabinets.........

Pac Man and Galaxian are the exact same. Both are the same shape, size, and
made from the same materials. Both are made from plywood. Pac Man was a
painted cabinet with silkscreened and stenciled art. The colors are stencils
and the black outlines are silkscreened onto it. Galaxian is a non painted
cabinet with vinyl silkscreened art applied to the entire surface of it.
Early run Galaxian cabs used 25" monitors.

Ms. Pac, Galaga, and Gaplus are almost the exact same cabinets with the
exception of the coin door height and monitor placement position. Galaga's
are pressed board cabs while most Ms. Pac's are plywood. The extreme end of
the Ms. Pac production run used particle board cabinets as well as all
Gaplus cabs are particle board. Early Ms. Pac's are painted the same way
that Pac Man cabs were while the later run Ms. Pac cabs are silkscreened
sticker. All Gaplus cabs are silkscreened sticker. Galaga's are sticker art
over black melamine. Late run Galaga's did not use black laminated wood.
Those are either bootleg cabs or someone elses restoration.

Bosconian cabinets are similar in cut and style to Galaga/Ms. Pac/Gaplus but
the cabs are more shallow. They also had the monitors mounted horizontally
instead of vertically. Bosconian's are made from white pressed board cabs
with stickered art applied over them.

Rally-X cabs are similar to Pac Man and Galaxian cabs except they are more
shallow as well. They are not the same as Bosconian's. The top of the cab is
different as well as the sloping angle of the front of the cab. Basically, a
Bosconian is a shallow Galaga and a Rally-X is a shallow Galaxian. Both are
about as shallow as Wizard of Wor.

Burgertime cabinets are almost the same as Ms. Pac's. The Chefs hat can be
cut off to make the game almost exactly like a Ms. Pac. The real only
difference is the upper back corners on a Burgertime slope down earlier
while the Ms. Pac cab runs all the way back on the top angle before meeting
with the back door. Most people will never know the difference anyway.
Burgertime cabs are made from plywood and use art applied the same way as
Pac Man's and early Ms. Pac Man's.

I hope THIS clears up any problems.

Brian

[mrclean]

cool that was nice information .. i'm just curious turnacades

[Turnarcades]

Fair enough, just thought you were maybe thinking of converting one cabinet into another. Superficially it may work, but for authenticity, purists would notice the difference if you ever chose to re-sell for the reasons listed above.