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Title: Default marquee size?
Post by: alphasqorner on January 08, 2004, 07:02:52 pm
Just wondering if there was some kind of commonly used marquee size(s) used for arcade marquees.  If there is/are, what are the dimensions?  
Title: Re:Default marquee size?
Post by: OSCAR on January 08, 2004, 08:36:31 pm
I measured some I have.  All but the Heavy Barrel are NOS, and the Heavy Barrel doesn't appear to have been trimmed.  All dimensions are in inches.


Joust & Robotron - 7.5 x 24.375

Defender - 8 x 24.375

Sinistar - 7.5 x 22.875

Stargate - 7.25 x 24.375

Heavy Barrel - 7.625 x 23.5

You can see that even of the handful of marquees I measured, they vary a bit and there really isn't a "default" size, so to speak.


Title: Re:Default marquee size?
Post by: Brad Lee on January 08, 2004, 11:16:15 pm
Im gonna geuss that this is for a brand new project. If thats the case and youre going to do your own artwork under plexi, then 24" is a good size since thats a pretty common size for plexi sheets

If you have a cabinet and youre looking to buy a marque, most of the time a size isnt listed, like on EBay. So you would need to search out the dimensions of the original cabinet

For the record, Tempest is 23.75" wide x 10-12" depending on how youve got it secured
Title: Re:Default marquee size?
Post by: alphasqorner on January 08, 2004, 11:59:29 pm
Im gonna geuss that this is for a brand new project. If thats the case and youre going to do your own artwork under plexi, then 24" is a good size since thats a pretty common size for plexi sheets

If you have a cabinet and youre looking to buy a marque, most of the time a size isnt listed, like on EBay. So you would need to search out the dimensions of the original cabinet

For the record, Tempest is 23.75" wide x 10-12" depending on how youve got it secured
Yea it is for a new project! Thanks for the info guys!