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Title: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: vertexguy on December 04, 2020, 06:10:30 pm

Did many original arcade cabinets actually have plastic "handle bar" inserts on the backs to help with moving them, or is this a more modern modification?

Here's an example:
(http://www.pixelatedarcade.com/pictures/Game/99/picture_c254-rampage-arcade-cabinet-back.jpg)

Note the top area with the "handle bar" inserts.

Title: Re: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: mahuti on December 05, 2020, 03:14:43 am

Bally/midway  used those way back. My Satan's Hollow machine has them too.

Title: Re: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: Howard_Casto on December 05, 2020, 04:34:59 am

Yeah midway almost always had some kind of hand hold and since they were the largest cabinet manufacturer at the time they are quite common. 

Title: Re: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: vertexguy on December 05, 2020, 01:07:18 pm

Thanks for the info guys.  I was really just curious in part because they seem really hard to find.  Unless of course they have a different name than "handle bars" which would explain me not finding them. :)   I did end up getting a set off eBay for my build.

Title: Re: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: Mike A on December 05, 2020, 01:27:56 pm

I am not sure where you get handle bars from.

They are cabinet handles.

https://twistedquarter.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=219_226 (https://twistedquarter.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=219_226)

Title: Re: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: Mike A on December 05, 2020, 01:28:54 pm

Handle bars are those things you use to steer bicycles and motorcycles.

Title: Re: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: vertexguy on December 06, 2020, 01:18:25 am

Quote from: Mike A on December 05, 2020, 01:28:54 pm

Handle bars are those things you use to steer bicycles and motorcycles.

Lol.... I dont disagree but that's what the listing called them.  Here's the same guy selling them thru Walmart with the same weird name

https://www.walmart.com/ip/New-Black-Plastic-Arcade-Game-Cabinet-Handle-Bar-insert/877470852?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=11455&&adid=22222222228000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=42423897272&wl4=aud-393207457166:pla-51320962143&wl5=9028708&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=117019192&wl11=online&wl12=877470852&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAiA_Kz-BRAJEiwAhJNY79JqQYS03q32sRyjgiB6iXBbxVLkDN4sKlNbofwAOJRSePGIY-wwIxoC6mkQAvD_BwE (https://www.walmart.com/ip/New-Black-Plastic-Arcade-Game-Cabinet-Handle-Bar-insert/877470852?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=11455&&adid=22222222228000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=42423897272&wl4=aud-393207457166:pla-51320962143&wl5=9028708&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=117019192&wl11=online&wl12=877470852&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAiA_Kz-BRAJEiwAhJNY79JqQYS03q32sRyjgiB6iXBbxVLkDN4sKlNbofwAOJRSePGIY-wwIxoC6mkQAvD_BwE)

Title: Re: arcade cabinet handlebar inserts... an original thing or modern mod?
Post by: Howard_Casto on December 06, 2020, 03:33:59 am

Quote from: vertexguy on December 06, 2020, 01:18:25 am

Quote from: Mike A on December 05, 2020, 01:28:54 pm

Handle bars are those things you use to steer bicycles and motorcycles.

Lol.... I dont disagree but that's what the listing called them.  Here's the same guy selling them thru Walmart with the same weird name

Well there's your problem ^^