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Title: Phoenix bartop
Post by: popsicle on July 30, 2021, 08:42:20 pm

Here's the companion piece to the Commando bartop (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,163717.msg1725139.html#msg1725139) (and the recent Magic Sword bartop (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,165345.msg1743545.html#msg1743545)). Customized the control panel artwork, and the side art to fit the shape.

All in all, I really like the art and color scheme of the Phoenix cabinet. The deep blues and greens combined with wood grain are really evocative of early 80's space themed arcade cabinets, tucked away in the smoky waiting rooms of restaurants, the lobby of the bank, along the walls of the noisy laundromat, or the entrance area to the drugstore. I fondly remember begging mom for a quarter to put into Phoenix at an IHOP on Pearl Road in Middleburg Heights, OH while waiting for our pancakes. Only then it was called 'The International House of Pancakes'. We had time to say the whole thing back then.


 

Title: Re: Phoenix bartop
Post by: bobbyb13 on July 31, 2021, 05:10:24 am

What a great build.

It had been soooo long since I had played it (prior to my MAME awakening a few years ago) that I had forgotten how wonderfully irritating the sound was!

I suppose it was hard to hear all of it over the deafening sound system in the Skate World roller rink in Orange, CT that I used to play it in ... how many years ago now...?!)

 :lol

Title: Re: Phoenix bartop
Post by: nexusmtz on August 01, 2021, 03:58:40 am

Quote from: bobbyb13 on July 31, 2021, 05:10:24 am

I suppose it was hard to hear all of it over the deafening sound system in the Skate World roller rink in Orange, CT that I used to play it in ... how many years ago now...?!)

In incredible coincidences, you mean literally this one that makes an appearance on their facebook page?

Title: Re: Phoenix bartop
Post by: leapinlew on August 01, 2021, 04:15:03 pm

Good job! That's a great looking bartop. I had a special place in my heart for Phoenix. It was like a wild west version of Galaxian.

Title: Re: Phoenix bartop
Post by: bobbyb13 on August 02, 2021, 02:52:07 am

Quote from: nexusmtz on August 01, 2021, 03:58:40 am

Quote from: bobbyb13 on July 31, 2021, 05:10:24 am

I suppose it was hard to hear all of it over the deafening sound system in the Skate World roller rink in Orange, CT that I used to play it in ... how many years ago now...?!)

In incredible coincidences, you mean literally this one that makes an appearance on their facebook page?

Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---...

Title: Re: Phoenix bartop
Post by: nitrogen_widget on August 02, 2021, 12:09:34 pm

This is cool.
I like phoenix.