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Title: Pete's Arcade
Post by: t3design on October 07, 2025, 07:27:48 am

Finished a reproduction of a TAITO cab recently for my son. We are all Oklahoma State University alumni (my dad, me, the wife, and 5 sons) so we went with a Pistol Pete inspired "Petes" theme. I had a badly damaged TAITO cab that we scavenged the brackets, glass retainers, and some other misc things from. We also used it to model how to assemble the cab.

We used the original TAITO side art as a basis and then added our OSU flair to it. My son wanted old school feel. Single player, retro graphics, we even used the original speaker.

(https://cowboyarcadeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_7605.jpeg)

You can find more info about the cab and the build here: https://cowboyarcadeproject.com/?page_id=774

I even went so far as to convert the TAITO logo to a PETES logo which is on the marquee and stencil on the speaker panel:

(https://t3design.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-03-at-4.51.22-PM.png)

Title: Re: Pete's Arcade
Post by: yotsuya on October 09, 2025, 01:27:49 am

Nice job on the cab and design scheme!

Title: Re: Pete's Arcade
Post by: markc74 on October 09, 2025, 03:54:09 pm

Love it! One of my favourite cab shapes and the theme looks great.

Title: Re: Pete's Arcade
Post by: javeryh on October 13, 2025, 07:47:46 am

Wow this is really great. Taito is my favorite shaped cabinet and you really did it justice here with unique art staying true to the original. I wish I had room for one of these things!