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Title: Who's up for a challenge?
Post by: M3talhead on January 04, 2005, 05:58:55 pm

Ok...maybe not a challenge, but here's the deal....

The image posted below is one I found on a slots page that had an interesting marquee. Its almost identical to what I had in mind when I decided to start my 2nd MAME cab. The idea I had was for the cabinet to have a "VersuS" theme instead of the generic MAME. Now I've given this a lot of thought and I have 3 questions.

1. Who would be nice enough to take the photo below of the slot machine's marquee, and create something similar in Photoshop (300dpi file, 20cm x 64 cm)? I have zero artistic ability, but would be willing to compensate for someone's time and effort.

2. Would Mamemarquee.com be the best place to get it printed?

3. If I wanted the word "VersuS" in bold red ink printed on a piece of black vinyl as sideart, to replace the "Midway" logo, what would be the best way of going about it?

I understand that there are a lot of leeches out there, wanting someone to do their marquee for free, but I'm willing to compensate someone who does this for me.

(http://96479304.home.icq.com//versus%20sss.jpg)

(http://img8.exs.cx/img8/397/arcadeii013small5pf.jpg)

(http://img8.exs.cx/img8/5158/arcadeii017small4tw.jpg)

Title: Re: Who's up for a challenge?
Post by: darkmavis on January 04, 2005, 06:20:14 pm

ill have a do at the marquee mate...  you want a 'city' background?
wat colours?

Title: Re: Who's up for a challenge?
Post by: M3talhead on January 04, 2005, 06:33:57 pm

Sorry about the last link guys. Guess it didnt post.
Here is the slot machine I was talking about......

(http://96479304.home.icq.com/versus%20sss.jpg)

Title: Re: Who's up for a challenge?
Post by: RayB on January 04, 2005, 08:13:34 pm

You're not supposed to have two slashes after the domain name...

this is the correct URL:

(http://96479304.home.icq.com/versus%20sss.jpg)

Weird it's not showing up now... I guess they disable hot-linking to images, but in "preview" mode I could see the image!

Title: Re: Who's up for a challenge?
Post by: SirPeale on January 04, 2005, 08:37:29 pm

It looks like they don't allow hotlinking to images.

Here's the URL:

http://96479304.home.icq.com/versus%20sss.jpg

Title: Re: Who's up for a challenge?
Post by: darkmavis on January 04, 2005, 08:43:01 pm

cheers guys.. makes it easier if i know what im refrencing :D 

Title: Re: Who's up for a challenge?
Post by: M3talhead on January 05, 2005, 01:11:49 am

Ok....one more time. This time I just saved the image and hosted it myself.

(http://img24.exs.cx/img24/231/versussss4jr.jpg)