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Title: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: Angry_Radish on March 19, 2007, 09:31:09 pm

Hi all,
I have some UV LED's ("blacklight") left over after a project, and I'm curious if anyone knows of some good "blacklight-able" marquees out there.
Other than the obvious arcade stuff that is already lit in blacklights (tron, etc..) I know a centipede marquee looks great, can anyone thin of anything else they have seen that looked great under blacklight?
Cheers!

Title: Re: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: fredster on March 20, 2007, 10:13:11 pm

Not from the back.  I don't know of any marquee that's backlit with a blacklight.

Title: Re: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: clanggedin on March 22, 2007, 12:35:29 pm

My marquee is backlit with a blacklight. It blocks the UVs though and just looks purple. I like it though it gives it a different look.

Title: Re: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: modessitt on March 22, 2007, 11:38:16 pm

Don't have a blacklight, but the Dig Dug marquee looks like it might - with it's flourescent blue, yellow, and pink colors separated by white outlines.

BTW, the tron marquee is backlit by regular light, while the CP is bordered by a regular "black" black light on the bottom and a "white" black light above.

Title: Re: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: Angry_Radish on March 23, 2007, 09:26:09 am

I guess I wasn't clear on my original question, I was just asking if anyone had seen any marquees that looked good with a blacklight behind them instead of their original light, not which had them originally  :)
I have seen folks put them behind some marquees like centipede and tempest, and it looked pretty good, and was wondering if anyone has seen others that may look good with one behind them...  :cheers:

**Edit** I'll check out the dig-dug marquee, that may be pretty good! :-)
I tried out Asteroids deluxe last night, looks great! I have a joust marquee coming in, I'll have to try that out too...

Title: Re: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: max8061 on March 25, 2007, 08:34:22 am

I know I'm just a worry wart, but I'd be careful about using UV lights with original marquess.

Wouldn't wants to bleach out the classics.  :o

Title: Re: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: Angry_Radish on March 25, 2007, 10:15:35 am

Good point!
I'm not going to feel too bad though, almost all of the ones I have are "scratch and dent" marquees, not suitable for use in a cab, only for decorative purposes:-)

Title: Re: Good blacklight marquees?
Post by: max8061 on March 25, 2007, 11:05:24 am

Well glow on then.  :P I'm planning on using blacklight behind my homemade pac look-alike machine I'm trying to finish this week. I'll let ya'll know how it works out.