Artwork Request(Very simple)

[jedimason]

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.  

Because of my dimensions, I'm not using a full underlay(I need to save any money I can anyways).  My plan is just to print the artwork on glossy paper and adhere them to the painted black tabletop.  I'm going to have a main title in the middle and use some of the vector artwork to surround it from the art library.

My problem is with creating the custom main title that will be on both sides of the cocktail tabletop(ex. MsPacman,Galaga)

The title is "The RetroCade"  With the "the" raised up in small font.  I also wanted mspacman sitting on one of the letters.  I'd also like to incorparate Galaga into it too somehow.  Maybe the font or something else.  But that really doesn't matter.  I'm really flexible.  My buttons are red and yellow with the control panels black vinyl if that makes any difference.  I don't really care about the colors so much as that it just looks like a classic game.  

I've never used any photoshop product (just downloaded the free trial of illustrator) so all of my attemps looked like Koko the monkey did them.

I understand if no ones eager to do this.  Maybe just some pointers or an easier program to use for this.

Thanks,
Jedimason