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leapinlew:
yes - same cab

Wade:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on October 23, 2006, 02:29:00 pm ---Is this as opposed to Jakobud's plans ?

http://www.jakobud.com

Cheers

NOTE: I know that this is going to open up the whole "straight or angled bottom front edge of the cab" debate, but those plans have to be better than eyeballing pictures.

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:)

There's no debate.  There are those who know what a real Galaga looks like, and those who use random pictures gathered from the internet to assert that the jakobud plans are accurate w/ the sloped front. ;)

I agree, Jakobud's plans are definitely better than eyeballing, but if you build one, please know that the lower front panel and edges sould be perfectly vertical, not sloped like on Jakobud.com.

Wade

patrickl:

--- Quote from: Wade on October 24, 2006, 03:04:40 pm ---There's no debate.  There are those who know what a real Galaga looks like
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You mean there are those who know what a single Galaga cab in their neighbourhood looks like and there are those who saw hundreds of pictures of loads of cabs and know that there are cabs with both types of kickplate areas? But I guess it's the same as the dust washers. I have never seen a cab with dust washers showing and then there are people who say they only saw cabs with dust washers on top. You cannot proof either statement just by going on what you see for yourself.

Wade:
You're right, I can't prove anything by going only on what I've seen myself.

It is true though, that someone could easily produce evidence of a game both with or without dust washers (go to a local arcade or two, take some photos, done...)  I seriously doubt anyone is trying to argue that only one way was ever used... they can only argue which they prefer, based on which they saw more examples of.

But the sloped front, to my knowledge (correct me if I'm wrong...), hasn't been documented by *anyone* yet.  I can easily produce the documentation to support the flat front, and the known MsPac measurements photo also agrees with it.  I suppose if I have to to put this to rest, I can produce that evidence.

If you plan to try to do the same, let me know and I'll take my camera and tape with me when I go to a friend's house in the next week or two (need to pick up some parts anyway).

Wade


--- Quote from: patrickl on October 24, 2006, 03:55:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Wade on October 24, 2006, 03:04:40 pm ---There's no debate.  There are those who know what a real Galaga looks like
--- End quote ---
You mean there are those who know what a single Galaga cab in their neighbourhood looks like and there are those who saw hundreds of pictures of loads of cabs and know that there are cabs with both types of kickplate areas? But I guess it's the same as the dust washers. I have never seen a cab with dust washers showing and then there are people who say they only saw cabs with dust washers on top. You cannot proof either statement just by going on what you see for yourself.

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patrickl:
I think we've been through this already. AFAIC the conclusion was that there was at least some evidence to suggest that some MsPacman cabs had a sloped front, but most likely most Ms Pacs and Galaga cabs still around to date have straight fronts. There are at least 3 sets of (independent) measurements showing the slope on an Ms Pac cab. I don't have a Galaga or MsPac cab nearby with a sloped front so I will not be measuring one or taking my own pictures. BTW one picture of a straight front is not going to prove that there are no cabs with sloped fronts. I guess this will never be resolved unless I find a msPac or Galaga cab with a sloped front :)

For what it's worth, I would probably use a straight front for my Galaga cab (did so already for my pocket galaga), but I do think there are/were cabs with a sloped front.

Actually I think the MsPac/Galaga profile on jakobuds side doesn't look exactly like a Ms Pac/Galaga cab. I think the area around the CP is a bit to sharply angled. The tip of the CP and the angle below the CP look too sharp to me. I think both corners should have a radius.

OK, I just now superimposed the Jakobud drawing over the picture taken from that site in south africa (wouter's arcade) and the whole control panel area does not match up. It looks like the tip of the CP is almost 4" lower.

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