Cabinet is almost complete.Just needs a marquee

[tophatne1]

So here is an update on my cabinet.

I wanted it to look like a commercial machine so I went with a centipede/missile command Retrocade anniversary theme. I just need a marquee and the theme will be complete. Does anyone have a file for the Centipede/Missile Command/Millipede (Lets Go Bowling) marquee or any of those individual marquees? I need to make a custom sized one to fit this cab. Maybe someone has a lot of free time and would like to do the design. Haha. I can do it if I have the artwork files. I did the CP artwork in photoshop.

Anyway, 
The coin door works and lights up, The trackball is a red glowing 3" Happ, and I'm using a 27" Toshiba CRT TV as the monitor. Looks good with the tinted tempered glass over it. Also using a Smartstrip for the "one button" boot up and shutdown of everything. using and OptiPac keyboard encoder for the controls.

I'm hiding windows with a combination of InstantSheller and custom windows settings. Boots right into Maximus Arcade and completely hides windows. Now if I could only get rid of the on screen channel display on the tv it would be complete. Still trying to figure that part out.

I have a very dark video on youtube. I'll post a better one in the next few weeks.

Below are pictures of the cab I was trying to emulate the design after and the rest of the pictures )without the marquee) are my actual cabinet. It was based off of the arcade paradise 3 cabinet.

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[enskpo]

looks nice!  Is that a dedicated 4-way stick below the 1-2 player buttons?

[sfrascella]

Nice job, I love the artwork.

[tophatne1]

Thanks!

The joystick is the same 4-way red ball top they're using in the Ms. Pac / Galaga reunion cabinets.

I like the artwork also but man, the side art was a real pain! I found someone selling the artwork set for the Centipede/Missile Command cab on ebay for $30. For that price you know it isn't the best quality. The vinyl is fine and really nice, it's the adhesive that didn't want to stick. I had to use photo mounting spray adhesive under the whole thing. Took a while to get it right but the wife helped out.

I also had to cut out both side art pieces to fit the cabinet. They originally came on giant rectangular sheets of vinyl. If I just put them on that way it would have not covered the whole side of the cabinet and it wouldn't have looked right. So I carefully cut it staying about 1/4" from the image. I still need to add the numbers to the missile command side.

[Ummon]

Cool project, but that black-backed panel art so contrasts with the white-backed side art.

[tophatne1]

Cool project, but that black-backed panel art so contrasts with the white-backed side art.

I know. I'm still undecided on that. When you see it in person it looks ok. I have a can of paint here to do it but like I said in person it looks fine.

When I painted the CP my plan was to paint the whole cabinet black.

I might still paint it white. Might be a while before I get to it though since it's working now and of course I stopped working on it. I spend all me time playing it.