Can anyone ID this cabinet design?

[SRGilbert]

For some reason, I just can't put my finger on what this used to be.

 

Seems like it might make an easy Mame cabinet with the box on top for a monitor, and it looks like it might be easy to swap out the control panel.

Edited August 19, 2007 by SRGilbert

[+Psionic]

Looks like a NeoGeo cab of some kind.

[Artlover]

Looks like a NeoGeo cab of some kind.

Not an offical one I don't think. http://www.hardmvs.com/html/cabphotos.htm

 

But you're right, it does look NeoGeo'ish.

[Cassidy Nolen]

I've only ever seen Neo's and conversions in those cabs. May have been a trivia game?

 

Usually wood grained paneling on the sides. Not one I would pick out as classic, looks like it was designed for easy conversions (meaning many years after the golden age).

 

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[djpubba]

That's a generic cabinet designed by the Aladdin's Castle chain of arcades in the 80's to house any game.

[SRGilbert]

That's a generic cabinet designed by the Aladdin's Castle chain of arcades in the 80's to house any game.

That makes a lot of sense. The guy who has them has several that each had different games in them. Like I was saying, looked like it might be an easy one for a Mame cab. Might be able to design several control setups and swap the whole box out pretty easy. Also, the monitor "box", depending on the actual size, could accomodate a variety of monitor types, ie PC monitor, TV sets, or an arcade monitor. I doubt I'll get it, but just thinking I guess!

[P.I.X.L.]

That's a generic cabinet designed by the Aladdin's Castle chain of arcades in the 80's to house any game.

That makes a lot of sense. The guy who has them has several that each had different games in them. Like I was saying, looked like it might be an easy one for a Mame cab. Might be able to design several control setups and swap the whole box out pretty easy. Also, the monitor "box", depending on the actual size, could accomodate a variety of monitor types, ie PC monitor, TV sets, or an arcade monitor. I doubt I'll get it, but just thinking I guess!

 

 

711 used these cabs exclusively in the late 80's and early 90s I use one for a test fixture in my shop!

[mr.bill]

They must have been sold in replay back in the day. You see these all over the place. At that auctions occasionally you will see a whole bunch. I have seen way too many for them to come from 1 chain.

 

I would say it would make a better generic jamma cabinet than a mame box. I guess you can say I use something similar to those for my jamma cabinets. I prefer the atari drawer cabinets (rampart, klax, pitfighter, ect). They look nicer, can fit a 25" monitor and also have a flat sliding drawer for easy access to the boards. Plus the control panels are pretty easy to swap.