A crazy idea...

[Brad]

I actually finished decasing it last night. The wires were held in place by agiant glob of hot glue. Grrrr. I will probably still use the same case just move the control's pcb somewhere else. Going to cut holes in the bezel to put them through.

[Nick]

Yeah! I still have mine too. One day it will be of use again, I am sure.

The external volume control might make a nice addition to the cabinet. Unless, that is, you want to keep all the internal with only the knob part exposed.

[zourtney]

Man, I haven't used those speakers in several years. We should make...something!

[Brad]

Here is my current design for the marquee...

[zourtney]

Nice!

[Nick]

Has kind of a Caesars palace feel to it, but I like it. Definitely retro looking.

[Brad]

The font is an imitation of the font used for this game:

[Nick]

Its the 'C' that does it. Its a good font for the retro feel, but the 'C' looks like this one.

Not a criticism, just an observation.

[Brad]

Yeah I see what you mean.

[Brad]

Working on a design for the control panel. Going to have costco print it for me on a 20" x 30" then cut out the 27" x 9" piece I need. It'll cost me like $9 rather than the $50 a specialty place wants. Since it is placed between the wood and plexiglass, the material it is printed on doesn't matter much.

Here is a design... going for simple so as not to obscure the buttons. Buttons graphics added to help visualize the control panel, not necessarily reflective of the exact positioning of the buttons. The colors are correct though...

[Nick]

I like! And only $9 for a print like that is cool.

[Brad]

Going to keep updating with designs as I think of them... please give feedback. Need to order soon, must have it before I can put the controls together...

[zourtney]

80s-style blue grid lines with a snoozy-gray background? I tried finding a picture of an 80s Toyota SR5 dashboard but found nothing. Which is unfortunate, because it was done in quintessential 80s style. You could probably make one in Illustrator in about 45 seconds.

[Brad]

No blue on the cabinet unfortunately, just greens, blacks and grays...

[zourtney]

No blue? No problem. But I still say nothing says retro-80s like a nice grid pattern!