Unfortunately they haven't been in business for several years now and that board hasn't been made in probably over 20 years. But it should be pretty straightforward as a Pac hardware clone.
I've heard of this! It was a complete reproduction PCB produced by Two Bit Score in the '90s prior to their licensing deal with Namco. I imagine it should plug fine into either harness.
If it works I'm very curious to see/hear it in action.
Of course, an exact reproduction screened on metal would be ideal.
When such an option doesn't exist I suppose you have to choose which you value more: the accuracy of the overall appearance or the accuracy of the print process.
I think the issue comes from tracing the main shapes but using...
Takeman's work is excellent. I have his older repro Midway doors on several of my cabinets.
I personally find the art reproduction on the Pac cabaret panels leaves a little to be desired though. The characters are missing the detail around the edges and the black outlines are too thick.
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Can you share a photo of the panel and the cabinet without the panel? It's possible the metal itself is correct and you're just missing some hardware :)
Thanks for the ping!
Yes, this is a common repro (from a very big shop who's done me wrong in the past..).
The original control panel was powder coated metal with a polycarbonate CPO up top and silk screened artwork on the front.
To me it looks like they had cleaned up and upscaled a scan...
After a several-year streak, I was very very sad not to attend this year with my line of Pac projects.
As of a month ago we have relocated to Kansas. Hopefully someday I will be able to attend again, even if just as a visitor 🤞
So this Asteroids used to be rock solid before we moved cross-country. I bought it a few years ago off @Slackmoe who I believe put quite a bit of work into it.
Powered it up for the first time today since the move and it plays blind.
Game behaves normally except for no picture on screen
Neck...
Got any pics of the rest of the cabinet? Looks like an early run cabinet with the uncommon early front artwork, so congratulations!
I have seen at least one other early cabinet with a deep blue bezel, the other was owned by @jlpmauldin. It's very possible Midway just got the bezel color wrong...