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(Not sure if this belongs in Restoration Showcase section - as it is a custom cabinet)
One of my favorite arcade games and I'm excited to create a custom Anteater cabinet. While the game was developed by Tago Electronics, it was distributed by Stern. It's often lumped in with listings of Stern games and the few cabinets that I've ever seen of the game are all in the classic Stern cabinets. Thus... I purchased a Stern cabinet.
I found a seller in Rockford that had an Arkanoid in a Stern cab and felt it was a perfect candidate for my project. The coin door had tags for a Scramble. I was intrigued to see if the cabinet would have the 'STERN' side art or the 'Scramble' side art. If it had the Scramble art, I would have preserved it, restoring it to a Scramble. Unfortunately, it did not. Just the usual, 'Stern' side art.
The board was harder to come by, but thanks to Scott Bardelli here on KLOV, I was able to get a working Anteater board from Eldorado Games for a good price.
For the cabinet, I currently have removed the T-Molding, used Citristrip to completely peal off the layers of paint on the side, and I have cleaned up the cabinet with some wood bondo. I also rebuilt some of the damaged bottom of the cabinet to give it a solid foundation. Also added a few wood pieces on the inside to hold the monitor, as I wanted to get rid of the bolts that are on the sides of the cabinet. The cabinet has been sanded down and is ready for primer.
Next Steps -
-Need to Prime and then Paint the sides of the cabinet. (Still not sure on colors). Thinking of matching the Blue from the Marquee. - http://nsyba.net/mases/Anteater-Marquee.jpg - (Keeping the front of the cabinet Black, with Black T-Molding) Thoughts/Opinions?
-There is some side artwork pictures and I'm having an artist recreate it for this project - https://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/118124163066.jpg
-Lastly, and perhaps the most exciting part of this restore, is that I have hired a freelance artist who is making some custom Bezel and Control Panel Artwork for me. I currently have some awesome sketches and I've included some sample pictures. It's a work in progress and I don't want to share it all quite yet. (Once it is done, I will share it here and it it will be readily available for free for anybody that wants to use it).
-I have a control panel that was on a different cabinet I bought. Need to strip and clean it up in preparation for the custom art.
More updates coming soon!
One of my favorite arcade games and I'm excited to create a custom Anteater cabinet. While the game was developed by Tago Electronics, it was distributed by Stern. It's often lumped in with listings of Stern games and the few cabinets that I've ever seen of the game are all in the classic Stern cabinets. Thus... I purchased a Stern cabinet.
I found a seller in Rockford that had an Arkanoid in a Stern cab and felt it was a perfect candidate for my project. The coin door had tags for a Scramble. I was intrigued to see if the cabinet would have the 'STERN' side art or the 'Scramble' side art. If it had the Scramble art, I would have preserved it, restoring it to a Scramble. Unfortunately, it did not. Just the usual, 'Stern' side art.
The board was harder to come by, but thanks to Scott Bardelli here on KLOV, I was able to get a working Anteater board from Eldorado Games for a good price.
For the cabinet, I currently have removed the T-Molding, used Citristrip to completely peal off the layers of paint on the side, and I have cleaned up the cabinet with some wood bondo. I also rebuilt some of the damaged bottom of the cabinet to give it a solid foundation. Also added a few wood pieces on the inside to hold the monitor, as I wanted to get rid of the bolts that are on the sides of the cabinet. The cabinet has been sanded down and is ready for primer.
Next Steps -
-Need to Prime and then Paint the sides of the cabinet. (Still not sure on colors). Thinking of matching the Blue from the Marquee. - http://nsyba.net/mases/Anteater-Marquee.jpg - (Keeping the front of the cabinet Black, with Black T-Molding) Thoughts/Opinions?
-There is some side artwork pictures and I'm having an artist recreate it for this project - https://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/118124163066.jpg
-Lastly, and perhaps the most exciting part of this restore, is that I have hired a freelance artist who is making some custom Bezel and Control Panel Artwork for me. I currently have some awesome sketches and I've included some sample pictures. It's a work in progress and I don't want to share it all quite yet. (Once it is done, I will share it here and it it will be readily available for free for anybody that wants to use it).
-I have a control panel that was on a different cabinet I bought. Need to strip and clean it up in preparation for the custom art.
More updates coming soon!



