Title says it all, are Pacman, Ms. Pacman and Galaxian cabinets exactly the same? If not, what are the differences? Any other cabinets also exactly like these?
Exactly, as in......if they were all in a row, no artwork, no paint, no nothing.....would they be indistinguishable? Galaxian and Pac-Man, yes.
As SuperGun stated, Ms. Pac-Man is similar......the curvature he mentioned is different. Also, the coin bucket area is different. Pac-Man and Galaxian have a wooden shelf built inside the coin door area, the bucket sits on this shelf. Ms. Pac-Man has four holes in it's front with large bolts. These bolts anchor a metal bracket that holds the coin bucket.
While Rally X shares the same "curvature" as Pac-Man and Galaxian (and coin bucket area), the cabinet is not nearly as deep as the other two.
Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Bosconian all share the same "curvature", but all have subtle differences. Galaga has a coin bucket area like Pac-Man. Bosconian is not neatly as deep as Ms. Pac-Man.
Also, some of these game cabinets have subtle differences in the angle or pitch the monitor sets.....not too mention horizontal verses vertical.
Edward