MikeyDee
Active member
I recently picked up a Bally/Sente cabinet with Gimme a Break in it. It's okay, but I preferred some of the other titles.
After getting a nice Stocker kit, I discovered that there are a variety of cabinet styles:
1. Original giant cabinet with white plastic near the top. It looks like it's leaning forward and going to crush you while you play it.
2. Wooden cabinet with green Bally/Sente diagonal artwork. There are 2 varieties of this cabinet. One has the entire front panel as a door panel. The other one has a metal door on the right front. Mine has the metal right front door. (BTW, I thought this was the only version before I did some research)
3. SacMan. Basically kits were made to use the Pacman / Galaxian style cabinet. All the parts fit the Midway cabinet, but the only thing used in the kit from the original cabinet was the monitor.
The electronics are pretty standard for all the kits. They are interchangable. But, when buying parts, it matters which cabinet they were made for.
The Stocker parts I got were from a different style cabinet. The CP is about 1/2" narrower on the kit I got (Wood cabinet has a 23 5/8" wide CP, kit has a 12 1/8" wide CP). Fortunately, the main "insert" that has all the CP controls are the same size and can be swapped between models.
Also, the glass artwork varies in size (marquees and bezels).
Does anyone know if the 2 original Sente cabinets use the same size CP's, bezels, and marquees? I'm assuming that my kit was for a Pacman conversion. What is the width of a normal Pacman CP? Are there 3 sizes of parts for the 3 cabinets?
Thanks,
Dave
After getting a nice Stocker kit, I discovered that there are a variety of cabinet styles:
1. Original giant cabinet with white plastic near the top. It looks like it's leaning forward and going to crush you while you play it.
2. Wooden cabinet with green Bally/Sente diagonal artwork. There are 2 varieties of this cabinet. One has the entire front panel as a door panel. The other one has a metal door on the right front. Mine has the metal right front door. (BTW, I thought this was the only version before I did some research)
3. SacMan. Basically kits were made to use the Pacman / Galaxian style cabinet. All the parts fit the Midway cabinet, but the only thing used in the kit from the original cabinet was the monitor.
The electronics are pretty standard for all the kits. They are interchangable. But, when buying parts, it matters which cabinet they were made for.
The Stocker parts I got were from a different style cabinet. The CP is about 1/2" narrower on the kit I got (Wood cabinet has a 23 5/8" wide CP, kit has a 12 1/8" wide CP). Fortunately, the main "insert" that has all the CP controls are the same size and can be swapped between models.
Also, the glass artwork varies in size (marquees and bezels).
Does anyone know if the 2 original Sente cabinets use the same size CP's, bezels, and marquees? I'm assuming that my kit was for a Pacman conversion. What is the width of a normal Pacman CP? Are there 3 sizes of parts for the 3 cabinets?
Thanks,
Dave

