I'm working on eight 3-d models of the early 80's Nintendo cabinets, everything from Radar Scope to the various Kongs up thru the Vs. conversion cabinet. These will eventually be available for the 3dArcade frontend, if anyone uses or is familiar with it, and I've been trying to make them as accurate as possible, right down to the correct model #'s on the serial plates. I've scoured the forums for info and pics and found a wealth of both, but I still have several questions so if there are any Nintendo owners or experts that can help, please do. Anyways --
1. Regarding Mario Bros., there are two marquees, one with the "two player" word balloon on the left, and I've seen both the "Nintendo Pak" conversion cab and the dedicated widebody use both of them interchangably. Is there one correct marquee for each style cab, or are they indeed used interchangably?
2. Regarding red Donkey Kong (former Radarscope) cabs, every one I've seen has had the side art appliques on them, yet I recall reading somewhere that only the dedicated blue cabinets received this sideart. Can anyone substantiate or disprove this?
3. Regarding the three Nintendo Paks - Mario Bros., Donkey Kong 3, and the Vs. cabs - I have seen most of these in blue and many in orange, as obviously they were conversions of Donkey Kong, DK Junior and Popeye. Would a red MB, DK3 or Vs. be a logical assumption? It would, of course, have had to originally been a Radar Scope, either converted first to Donkey Kong or directly to one of the Nintendo Paks. I have pics of a red DK3 but this could just have been painted to the owner's taste. These models will represent factory made cabs or conversions, so unless there was at least one Nintendo-authorized red MB, DK3 or Vs., I'll keep them to blue and orange.
4. The similar Space Firebird and Helifire cabs, has anyone got one of these they could take some really good hi-resolution pictures of? I found a thread (possibly here on klov) with pics of a Helifire, but since I'll probably have to recreate all the artwork from scratch, they weren't quite detailed enough to use.
5. Sky Skipper, just found out about this one yesterday, also came in a Donkey Kong style cab. Was this a Japan-only release? Anyone have good pictures of this game?
That's it for now, may have more questions as the project continues. I will post a WIP pic of the whole Nintendo lineup in a virtual arcade if anyone's interested. Thanks for reading.
1. Regarding Mario Bros., there are two marquees, one with the "two player" word balloon on the left, and I've seen both the "Nintendo Pak" conversion cab and the dedicated widebody use both of them interchangably. Is there one correct marquee for each style cab, or are they indeed used interchangably?
2. Regarding red Donkey Kong (former Radarscope) cabs, every one I've seen has had the side art appliques on them, yet I recall reading somewhere that only the dedicated blue cabinets received this sideart. Can anyone substantiate or disprove this?
3. Regarding the three Nintendo Paks - Mario Bros., Donkey Kong 3, and the Vs. cabs - I have seen most of these in blue and many in orange, as obviously they were conversions of Donkey Kong, DK Junior and Popeye. Would a red MB, DK3 or Vs. be a logical assumption? It would, of course, have had to originally been a Radar Scope, either converted first to Donkey Kong or directly to one of the Nintendo Paks. I have pics of a red DK3 but this could just have been painted to the owner's taste. These models will represent factory made cabs or conversions, so unless there was at least one Nintendo-authorized red MB, DK3 or Vs., I'll keep them to blue and orange.
4. The similar Space Firebird and Helifire cabs, has anyone got one of these they could take some really good hi-resolution pictures of? I found a thread (possibly here on klov) with pics of a Helifire, but since I'll probably have to recreate all the artwork from scratch, they weren't quite detailed enough to use.
5. Sky Skipper, just found out about this one yesterday, also came in a Donkey Kong style cab. Was this a Japan-only release? Anyone have good pictures of this game?
That's it for now, may have more questions as the project continues. I will post a WIP pic of the whole Nintendo lineup in a virtual arcade if anyone's interested. Thanks for reading.
