Heh... briefly resurrecting this necro-thread to note that the pics above are from my own cab, taken the day I rescued it from being tipped into a dumpster. Gotta love the chunk of cardboard somebody wedged in there to "mount" the multi-board (it's a Cowgill 8-in-1).They are bootlegs made by the now defunct PC amusements:
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2003/04/14/story6.html?page=all
http://www.twobits.com/sued/
These cabs pop up every once and a while. There were variations, but I've seen several of the Atari cabaret cabinet style:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=120755.0
It is hard to believe that they would get away with this for very long.
It's fun to have as a "why not?" platform to try out mods. Next to no collectible value so no compunctions about screwing around with the innards. I do like the layout, knockoff of the Atari cabaret style for a full sized 19" screen. I could see mimicking it for a DIY small-footprint multi.
| Namco Files Suit and Obtains Injunction against Seller of Counterfeit Games filed Wednesday, April 09, 2003 at 3:04:19 PM CST by Xena |
| Namco America Inc. Files Suit and Obtains Injunction Against Seller of Counterfeit Games San Jose, California: April 8, 2003: Namco, which owns the rights to the popular PAC-MAN and GALAGA video games, announced that it had filed a suit and obtained an injunction against a seller of counterfeit arcade video games, PC Amusements of Orlando, Florida, and its owner, Luis Molinary. The counterfeit video games were being sold to the public from various outlets, including Internet auction sites. Namco filed suit in the Orlando Federal District Court, and the court granted an order allowing the United States Marshal service to seize and impound the counterfeit video games and the parts therefore. The Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga video games are very popular, with Pac-Man having celebrated its 20th anniversary two years ago, and Namco began manufacturing tabletops and stand-up arcade video game machines with both the Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga games for the coin-op and home markets. Bars/restaurants/movie theaters and numerous other locations across the USA are reinstalling these games which were originally very popular in the early 1980s and many people, who grew up with these video games as kids, are now buying them for their dens and game rooms. Namco America's president, Kevin Hayes said, "The Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga video games are still popular in the United States even after 20 years from their introduction. Namco continues to sell various models of our "20 Year Reunion: Class of '81 Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga, incorporating Pac-Man." The market has responded by buying over 13,000 of the new game consoles, and sales are still brisk. Namco will not hesitate to enforce its strong intellectual property rights, trademarks and copyrights against those who seek to trade on its valuable video games properties." Neil A. Smith, intellectual property specialist attorney at Howard Rice Nemerovski Falk Canady & Rabkin in San Francisco, counsel to Namco, said, "The courts will grant immediate restraining orders and seizure orders when provided with strong evidence of trademark and copyright counterfeiting, as is the case here." The suit seeks an injunction, money damages and attorneys' fees. In addition to the Seizure Order, the Federal Court issued a Restraining Order. Namco warns customers to buy only from authorized Namco dealers and distributors. For more information contact Namco America Inc., Sales Office at (630) 238-2248. |
