Dig Dug vs. Centipede

larrylemming

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Minus the art, are the cabinets the same? They look awfully similar. Cabarets look the same too, for that matter. Difference is that I've never seen a set of dimensioned Dig Dug plans.
 
Im in the process of converting a Centipede I found into a Dig Dug. Minus the coin door panel the full size cabinets are virtually identical. Can't comment on the cabarets since I'm not cool enough to be a part of the Dig Dug cabaret club
 
The coin doors are different as Centipede has just the single door and Dig dug has the double door coin door. The backs are different too.
 
They look subtly different here: http://home.comcast.net/~dark.paladin/images/AtariCabs.gif

Angle of the top-back looks different.
Size of the CP "jut" looks different.
A corner cut on the back-bottom is present on Dig Dug.

Hmm.. well that's a little concerning. Good thing you pointed it out before I went and got side art for my little project. Do you thing the shape is that drastic that repro Dig Dug art wouldn't fit on a Centipede cab? I cant say too much about the CP though. the edges of my Centipede around it don't exist anymore
 
I'm not sure I believe that image alone (especially when it comes to the CP differences) but looking at some more pictures online, I am thinking that the top angle is different...
 
You may want to get/make a black paper monitor bezel for Dig Dug as Centipede's is blue, unless that doesn't matter. Any reason for converting? Dig Dugs aren't terribly expensive, right?
 
You may want to get/make a black paper monitor bezel for Dig Dug as Centipede's is blue, unless that doesn't matter. Any reason for converting? Dig Dugs aren't terribly expensive, right?

I've been barred from getting anymore upright cabinets, the Centipede was already converted to an Arkanoid. So I figured why not butcher it a little further, and somehow leave the sideart intact underneath just in case I ever get a real Dig Dug and want to reverse what I've done

That and the blue paper looks cooler with the glass bezel art IMO
 
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