Galaga and Pac Man cabs

GeoWelling

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I have a lead on some cabs. All are dead and empty. Galaga and Mrs Pac Man cabs. What would be my options of restoration with these cabs? What would be "correct" if I sanded down and re-did these cabs? Can anyone list what would be right for each games, besides the obvious? thanks for the help
 
How empty? Will the brackets, hardware, control panels, etc.. be there? What monitor bezel?

Galaga is more straightforward cabinet restore, as in repaint and buy a decal package. Galaga, though, is more prone to mushy cabinet, due to materials used.

With Ms Pac, you could do the full cabinet decals.
 
I guess what I am saying is if i buy the Pac Man cab and then decide not to put a Pac Man in it what could go in there....paint it black and then galaga? what would be my options? I want to try and re-hab a Pac Man but the stencil job might be hard for me so if I get to that point and want to change my mind I would like to know what my options would be for the cab to be correct.
 
I have stayed away from williams and others due to stencil jobs, now I am willing to try.
Empty as no insides
I will NEVER do stickers on a stencil job
 
Pac Man/Galaxian and Galaga/Ms Pac, as far as cabinet shapes..

Now, if we're talking about a Pac cabinet, and you're willing to re-stencil, then that's probably one of the toughest to do, but certainly do able. There are some tutorials online with pics of the process. If you don't own any Pac game already and are without the guts, then I would probably recommend restoring the cabinet to look new/original, but go with a multipac type setup, whether a new PCB or an original with a multi type mod.
 
My goal is to restore The cab for Pac Man with the stencil. Then if I screw it up or don't like it then black it is for a Galaga. I would put all Pac's in there.
 
I personally would do a restore back to Galaga. I like Galaga...

But, you could do a multi-board pretty easily. I would stick with an original theme, and put a good multi board in there, so you could have Ms. Pac, Galaga and maybe a few others all on the same.
 
Pac Man/Galaxian and Galaga/Ms Pac, as far as cabinet shapes..

Figure out exactly what cab you are working with. There is a difference. A Galaxian/Pacman cab painted black with Galaga decals just does not look right.
 
goodluck with your restore i plan to do a pacman restore if i can ever find stencils
 
dont ever be scared of stencilled artwork cabs.i did my space zap,i just got to join parts of the artwork up that were not cut out in the stencil.i had to commission the stencil and had it laser cut on reusable mylar.
:)
 
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