Help me remember generic cabinet designs

I was trying to remember some of the generic arcade cabinet designs some places used so they could sort of hot swap games. Sort of like the Neo Geo cabinets but instead of being manufacturer specific, it seems like there were some store or arcade specific ones. For example, I remember seeing some at Nickel World before they closed that I think came from an old mall arcade. All the cabinets were the same but they had different games. I think maybe I remember Stop N Go also having a generic cabinet too. Maybe Z-back cabinets were used for some places. Any memories of these or pics would be appreciated.

Besides UA, Alladin's Castle and the original Gameworks, i don't recall any other company having their own unique cabinet.

I didn't see one in your pics, but the laserdisc game Badlands was released in one of these cabinets

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Badlands had its own dedicated cabinet. I had one very early on in my time in the hobby. It had Dynamite Duke in it and was gutted of all Badlands parts. I regret getting rid of it. :cry:
 
Besides UA, Alladin's Castle and the original Gameworks, i don't recall any other company having their own unique cabinet.



Badlands had its own dedicated cabinet. I had one very early on in my time in the hobby. It had Dynamite Duke in it and was gutted of all Badlands parts. I regret getting rid of it. :cry:

Yes... Konami/Centuri had their version of the cabinet too. I always preferred the Konami/Centuri version over the UA version just because of the side art.

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Unsold Badlands kits were all sold at a deep discount exclusively to UA after Centuri called it quits in 1984. It's hard to tell which version is more rare since few were made of either version. UA also had their own arcades in malls for a short time that used those cabinets. They would stuff any game in those cabs, the movie theater I worked at had a Dragon's Lair II in one of those cabs. Also of note, most of the cabs I saw did not have their dedicated marquee but a generic one with the "UA Amusements" logo. I wonder if anyone out there has some of those marquees kicking around? Later versions just said United Artists Theaters.
 
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