If you had a bombed out Defender cabinet, what would you do?
I have a totally bombed out Defender cabinet. It was converted to something else in a previous life, and was discovered by the previous owner to be a Defender once he stripped the paint off and saw the Defender stencil art on the sides. It's missing just about everything (monitor, control panel, all electronics, etc.) I already have a decent Defender that is a dedicated Defender right now. I don't really need another Defender, but I wouldn't mind having a Multi-Williams machine and make a control panel just for Robotron and Joust with a JROK card. I don't really like the Multi-Williams artwork. . . I prefer the simplicity of having a single game on there. . . I figure my options are:
1) Make it look like a Joust. . . I love the Joust artwork. Robotron is one of my top two favorite games, but the art isn't as exciting as Joust. The downside of this is that I would be surprised if I ended up with a dedicated Joust one of these days (once we get in a new house. . my wife won't let me get more games!
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2) Make it look like a ficticious game. I work on games for a living, so I could get one of the artists at work to maybe help me with a simple iconic/imaginary game that is based on one of our games. . . Half-Life 2 is probably the one that would translate well to simple iconic art, and it's probably the thing I'm most proud of working on. I'd probably end up making stencils and paint it on in a small number of colors similar to how Defender is painted.
What would you do? Any other ideas?
I have a totally bombed out Defender cabinet. It was converted to something else in a previous life, and was discovered by the previous owner to be a Defender once he stripped the paint off and saw the Defender stencil art on the sides. It's missing just about everything (monitor, control panel, all electronics, etc.) I already have a decent Defender that is a dedicated Defender right now. I don't really need another Defender, but I wouldn't mind having a Multi-Williams machine and make a control panel just for Robotron and Joust with a JROK card. I don't really like the Multi-Williams artwork. . . I prefer the simplicity of having a single game on there. . . I figure my options are:
1) Make it look like a Joust. . . I love the Joust artwork. Robotron is one of my top two favorite games, but the art isn't as exciting as Joust. The downside of this is that I would be surprised if I ended up with a dedicated Joust one of these days (once we get in a new house. . my wife won't let me get more games!
2) Make it look like a ficticious game. I work on games for a living, so I could get one of the artists at work to maybe help me with a simple iconic/imaginary game that is based on one of our games. . . Half-Life 2 is probably the one that would translate well to simple iconic art, and it's probably the thing I'm most proud of working on. I'd probably end up making stencils and paint it on in a small number of colors similar to how Defender is painted.
What would you do? Any other ideas?



