Ms Pac-Man to Tapper Cocktail Conversion?

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It looks as though Tapper is in a very similar if not exact same Midway cocktail. I am wondering if it's possible to just rotate the screen and swap out the guts / controls /artwork in order to do a conversion? Would it be dimensionally the same as the factory Tapper?
 
Ms Pac cocktails came with 2 different control panel widths. 9 inch and 11 inch.

I don't know the widht of a Tapper cocktail control panel but it's definitly not 9 inch.

Also the wood top (or opening) for the monitor is a different shape. You would have to make a new piece for that. And if you do that, then the side piece attached to it would also have to be remade.

And I'm sure the monitor mounts different as well.

Not to mention the vault door under the coin door.

I don't think the juice would be worth the squeeze on this one. It sure as heck isn't going to be as easy as converting a Nintendo game, for example.
 
Ms Pac cocktails came with 2 different control panel widths. 9 inch and 11 inch.

I don't know the widht of a Tapper cocktail control panel but it's definitly not 9 inch.

Also the wood top (or opening) for the monitor is a different shape. You would have to make a new piece for that. And if you do that, then the side piece attached to it would also have to be remade.

And I'm sure the monitor mounts different as well.

Not to mention the vault door under the coin door.

I don't think the juice would be worth the squeeze on this one. It sure as heck isn't going to be as easy as converting a Nintendo game, for example.
Thanks for the detailed response. Just as a parting thought, what about a Tron cocktail? The dimensions on that seem to be identical.
 
Tapper cocktail is a little bit larger than the standard bally cocktail like ms pac, the control panels are wider I believe 11" to fit the bally style joystick and the tap (Galaga style) 2 way, could it be done possibly but a real tight, bally did have a couple cocktails that had horizontal monitors in them that used the ms pac style cabs
 
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