Multi Taito artwork. (???)

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Okay... saw Nix has the boards (or will get another order this month)...

Someone has to be working on this, right? Sideart is covered as the stencils are out there... but bezel, marquee, and CPO... who's thinking of taking this up?

Or is it that Taito games maybe don't have the following that Williams games do?

I'm eager to see what people come up with for this and what design will "win out".
 
Okay... saw Nix has the boards (or will get another order this month)...

Someone has to be working on this, right? Sideart is covered as the stencils are out there... but bezel, marquee, and CPO... who's thinking of taking this up?

Or is it that Taito games maybe don't have the following that Williams games do?

I'm eager to see what people come up with for this and what design will "win out".
Seems like some of the character artwork has already been created, so it wouldn't be difficult to come-up with something using the existing artwork (characters). I really enjoy the Multi-Taito PCB, so I would like to see this artwork made. The artwork used on the Multi-Taito cabs wasn't bad, but I would have liked to see the classics included more, compared to Bubble Bobble (yeh, flame away, since I am not a fan of the game).

Scott C.
 
This was on LOCALARCADE.COM before it went down... I never got the full size version though.
 
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Thats pretty ugly.

I am going to buy a board from Nixs so I might do the art for this as well after I have finished the multi-vector stuff.

I'd love to see it. :)

Granted, side art would be a no-no IMO, but a good bezel, marquee, and maybe CPO would be sweet.
 
The multi taito only seems to have newer taito games on it really right? Just bubble bobble era stuff, not jungle king, qix etc??
 
Multi-Taito Pics

Who ever decides to make art work for the Multi-Taito Board i'll be in for an Overlay, Marquee & Bezel for a regular dedicated Taito cab. Here are pics of the original upright cabinet these boards came in.

Games on the board:

Space Invaders
Arkanoid
Arkanoid 2
Revenge of Doh
Bubble Bobble
Chack'n Pop
Elevator Action
Jungle Hunt
Liquid Kids
Lunar Rescue
Nastar
Puzzle Bobble
Qix
Rainbow Islands
Rainbow Islands Extra Version
Return of the Invaders
Space Invaders DX
Super Qix
The New Zealand Story
Zoo Keeper
 

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Thanks DJ.

Pretty sure I can come up with something that makes the machine looks like it has original art instead of a 'slap together' like those pics.

Will see how I go.
 
Thanks DJ.

Pretty sure I can come up with something that makes the machine looks like it has original art instead of a 'slap together' like those pics.

Will see how I go.
Sounds good and we all look forward to seeing it. I would rather see characters myself, rather than the names of the games. In my mind a picture of Tarzan/Hunter swinging on a vine towards the woman would look cool, with the other game characters around it. Maybe the Qix guy drawing the artwork box around the rest of the characters??? Hmmm....

Scott C.
 
does anyone have a video of this thing working? I am more interested in how Arkanoid looks on a Horz monitor and if you can wire a spinner into the mix.
 
I would be interested in Funding for this artwork to make it happen If the design was nice enough and done right. I am artistically challenged :)
PM ME to discuss.
-Don
 
hard to "theme" this one those titles are so randomly differnt in terms of artwork
would be hard to combined into something that dosnt look like a puked out mess like what was pic'd and would be far worse than the multi-williams art-IMO
at least in williams cases the styles were simialr
you look at Jungle hunt art not much there at all, compared to Zoo Keeper, big bright and cartoonie, then youve got Elevator action an art style all its own like a 50s pulp crime/comic graphic novel.
probably why they just slapped all the game name logos on the side-IMO
and why no crazy climber!! thats just, well crazy :D
 
hard to "theme" this one those titles are so randomly differnt in terms of artwork
would be hard to combined into something that dosnt look like a puked out mess like what was pic'd and would be far worse than the multi-williams art-IMO
at least in williams cases the styles were simialr
you look at Jungle hunt art not much there at all, compared to Zoo Keeper, big bright and cartoonie, then youve got Elevator action an art style all its own like a 50s pulp crime/comic graphic novel.
probably why they just slapped all the game name logos on the side-IMO
and why no crazy climber!! thats just, well crazy :D

Yep, this one is best placed in a generic Stenciled Taito cab of your color choice, with the marquee, bezel and CPO artwork from your favorite Taito game dressing up the front. Just cuz it plays 15 (emulated) games doesn't mean the artwork of all 15 need to be on it.
 
Yep, this one is best placed in a generic Stenciled Taito cab of your color choice, with the marquee, bezel and CPO artwork from your favorite Taito game dressing up the front. Just cuz it plays 15 (emulated) games doesn't mean the artwork of all 15 need to be on it.

I like the standard Taito stenciled sides... but something like the JungleHunt/AlpineSki/Etc marquee that just says Multi Taito or something, and a good "generic" CPO would be fine for me... just something that makes the cabinet say "hey, multi-taito here..." instead of screaming "MULTI-TAITO ALL UP IN THIS SHIZNIT BIATCCCHHHH!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Just something simple.

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I like the standard Taito stenciled sides... but something like the JungleHunt/AlpineSki/Etc marquee that just says Multi Taito or something, and a good "generic" CPO would be fine for me... just something that makes the cabinet say "hey, multi-taito here..." instead of screaming "MULTI-TAITO ALL UP IN THIS SHIZNIT BIATCCCHHHH!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Just something simple.

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That could work, then throw in the standard generic Taito Bezel as well. I happen to have one of those for sale. First $35 shipped gets it.
 
That could work, then throw in the standard generic Taito Bezel as well. I happen to have one of those for sale. First $35 shipped gets it.

Yeah, forgot about the bezel... I'm so used to everything I play in a Taito cabinet having an Elevator Action bezel regardless of what game I'm actually playing. lol

Yeah, a simple bezel would be nice too.
 
Yep, this one is best placed in a generic Stenciled Taito cab of your color choice, with the marquee, bezel and CPO artwork from your favorite Taito game dressing up the front. Just cuz it plays 15 (emulated) games doesn't mean the artwork of all 15 need to be on it.

Amen! I don't understand why people think they need some multi-franken-artwork... it all looks like shit IMO.
 
This was my thinking as well.
Change the Jungle Hunt Marquee to Multi Taito or Taito MultiGame and do a CPO to match.
Leave the bezel and side art as generic.
 
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