This is a 'help me ID this cabinet' request, but with a couple of twists:
* I don't have a photo of the cabinet, so am using the crappy hand-drawn pictures attached below to illustrate it. Yes, I have positively zero artistic ability but they should at least get the idea across. Views are side and frontal elevations.
* I've seen these cabinets on both sides of the Atlantic, and I never saw one that didn't contain a bootleg. Games I can remember seeing in them: Zig Zag (Dig Dug knockoff), Naughty Boy, Crazy Kong, Super Rider, and Frog (Frogger bootleg).
General description:
The cabinet was divided up into three (for want of a better term) cubes; the edges of the cubes facing the player were bevelled and T-moulded. A pedestal at the bottom was slightly wider than the cabinet and supported the lowest cube; the two cubes above it were stacked with small plinths between them which separated the cubes by a couple of inches.
Each cube had a particular function: the lowest one contained the coinbox and speaker, the middle one had the control panel and marquee, and the top housed the monitor. Playing them for a long time as a kid sucked, because my head was constantly tilted back in order to look up at the monitor. I'd also imagine that they were rather top-heavy, which goes some way towards explaining the width of the pedestal.
My recollection is that the pedestal and plinths were always black, and that the sides were either a flat colour (typically beige or something else equally-interesting) or woodgrain.
Again, I only ever saw these housing bootlegs (or possibly conversions), not original titles. My suspicion is that they were sold to operators back in the day as cheap generic cabinets.
If at all possible, I'd love to be able to ID the manufacturer and / or sources for these so that I know what I'm looking for in searches. Any help ID'ing them appreciated.
* I don't have a photo of the cabinet, so am using the crappy hand-drawn pictures attached below to illustrate it. Yes, I have positively zero artistic ability but they should at least get the idea across. Views are side and frontal elevations.
* I've seen these cabinets on both sides of the Atlantic, and I never saw one that didn't contain a bootleg. Games I can remember seeing in them: Zig Zag (Dig Dug knockoff), Naughty Boy, Crazy Kong, Super Rider, and Frog (Frogger bootleg).
General description:
The cabinet was divided up into three (for want of a better term) cubes; the edges of the cubes facing the player were bevelled and T-moulded. A pedestal at the bottom was slightly wider than the cabinet and supported the lowest cube; the two cubes above it were stacked with small plinths between them which separated the cubes by a couple of inches.
Each cube had a particular function: the lowest one contained the coinbox and speaker, the middle one had the control panel and marquee, and the top housed the monitor. Playing them for a long time as a kid sucked, because my head was constantly tilted back in order to look up at the monitor. I'd also imagine that they were rather top-heavy, which goes some way towards explaining the width of the pedestal.
My recollection is that the pedestal and plinths were always black, and that the sides were either a flat colour (typically beige or something else equally-interesting) or woodgrain.
Again, I only ever saw these housing bootlegs (or possibly conversions), not original titles. My suspicion is that they were sold to operators back in the day as cheap generic cabinets.
If at all possible, I'd love to be able to ID the manufacturer and / or sources for these so that I know what I'm looking for in searches. Any help ID'ing them appreciated.
