Pandora's Box still available for purchase anywhere?

These cabinets are loosely based on the sega/gremlin design but i simplified the design to make them cheaper and quicker to build. They didn't care about CRT monitors and whatnot so i found a bunch of second hand LCDs and tossed them in there. They just wanted multiple cabinets cheap, simple and functional. Their plan is to graffiti them with glow in the dark paint and have the colors pop with the white. The cabinets will be in a half circle layout each playing a distinct game and all ready to play while some reggaeton rapper I've never heard of is in the middle and plays around with the games as he performs.
Thats cool, did you have access to a CNC guy to cut all the cabs for you or did you do it by hand? I think it would be cool to be able to produce my own line of caba but sadly today they wouldnt be tube based but having a design that allows for a vintage tube being used would be cool.
 
Thats cool, did you have access to a CNC guy to cut all the cabs for you or did you do it by hand? I think it would be cool to be able to produce my own line of caba but sadly today they wouldnt be tube based but having a design that allows for a vintage tube being used would be cool.

No CNC used at all. These were 100% manually cut. The cabinets are 23 in wide at the inner panels and 23 in deep. This was done because of course there is no CRT and we are able to cut two side panels out of one piece of 4x8 particle board. Some of the more intricate details of the Sega gremlin cabinet were removed such as the curve at the front, metal control panels etc.

Everything else about the cabinets are pretty much your standard affair. Real t molding, real coin door, control panel held down with latches accessible through the coin door. The only variation we made to the cabinets was with the control panel. Two of them are single player, one has four buttons per player and all of them have different button and joystick color combinations. Originally we were going to make two, maybe three prop arcades but their ideas snowballed when they realized we can make multiple working machines.

I'm a firm believer that even in this day and age there's enough room in the market for a freshly built generic conversion cabinet that will accept a both a CRT tube or an LCD monitor like the Unico units. Something kit ready like the days when Dynamo and other companies would sell you an empty cabinet for your kit. I've actually pitched the idea to a number of Florida arcade and barcade owners but the issue everyone has is that no one can agree on a design that they like.
 
No CNC used at all. These were 100% manually cut. The cabinets are 23 in wide at the inner panels and 23 in deep. This was done because of course there is no CRT and we are able to cut two side panels out of one piece of 4x8 particle board. Some of the more intricate details of the Sega gremlin cabinet were removed such as the curve at the front, metal control panels etc.

Everything else about the cabinets are pretty much your standard affair. Real t molding, real coin door, control panel held down with latches accessible through the coin door. The only variation we made to the cabinets was with the control panel. Two of them are single player, one has four buttons per player and all of them have different button and joystick color combinations. Originally we were going to make two, maybe three prop arcades but their ideas snowballed when they realized we can make multiple working machines.

I'm a firm believer that even in this day and age there's enough room in the market for a freshly built generic conversion cabinet that will accept a both a CRT tube or an LCD monitor like the Unico units. Something kit ready like the days when Dynamo and other companies would sell you an empty cabinet for your kit. I've actually pitched the idea to a number of Florida arcade and barcade owners but the issue everyone has is that no one can agree on a design that they like.
Yeah i agree with you. Im a big fan of the HS1 Dynamo and DE sized 19" cabs. i think that one could be created mostly wood body with an option to use the Unico 20" LCD, Vesa mount 20" VGA, CRT TV or old Stock 19" CGA monitors
This way someone can decide the source video type and the appropriate monitor for their use. Metal fab control panels and especially like the corner cut/bullnose ones would complicate construction but a generic new cabinet like these could sell because there are so many sources providing art kits that could fit these.

Namco and chicago gaming have been selling midway style cabs new since 2001 so most of the market for those styles are filled.
 
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