Robotron Cabinets

[Scott C]

Quote:
"The only jousts I have seen are slanted, do you happen to have a curved picture?
I have seen some Joust cabarets with the curved front. I don't know if they were factory or somebody hacked a Robo cabaret. The arcade flyer archive only shows upright and cocktail for Joust.

ken"
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You have seen JOUST cabarets (minis) within slanted fronts??? Williams didn't make any Joust minis, although I have a seen one that someone made from a Williams mini cabinet and Joust UR conversion side-art.

To my knowledge, Robotron minis were only ever made in the one cabinet design, but did come in two versions of side-art (the initial proto/short run design, then later to what people are used to seeing).

Scott C.

 

[Pinball Wizard]

To clarify what I am talking about, robotrons URs have 2 styles, the bottom of the control panel ether curves in or goes straight down. Joust and Moon Patrol have a slant one the bottom past the CP.

 

[fatherpain]

hmm... I wonder how the Robotron cabaret would look next to a taito row? Is the curve and height exactly the same?

Tom

 

[D_Harris]

Stargate, Joust, Joust 2 and Robotron had 24-1/2" control panels.

Actually, StarGate, Joust, and Robotron control panels are 24-3/8" x 6-7/8"

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

 

[Scott C]

hmm... I wonder how the Robotron cabaret would look next to a taito row? Is the curve and height exactly the same?

Tom

Are you thinking the Taito minis or trim-lines? Either way, I doubt it due to the height of the cabinets (Taito minis are much shorter).

Scott C.

 

[vintagegamer]

The curved style is the original Robotron design
(...as per the blue line on the side art which fit perfectly )

According to legend, the straight cabinets were Bubbles cab
(...which came after Robotron and was a far less popular game )
and many of those Bubble cabs became Robotron cabs due the extra production

I will double-check when I get home but I'm pretty sure mine looks like the one in the far right in this pic.

 

[CrazyKongFan]

I will double-check when I get home but I'm pretty sure mine looks like the one in the far right in this pic.

Yeah, my MAME cab that was a converted/gutted Robotron looks like the one on the right (after stripping off 2 layers of paint )