Ex-Cloak & Dagger owner. Mine was in the Crystal Castles cabinet, and it was a game that had been in the same general area for around 17 years before I bought it - in fact, it may have been the same one I played in an arcade as a kid, but there was never a good way to prove that other than proximity. In any event, I'm going to be completely up front about the fact that I'm a Cloak & Dagger fan, which should help to make my bias clear.
This is a rare game regardless of which cabinet it's in. I've always heard that there were ones put in converted Williams cabinets, but have only ever seen them in the Crystal Castles cab. It looks as though you've found actual evidence of one that's a conversion. One thing that's really interesting about this one is that the sideart matches the silhouette of the Crystal Castles-style cabinet - note how it doesn't line up with the front edges of the cabinet, and the tracks that should be going up towards the top aren't there (or just aren't uncovered yet).
If I were in your shoes, I'd treat it as a long-term C&D project: you have a great opportunity here to bring back something truly unique. Robotron comes up for sale fairly regularly, but Cloak & Dagger doesn't and it's a really good game.
Also, can you take some photos of the underside of the control panel? I'd be interested to see what any drill or fill marks might look like.
Just my two cents, but this one looks like it really needs to be de-converted back into the conversion it originally was
This is a rare game regardless of which cabinet it's in. I've always heard that there were ones put in converted Williams cabinets, but have only ever seen them in the Crystal Castles cab. It looks as though you've found actual evidence of one that's a conversion. One thing that's really interesting about this one is that the sideart matches the silhouette of the Crystal Castles-style cabinet - note how it doesn't line up with the front edges of the cabinet, and the tracks that should be going up towards the top aren't there (or just aren't uncovered yet).
If I were in your shoes, I'd treat it as a long-term C&D project: you have a great opportunity here to bring back something truly unique. Robotron comes up for sale fairly regularly, but Cloak & Dagger doesn't and it's a really good game.
Also, can you take some photos of the underside of the control panel? I'd be interested to see what any drill or fill marks might look like.
Just my two cents, but this one looks like it really needs to be de-converted back into the conversion it originally was
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