Swing-Down Control Panel cabinets

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Are there any other cabinets that are designed with control panels on hinges, similar to that of the Williams games like Joust, Robotron, ect?

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Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
it would be easier to name the cabinets that DON'T have hinged control panels, I think:

- The various Pac-Man titles.
- Galaga/Galaxian, etc
- Frogger/similar (like Carnival)
- Battlezone/Red Baron
- Newer stuff like Golden Tee have a drawer that pulls out first, then the panel unsnaps and is hinged in front.
- Most cocktail machines

Anything else? I'd say that 75% of cabs have a hinged CP of some sort...
 
Apparently, the Williams cabinet's, along with Centipede, were unique in this respect.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Let's see, in my gameroom, the games with a hinged control panel that swings down are:

Kangaroo
Gyruss
Robotron
Tempest
Popeye cocktail (remove two screws at top and control panel swings down)

And my Rampage World Tour has a hinge on the front and the panel lifts upright....
 
My new Primal Rage has a hinged CP which conceals a pullout drawer. You can see the lock just below the bezel:

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All Nintendo cabinets aren't. Defender isn't hinged is it?

Also older cinematronics games are hinged, but they don't have latches, but 2 screws that have wingnuts on the sides.

I believe this is a pretty irrelevant discussion though. Why does it matter.
 
Originally Posted by modessitt View Post
I'd say that 75% of cabs have a hinged CP of some sort...
+1 from my experience...

But what I was asking is for those cabinets that have control panels that swing down like the Williams cabinets. That means the cp has a hinge that allows it to swing down when it is pulled.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
Asteroids and the Dedicated Star Trek upright
 

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