What cabinet was this originally ?

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I have Google searched for hours. It's not a big blue despite the coloration.

Anyone ?
 

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These are an Americanized version of the Jaleco pony 29. What these were called in the US is not entirely clear. I simply labeled these as the Jaleco pony 29 US. I believe these were manufactured here to coincide with the mega system 32 hardware.

Unlike it's Japanese candy cabinet brother, these were made in the US by 3-KOAM and and were drastically simplified compared to the Japanese original. It's candy cabinet counterpart was made of a combination of wood, metal and plastic cowl upper half whereas the American units are made of wood and feature the plastic cowl design as a sticker side art.

I believe I recognize these blue painted units as the ones sold at auction a few months ago.

Photo album and Japanese sales flyer:

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Jeez, you smashed that one out of the park. Flyer and everything! :)

Well done.

Thanks but they're still a ton we don't know about this cabinet. There is zero flyers and zero magazine advertisement for it (admittingly I haven't done much heavy digging through magazines for this cabinet)

We also don't even know which year these cabinets were produced. There is also no pictures available of the cabinets innards.

There is one very interesting clue that I picked up on when researching these. Some of the photos I collected in the photo album linked to above show two 3-KOAM ID tags. Both of these tags list the manufacturer has jaleco and the model numbers begin with BB. I do believe the BB stands for Best Bout boxing released by jaleco in 1994.
 
Wow thanks everyone. Well I now own these so I'll take more photos for documentation purposes and upload here

Yes please, These are kind of uncommon and nice photos would go a long way in helping others. It's the very reason why i pack the media section of the forums with photos. Some people think I'm crazy trying to ID every generic cabinet but the way i see it, we are hobby of preservation and this information is no less valuable than stuff from big manufacturers like Atari and Midway.
 
This is pretty much all I could find digging through the searchable game magazine scans at archive.org. This is from Play Meter Magazine December 1993 which showed off games from the AMOA Expo 1993. Jaleco's Best Bout Boxing and Super Strong Warriors was shown off at the AMOA Expo 1993 in the Japanese version of the Jaleco Pony 29. In this picture you can notice the more rounded control panel and the depth of the plastic cowl on the top half of the cabinet.

Both games shown run the Jaleco Mega System 32 hardware. It's likely that Jaleco commissioned the more simplified US cabinet as a means to sell Mega System 32 hardware in the same way that SNK sold the Neo-Geo (3-KOAM also manufactured the Neo-Geo cabinets). I've run a google search for every Jaleco Mega System 32 game to see if i can find more examples of this cabinet but have come up with nothing.


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@DonPanetta One of the cabs has Neo Geo Shock Troopers in it so that would fit. The other has X-men versus Streetfighter in it.

I think it's a neat piece of history and way more interesting than a Capcom Big Blue which I also own.

Here are some additional photos from the seller.

Once I have them in hand, I will post more here
 

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@DonPanetta One of the cabs has Neo Geo Shock Troopers in it so that would fit. The other has X-men versus Streetfighter in it.

I think it's a neat piece of history and way more interesting than a Capcom Big Blue which I also own.

Here are some additional photos from the seller.

Once I have them in hand, I will post more here

Is there any way you can snap a picture of the bottom-rear where the power supply cutout is at?
 
"92" to 94" sounds about right, There were some real Tanks (large cabinet Arcade Games) out there at about that time. Not to mention the Pinball Machines.
 
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