What Nintendo Cabaret Would Have Been Sweet?

CrazyKongFan said:
Here's some better shots of the one at Star Worlds (first one taken at the Midwest Gaming Classic, he had it there. Last one is my board, which is identical)

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Ah, it DOES say KONG JR. I thought I was seeing things. That blurry crap pic really messed with my head. :D Taito trimlines are pretty cool little machines.
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So, I am nearing the stage where I will have to decide on what game is going into my first scratch-built Nintendo cabaret. My choices for cab colors are:

Orange
Blue
Black
White

I could go orange and make it a DKjr Mini. Or I could go blue, then I could do Popeye, SMB or even DK at a later date if I so chose. Or I could go black (and never go back hahaha, yeah I get it) and make it a dedicated vs. Castlevania mini or a Single Monitor Playchoice 10 cabaret. I was going to go with Jr. for my first mini initially, but now am afraid that I'll paint myself into a corner and be stuck with a game (because of the orange cabinet) that I am also restoring in upright form. I personally think my best bet would be to make the cab blue, then decide on what game to dedicate the cabinet to when it's complete, sans artwork. What do you guys think?
 
Phetishboy said:
So, I am nearing the stage where I will have to decide on what game is going into my first scratch-built Nintendo cabaret. My choices for cab colors are:

Orange
Blue
Black
White

I could go orange and make it a DKjr Mini. Or I could go blue, then I could do Popeye, SMB or even DK at a later date if I so chose. Or I could go black (and never go back hahaha, yeah I get it) and make it a dedicated vs. Castlevania mini or a Single Monitor Playchoice 10 cabaret. I was going to go with Jr. for my first mini initially, but now am afraid that I'll paint myself into a corner and be stuck with a game (because of the orange cabinet) that I am also restoring in upright form. I personally think my best bet would be to make the cab blue, then decide on what game to dedicate the cabinet to when it's complete, sans artwork. What do you guys think?
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I still think you are selling yourself short by limiting yourself to one game. I'd put in a computer with a Nintendo themed front end that plays all these ninty games, plus many more. I think these could sell for good money. I am surprised no one has tried this yet. It's not Groupon but it could be big.
 
Phetishboy said:
So, I am nearing the stage where I will have to decide on what game is going into my first scratch-built Nintendo cabaret. My choices for cab colors are:

Orange
Blue
Black
White

I could go orange and make it a DKjr Mini. Or I could go blue, then I could do Popeye, SMB or even DK at a later date if I so chose. Or I could go black (and never go back hahaha, yeah I get it) and make it a dedicated vs. Castlevania mini or a Single Monitor Playchoice 10 cabaret. I was going to go with Jr. for my first mini initially, but now am afraid that I'll paint myself into a corner and be stuck with a game (because of the orange cabinet) that I am also restoring in upright form. I personally think my best bet would be to make the cab blue, then decide on what game to dedicate the cabinet to when it's complete, sans artwork. What do you guys think?
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I think that Orange would work with Castlevania too.

Don't do MAME PC.

Don't do black, that is boring.
 
Have you considered some combination of the colors?

Not craptastic patchwork, but perhaps something like orange with a thick blue stripe, or the reverse?

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But if you're gonna go with Castlevania, I'd say orange would be cool.

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Solid Color and first one? I'd say Orange with Castlevania. That would be cool.
 
Phetishboy said:
So, I am nearing the stage where I will have to decide on what game is going into my first scratch-built Nintendo cabaret. My choices for cab colors are:

Orange
Blue
Black
White

I could go orange and make it a DKjr Mini. Or I could go blue, then I could do Popeye, SMB or even DK at a later date if I so chose. Or I could go black (and never go back hahaha, yeah I get it) and make it a dedicated vs. Castlevania mini or a Single Monitor Playchoice 10 cabaret. I was going to go with Jr. for my first mini initially, but now am afraid that I'll paint myself into a corner and be stuck with a game (because of the orange cabinet) that I am also restoring in upright form. I personally think my best bet would be to make the cab blue, then decide on what game to dedicate the cabinet to when it's complete, sans artwork. What do you guys think?
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If you go with a DK Jr Mini I'm sure I can find a basement for it to live in once you have too many restored DK Jr's at your place. :)
 
Tighe said:
Turns out that Sky Skipper came in a cabaret. I love the idea of twin 13 inch monitors crammed in a cabaret! So I saw Super Punch Out!
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Have any pics or a flyer showing the Sky Skipper mini? That is not on my list of minis and cabarets!

Scott C.
 
Scott C said:
Have any pics or a flyer showing the Sky Skipper mini? That is not on my list of minis and cabarets!

Scott C.
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Ere : http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/nintendo/22000502.jpg

Ultra rare PCB though, so no chance of Phet repro-ing one.

Personally, I like Popeye and possibly JR and/or DK3. VS anything, not so much. Popeye is a shoo-in, since he was really supposed to be the star of the Nintendo lineup anyway. DK was not only an accidental hit, but Popeye was Miyamoto's true brainchild and the game that was supposed to be released (hence the blue cabinets). Copyrights pushed it back and Radar Scope's colossal failure prompted DK's creation before old Spinachface could get out there. Popeye all the way.
 
ballytablewiz said:
Ere : http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/nintendo/22000502.jpg

Ultra rare PCB though, so no chance of Phet repro-ing one.

Personally, I like Popeye and possibly JR and/or DK3. VS anything, not so much. Popeye is a shoo-in, since he was really supposed to be the star of the Nintendo lineup anyway. DK was not only an accidental hit, but Popeye was Miyamoto's true brainchild and the game that was supposed to be released (hence the blue cabinets). Copyrights pushed it back and Radar Scope's colossal failure prompted DK's creation before old Spinachface could get out there. Popeye all the way.
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I like your style and you make a convincing argument. The whole point of this is to build a cabaret that Nintendo should have and would have made. I think your history lesson makes Popeye the clear choice. Thank you.
 
ballytablewiz said:
Ere : http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/nintendo/22000502.jpg

Ultra rare PCB though, so no chance of Phet repro-ing one.

Personally, I like Popeye and possibly JR and/or DK3. VS anything, not so much. Popeye is a shoo-in, since he was really supposed to be the star of the Nintendo lineup anyway. DK was not only an accidental hit, but Popeye was Miyamoto's true brainchild and the game that was supposed to be released (hence the blue cabinets). Copyrights pushed it back and Radar Scope's colossal failure prompted DK's creation before old Spinachface could get out there. Popeye all the way.
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I have to say that the full size upright is a beautiful cabinet.

Phet could do it as it runs on Popeye hardware, The ROM images are easily downloadable.
 
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