Iconic Arcade Characters

TechnoFreek

I want to get a marquee made for my cab which would feature a selection of famous and iconic characters.
The marquee will reflect Mame so will probably have that written on there somewhere.

Basically I'm looking for suggestions for characters.

For example:
Donkey Kong
Ryu

All suggestions welcome

Andrew76

Pacman, Space Invaders.

TechnoFreek

Thanks Andrew.

Keep em coming guys!

GOOSEPAUL

Sub Zero
Mario

krudler

Billy and Jimmy from Double Dragon

Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble

The three Golden Axe characters.

deathrider

Heihachai Mashima?

Retr0gamer

The dodgy bloke hanging around the SF2 Championship Edition cab with a fag hanging out of his mouth that would beast any kid stupid enough to put money in it.

deathrider

Chuck in some bad guys like the ghosts fom Pacman. Oh, and the host from Smash TV. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The dodgy bloke hanging around the SF2 Championship Edition cab with a fag hanging out of his mouth that would beast any kid stupid enough to put money in it.

Best, surely?
Or is your past darker and more filled with tears than we realised?

I always thought mame marquees looked crap,
Talk to this lad over on AO.
His work is simply unbelievable,The quality of the prints he gets cant be matched.
Im going get an AvP marquee made up for my mame cab.

He's very helpfull and does 100% custom stuff too inc Mame art.There printed on a plastic film and laminated.He can do any shape etc etc

He's taking orders for the next batch now

http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=19380

TechnoFreek

urbanledge wrote: »

I always thought mame marquees looked crap,
Talk to this lad over on AO.
His work is simply unbelievable,The quality of the prints he gets cant be matched.
Im going get an AvP marquee made up for my mame cab.

He's very helpfull and does 100% custom stuff too inc Mame art.There printed on a plastic film and laminated.He can do any shape etc etc

He's taking orders for the next batch now

That's who is doing it for me! Just looking for ideas for characters for him to incorporate!

Good stuff,
I got some stuff off him recently and obviously im a fan!

krudler

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The dodgy bloke hanging around the SF2 Championship Edition cab with a fag hanging out of his mouth that would beast any kid stupid enough to put money in it.

I died a little inside any time a small crappy arcade had SF2 in a cabinet with only 3 buttons.

o1s1n

Once I saw a vertical cabinet in the Troc in London with a CPS2 street fighter game running on it. /facepalm

To make it odder, game was displayed horizontally - so it was the opposite of when you stretch a 4:3 image out to widescreen. All the characters looked anorexic!

Myrddin

Personally speaking, there's no bigger icon in terms of the arcade scene than this

safetyboy

He does good stuff I got a DDP black label off him.

o1s1n

Feckin lovely! :cool:

TechnoFreek

LOve those backlit marquees. Pity the Atomiswave is of the non backlit variety :-(

o1s1n

TechnoFreek wrote: »

LOve those backlit marquees. Pity the Atomiswave is of the non backlit variety :-(

Yes it is! Change the bulb!

TechnoFreek

o1s1n wrote: »

Yes it is! Change the bulb!

Eh?

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Eh?

I think he wants to go to Blue Alert

TechnoFreek

Steve X2

I came up with the perfect solution for backlighting the Egret 3/Atomiswave or any other non backlit artwork candy.

I even ordered the parts and everything but the ebay dude stole my money and ran. Been looking for the parts from the UK but so far not had the right sizes.
I'll be ordering again from Hong Kong and hopefully I'll have something to show for it this time, ETA 1-2 months.

Will post up when its done.

CathalDublin

Bub, bob, Arthur
Mods please lock

o1s1n

TechnoFreek wrote: »

LOve those backlit marquees. Pity the Atomiswave is of the non backlit variety :-(

Ahhh, you mean the big plastic marquee on top! Sorry! I thought you meant the 'atomiswave' marquee.

TechnoFreek

o1s1n wrote: »

Ahhh, you mean the big plastic marquee on top! Sorry! I thought you meant the 'atomiswave' marquee.

No bother. There's a different name for that part. Can't think of it now

TechnoFreek

Steve SI wrote: »

I came up with the perfect solution for backlighting the Egret 3/Atomiswave or any other non backlit artwork candy.

I even ordered the parts and everything but the ebay dude stole my money and ran. Been looking for the parts from the UK but so far not had the right sizes.
I'll be ordering again from Hong Kong and hopefully I'll have something to show for it this time, ETA 1-2 months.

Will post up when its done.

Looking forward to seeing that steve.

Will you have to change the material that the marquees are on printed on? For example Spectre over on AO offers back lit on non backlit marquees.

Steve X2

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Looking forward to seeing that steve.

Will you have to change the material that the marquees are on printed on? For example Spectre over on AO offers back lit on non backlit marquees.

Not sure how he does them but looking at his prices it wont be the same way(my way is costing about 100-120 Euro).
And its just a back light, it wont be artwork itself.

TechnoFreek

Steve SI wrote: »

Not sure how he does them but looking at his prices it wont be the same way(my way is costing about 100-120 Euro).
And its just a back light, it wont be artwork itself.

So your cost is just in lighting the marquee holder?
Continue to use the marquees as is?

Steve X2

TechnoFreek wrote: »

So your cost is just in lighting the marquee holder?
Continue to use the marquees as is?

Yep

TechnoFreek

Steve SI wrote: »

Yep

No expected issues with opacity?

TechnoFreek

o1s1n wrote: »

Ahhh, you mean the big plastic marquee on top! Sorry! I thought you meant the 'atomiswave' marquee.

That bit is called the illumination panel. Couldn't think of it earlier.

Steve X2

TechnoFreek wrote: »

No expected issues with opacity?

No, shouldn't be an issue.
Will see when I have all the parts.

LoGiE

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The Last Bandit

This guy owes me a fortune...

Andrew76

Shocked that Sparks hasn't been on to nominate Rockford from that game nobody can remember.