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    • phrazelle
      phrazelle @caver01 last edited by

      @caver01 I went to a local print shop that does signs - not a Kinkos or Office Max, but a real print shop. I took my pre-cut acrylic pieces in and they printed my art backwards on what I believe are something like window stickers, then applied them to the backside of my pieces.

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      • lilbud
        lilbud @phrazelle last edited by

        @phrazelle I remember seeing your Zelda cabinet on Instructables. It makes mine look like crap in comparison

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        • Adrian
          Adrian last edited by Adrian

          Great work @phrazelle. How could one contact you about commissioning another bartop?

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          • phrazelle
            phrazelle @Adrian last edited by

            @Adrian Thanks! We could talk about that, but shipping would be the big issue. I live in the middle of the US and I believe it would have to be freight. You can email me at phrazelle -at- gmail.com

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            • obsidianspider
              obsidianspider last edited by

              I love these. I only wish I had any idea where to get the case art made.

              📷 @obsidianspider

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              • thedudester80
                thedudester80 last edited by

                I have to say the Cabinet art is fantastic. My favorite is the Super Mario World. Where did you have that done??? So good.

                Mint Boy, Case Arcade, New Projects Coming soon....

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                • phrazelle
                  phrazelle @thedudester80 last edited by

                  @thedudester80 Thanks! I did all the art. To be fair, they're all basically mashups redrawn in Illustrator. For example, the enemy side of the SMW cabinet started with this image:

                  airship

                  but I pulled the elements out that I wanted to use as vectors and redesigned in Photoshop.

                  @obsidianspider As for printing, they are just large vinyl decals printed at a sign shop. Same with the marquee, bezel and control board. I took in the plexiglass pieces pre-cut and they reverse printed on the back of them.

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                  • ShdwKnt
                    ShdwKnt last edited by

                    what type of display are using.. PC monitor? TV? Im interested in this quite a bit

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                    • phrazelle
                      phrazelle @ShdwKnt last edited by

                      @ShdwKnt I used computer monitors on all of these. Biggest thing was making sure they had DVI outputs so I could use an HDMI > DVI cable for the video signal. I sourced them all from random areas (pawn shops, craigslist, company liquidations, etc) and built the bezels around the monitors I wound up with.

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                      • FlyingTomahawk
                        FlyingTomahawk @phrazelle last edited by

                        Very nice job on those cabinets! Just Beautiful.
                        I personally like the Tron one. ;-)

                        I kinda miss the fighting game cabinet designs. Most guys when they build bar top cabinets they use Nintendo characters or classic arcade game designed decals/bezels. I would love to see a nice Street Fighter or any NeoGeo fighting game designed cabinet.
                        Another thing I wonder is the button layout out. Is that chosen on purpose or just matching the decal design?
                        I cannot imagine to play all too long on such a cabinet without getting wrist pain. When I used to build my own arcade sticks I always went with the Japanese stick and button layouts or the same one like Hori does for their sticks. Check here.

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