Wife didn’t like the flames idea (see below) so working on this:
Previous design (that bit the dust):
A friend and I are building a custom MAME cabinet. I am doing 100% custom graphics on the cabinet sides, control panel overlay and the backlit marquee.
This all started as a desire to own an original TEMPEST arcade machine like this one. This was a game my brother and I spent WAY TOO MUCH time on in the 80’s. It is a long story, but it is about the same money to build a Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator and then you can play Tempest AND about 2000 other games too! Since this all started with the Tempest machine, I wanted to give a nod to the side art of that machine, but incorporate my design logo. I also wanted the main colors to be orange and black and since I am a pyromaniac, I thought flames were a good element to include.
We are ordering a cabinet from MAMEROOM and are having them wire up the control panel to. The cabinet graphics and control panel overlay will be printed on adhesive backed vinyl and laminated with polycarbonate. The control panel will also be covered in plexiglass. The marquee (wich is backlit) will be printed on film design for backlit signs and then sandwiched between two sheets of plexi.