This is my Pole Position II Bezel Glass with a mirror from a local glass store.  As you can see, the black paint on the back of the glass has flaked off in places at the top and bottom.  Should I spray paint the areas on the back with some glossy black paint, or leave it like it is?  Also, I want to mount it on the wall with a metal frame.  What do you think would look best, black, silver or grey?  Thank you for taking the time to look, and I appreciate your input!

John, with the recent improvements to the quality of the videos on your YouTube channel in the past few months, have you upgraded your camera or is the upgrade on the YouTube side?

I'll change the marquee for sure since it is of no historical significance, but why don't you guys like the X-Arcade controller?  The inside of the cabinet were trashed when I got it, that is why it was in his storage building for sale and not in his arcade. 

I might add some artwork on the upper part of the sides similar to how the Frogger artwork was on other cabinets.  I don't see any evidence that there ever was any artwork on the side, unless somebody did a great job with Goo Gone.

Thank you for your input!

You nailed it, thanks!  What do you make of the marquee?  Is it just a generic one that an arcade could use to put whatever game they had into the cabinet?

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Can anybody identify my "Video Playmate" cabinet?  Any thoughts to what game it once held?  Please let me know if you recognize it.  I bought the cabinet for $50 off of Craigslist from an arcade in Maynardville, Tennessee.  I had been looking for an empty cabinet to use for a MAME system.  As you can see, this cabinet is very generic with a feaux wood grain-look laminate.  It was in much better shape than the other cabinets that were for sale.  There were two other cabinets, one a Galaxia and the other Ms Pacman.  While they had nicer artwork, the cabinets had significant flood damage on the bottom of the two sides.  I've tried googling "Video Playmate" but all I find are Playboy related links.  I watched John's video of his trip to Illinois (the one hour version) and I heard him identifying every cabinet regardless of the game it currently had in it, so I thought my best chance was to post the cabinet here.

Here is the marquee (I've since added the light and put PC speakers behind the marquee.  It previously was blocked by a piece of the laminated wood):



Here is the entire cabinet (I've added the X-Arcade dual joystick, Dell LCD monitor and cupholders, and I found a replacement lock at Home Depot):



FYI:  

The computer is an old Dell Dimension with a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 gb of RAM, a 40 gb OS drive and a 300 gb drive for emulators, ROMs, artwork, etc.

I am using Mameui32, and I want to integrate with Hyperspin.  Now that the cabinet is almost done I want to concentrate on this next.

The X-Arcade dual joystick is not permanently mounted yet.  It is just held in place by L brackets on all four sides.  Any ideas for mounting it?

I bought the 19" Dell monitor for $20 from Craigslist.  I removed its stand and mounted to a piece of plywood.  I can manually physically rotate the monitor based on landscape/portrait game orientation using this inexpensive lazy susan turntable I found my Home Depot store:



http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-6-in-Lazy-Susan-Turntable-49548/203661089

FYI:  For anyone who is interested, here is the cupholder from Wholesale Marine that I mounted to each side of the cabinet:



http://www.wholesalemarine.com/sea-dog-marine-abs-adjustable-folding-drink-holder.html

Next task:  Add a trackball.  I saw this video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC7jhdAMwiw

I found a Golden Tee TV video game at my local thrift store for less than $5, and I have a couple of USB and PS2 trackball mice laying around.

Any thoughts or better ideas?

My goal is to make the best cabinet possible with the least $$ investment.  That has made it more fun, doing more with less.

Also, a $1 can of generic matte black project spray paint goes a long way and makes the cabinet look much better in places!

Thanks, and I appreciate your input!


Scott