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NEW VIDEO SECTION ADDED UNDER YOUTUBE VIDEOS.
Welcome to Classic Arcade Cabinets
The purpose of this website is to preserve the "arcade cabinets". Video arcade games have been around since the early 1970s. The cabinets were produced with the cheapest materials possible and never intended to last. Add into the equation 40+ years of warehousing costs, water damage, humidity, transportation, and it is not surprising that many of the earlier cabinets have been scrapped when they start to fall apart. When these cabinets get scrapped, many time they are scavenged for parts and the parts are put on a shelf. The end result is that often you can find parts for a game, but not actually the game cabinet.
The purpose of this site is to preserve the game cabinets. Cabinets are painstakingly traced and detailed parts plans are created. This process usually takes over 6 hours per set of plans (for small cabinets). While the plans are listed in CNC friendly formats, most users of this site are reproducing arcade cabinets by hand since all of the dimensions are in the DXF files.
This is a community effort. Thank you to all of you who have contributed to the site. Additionally, if you have an arcade build plans are willing to donate to the cause, your help is greatly appreciated. This is my contribution to the "hobby".
The purpose of this site is to preserve the game cabinets. Cabinets are painstakingly traced and detailed parts plans are created. This process usually takes over 6 hours per set of plans (for small cabinets). While the plans are listed in CNC friendly formats, most users of this site are reproducing arcade cabinets by hand since all of the dimensions are in the DXF files.
This is a community effort. Thank you to all of you who have contributed to the site. Additionally, if you have an arcade build plans are willing to donate to the cause, your help is greatly appreciated. This is my contribution to the "hobby".
Special ThanKS
4-25-2023 - David J. for sharing his Q*Bert build
10-25-2022 - Patrick (KLOVER p0rgy8190) for the 720 Plans
10-11-2022 - Patrick (KLOVER p0rgy8190) for the TRON corrections
3-23-2022 - William for verifying the Tron build plans and sharing a photo of his completed build.
3-7-2020 - Dave (UK) for verifying the Asteroids / Lnar Lander plans with his build.
2-7-2020 - Facebook User D. Luellen for spot verifying the Armor Attack plans.
12-1-2019 - KLOVER cjoli for his Dragon's Lair build.
10-25-2022 - Patrick (KLOVER p0rgy8190) for the 720 Plans
10-11-2022 - Patrick (KLOVER p0rgy8190) for the TRON corrections
3-23-2022 - William for verifying the Tron build plans and sharing a photo of his completed build.
3-7-2020 - Dave (UK) for verifying the Asteroids / Lnar Lander plans with his build.
2-7-2020 - Facebook User D. Luellen for spot verifying the Armor Attack plans.
12-1-2019 - KLOVER cjoli for his Dragon's Lair build.
RECENT UPDATES
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3/28/2023
Final video of the Zoo Keeper build series |
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11/27/2022
First of three videos on how I trace an arcade cabinet. |
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10/25/2022
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10/11/2022
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10/10/2022
Reference video to assist with assembly of a Double Dragon / Superman / GTC-100 cabinet. |
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10/10/2022
A how to video for making printable PDFs from the DXF flies. |
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9/18/2022
A video showing how to pull measurements out of the DXF files. |
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8/24/2022
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3/3/2022
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2/10/2022
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1/31/2022
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1-26-2022
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1-21-2022 |
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9-3-2021
Asteroids Deluxe |
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3-7-2020
FAN Built - Time Gal with side-art and marquee |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
A new section has been added for "Fan Made" cabinet plans. The purpose of this section is to provide build plans for fan created cabinets that were never truly released to the arcade world. Additionally, any extremely rare cabinet plans that were inspired by actual arcade games would be put into this section. MAME cabinet build will not be considered for this section. While the purpose of this site is for the preservation of arcade games and cabinets, I feel there is a need for a section to address and preserve fan builds such as "The Last StarFighter" by Rogue Synapse, Fix it Felix, and others. I am also working on few plans myself for some of the more "rare" titles that may be partially based off of pieces from arcade cabinets, but have too many of the gaps created to be considered true re-production cabinets. These titles include Indy 800, a Japanese style Darius cabinet, and a Time Gal. I would be interested in receiving a feedback or thoughts on the subject.
Thanks
Brian
Thanks
Brian
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Special thanks to the contribution by: Patrick (KLOVer P0rgy8190) for the 720 plans
All graphics/images/cabinet designs on this site are copyrighted by the their original owners. ClassicArcadeCabinets.com makes no claim to said such rights and provides the cabinet designs for collectors and hobbyist of the original arcade coin-op machines. Images and graphics are for reference only. Any copyright holder wanting their images or reproductions removed from this site should contact us and we will immediately remove these images.
SITE LAST UPDATED April 25, 2023
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