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Tago Anteater - Dedicated custom arcade game

By PACMAN

6 years ago


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    #1 6 years ago

    So i got an anteater PCB and a marquee. This game didn't really have any other art except a tiny low rez pic of the side art online.

    I went ahead and created an art package for it. Tried to keep the look and feel of the existing artwork, dot patterns, messy lines, etc.

    Stern/Konami licensed the game to Tago, so i built a Stern cabinet like Bagman.

    Here's how it turned out.

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    #2 6 years ago

    The cabinet.

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    #3 6 years ago

    The artwork.

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    #4 6 years ago

    Testing how the art fits.

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    #5 6 years ago

    Side art installed.

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    #6 6 years ago

    Monitor installed, had to cut off the back corner of the monitor frame to make it fit in the cabinet.

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    #7 6 years ago

    Control panel built, mostly.

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    #8 6 years ago

    PCB installed and wired up with Konami to Jamma adapter.

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    #9 6 years ago

    Wiring up the control panel.

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    #10 6 years ago

    DONE!

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    #11 6 years ago

    Killer stuff

    #12 6 years ago

    Thanks man!

    #13 6 years ago

    Sick, I love that game!

    #14 6 years ago

    Some more pix of the completed game.

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    #16 6 years ago

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    2 months later
    #17 6 years ago

    PACMAN This is super awesome. Amazing job! Did you base the cabinet on the dimensions of an original Bagman? Looks similar.

    I had messaged you elsewhere. Were you ever able to get the original side artwork scanned? Would love to have that. I too have been building my own custom Anteater and I'm just about done.

    Some glimpses of my cabinet and the art.

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