Archive for October, 2008
Ms. Pac-man Yellow Finished
I’ll keep this short as I’ll go into more detail about the yellow stencil layer for my Ms. Pac-man when I continue the tutorial.
I spent just about all day (6+ Hours) working on this yellow artwork, and I am at the end of my rope. I had to have at least one side of the artwork to show, something to show for my day, so here is a photo of what the Ms. Pac kickplate looks like with the yellow laid down. (more…)
Interesting Arcade Links – 2008-10-19
- Updated my contact form on Rotheblog.com after I had styled it before & it was overwritten 6 mos. back. Hope it’s more user friendly now. #
- Barring something major, the blue on Ms. Pac-man is done. Let’s hope it dries nice like coat 2, & tomorrow should be warmer for the yellow. #
A little history on Nutting & Associate’s Vector Prototype
There comes a time when true history turns into a story, or a legend. What were originally factual stories are passed on from person to person to the point where details are left out, and only the general ideas remain.
This is one of my passions that drives this blog. These creators that worked for the big arcade manufacturer’s won’t be available forever, and it has been nearly 30 years since some of these original games were developed. None of which were around at the time where the internet was booming.
Today we get a few more facts on Nutting & Associate’s – Earth, Friend Mission Prototype from the mouth of a former employee of Nutting and the truth of how this vector cockpit prototype was connected to Bally’s Tron. (more…)
My Ms. Pac-man Stenciling Progress – 2nd Coat of Glidden Blue
Last night I talked a little bit about my priming experiences with my Ms. Pac-man cabinet. I had mentioned I had put down a pretty ugly first coat of Glidden blue.
I am proud enough of this second coat of blue on my Ms. Pac-man to show it off here today. Just got finished and really happy with a couple of things, mostly how well the second coat covered up my first thick streaky coat of the Glidden Rhapsody. (more…)
My Ms. Pac-man painting is moving along
Last time I had written about my Ms. Pac-man re-stenciling progress I had just finished patching my cabinet. The next major block was to figure out the spray gun factor and I have learned a lot over the last week or so. (more…)
USAmusements Auction Video
Over the weekend at the fall USAmusements auction I took a little video showing a bit of the auction for those of you who aren’t familiar with how and arcade game auction works in Indianapolis. It’s short, and only shows the auctioneer selling some of the miscellaneous parts and coin-op equipment but gives you a little bit of an idea of the setting. (more…)
Mr. Do! Instructions Artwork Finalized
Monday was a long day, studying for a Marketing Strategy midterm, so when I got home I needed to zone, watch some baseball and I also picked this vector artwork project back. After a couple of months, the Mr. Do! instruction artwork is vectorized and ready to roll. Here are a couple of the challenges I encountered with this particular piece.
