Cool custom Mame side art Pengo, Pac-man, Donkey Kong and Dig Dug

Posted December 12, 2007

I was surfing a collector’s website the other night (Brian Brzezicki) and I came across photos of his Mame machine. It is an old Dig Dug cabinet painted solid black, like most Mame cabs, but this particular machine caught my attention. Check out that custom side art! Isn’t that cool? It’s an illustration using some of the most popular arcade characters like Donkey Kong, Pengo, Pac-man and Dig Dug.

Custom Side Art on a Mame Machine Photo 1

Custom Side Art on a Mame Machine Photo 2

Tim Wann did the custom art, but you won’t find the piece on his website for obvious reasons. Makes me briefly think about doing my own custom art since I have such great illustration skills (which I may have some news about in the coming months), but at first blush, it would seem custom side art and other artwork would only work for Mame machines. Even then, it seems a lot of Mame guys like solid black, don’t have a lot of appreciation for the original art, and seem to like mid 90’s games. I find this Dig Dug Mame really refreshing.