Donkey Kong Cabinet Colors

[slowcade]

I always found that the blue DK cabinet looked strange and bleak. Although I prefer the red original, your orange looks nice!
I keep looking at your test picture with the three cabs side by side, and I'm beginning to feel like this is how they should have been in the first place. So.. in a way I agree to what you are saying. But you are brave for saying it out loud!

[Superully]

I'm with you ully, I like them 

I always found that the blue DK cabinet looked strange and bleak. Although I prefer the red original, your orange looks nice!
I keep looking at your test picture with the three cabs side by side, and I'm beginning to feel like this is how they should have been in the first place. So.. in a way I agree to what you are saying. But you are brave for saying it out loud!

thx guys, nice to know that someone understands me . one more thing regarding the choice of colors: a JUNIOR has to "wear" LIGHT BLUE, doesn't he? if donkey kong had had a daughter, the cabinet would have been pink of course

btw, why should i not be brave enough to say something like that out loud? after all, i live in a free country where everyone's entitled to his or her opinion. fortunately, i'm self-confident enough that i can live with every kind of bashing - i can take the heat!

[level42]

[Edit] I realized that the Dutch saying "You can't discuss taste" is applying here....

[gyruss]

Lol, the orange dk looks very award, love the blue jr though..

[polaris]

As an aside ully, up until the 1940's the colour for a boy was pink and blue for a girl, in the uk anyway, it is only a recent thing but seems so definite to us.

Regarding the cabs, I think when you look at the matched colour pictures it makes the originals look like a mistake, ultimately it's your game room and now you've seen the renderings I bet your mind is set, mine would be. 

[ckong]

I'm always for keeping the classic cabs as original as possible, as they were back in the old days. And DK only comes in two flavours, blue and red, as far as I know at least. Yes, it may not be the best choice of colours, but that is how it is (although I like the blue color very much, I guess I am a minority). I mean, there are many, many more not that good looking cabs, take for instance most cabs with woodgrain panels like Frogger, Phoenix etc., but that is no reason to give them another color.

On the other hand, if you are talking of repro cabs, then I can understand that one chooces other colors, and this orange DK will look like a repro, so I guess it then is OK, IMHO.

One final note, Ully, think of the resale value!! Must be important.     Which arcade collector would ever want an orange DK? Oh, he could convert it of course to a DK Jr.

[level42]

As an aside ully, up until the 1940's the colour for a boy was pink and blue for a girl, in the uk anyway, it is only a recent thing but seems so definite to us.

Yes.....the Brits are known for mixing up things.....like on which side of the road to drive....

[jibmums]

I'd just like to point out, for those of you who use MAME, that those Nintendo models are part of a frontend called 3dArcade which is available here http://www.mameworld.info/3darcade/

[ckong]

I'd just like to point out, for those of you who use MAME, that those Nintendo models are part of a frontend called 3dArcade which is available here http://www.mameworld.info/3darcade/

Which IMHO is the best frontend around. 100% customizable and the end result can be very, very astonishing. But you have to put time in it though. I use it for about 10 years now. And it was developed by a Dutchman.  

[level42]

I know which color it's going to be........dark blue

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=253797

[DarthNuno]

hehe, well spotted André! 

Good choice! I've seen a D2K at Fun Spot, and it rocks! 

[Superully]

I know which color it's going to be........dark blue

wrong!!! this is for my d2k-to-be

[Ronald Reagan]

i happen to stumble upon this one.
just sharing

[Andreas_AUT]

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Yes, im sure  . Ok, I was looking through the web searching for the baby blue nintendo color code and found this thread. To be honest, I already read it about 3x, spent a lot of time watching Ullys examples. As you may know, im in the middle of my DK Jr restauration.
 Since I started with body filling today, my next step will be painting the cab. And im totally on Ullys side, I think I will repaint it from orange to that baby blue ( sorry dutch guys  ). So im going the japanese, dedicated way.  Ok, now looking for the RAL color code...  Thx for these pictures, Ully!!