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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2010, 11:49:05 AM »
Thanks for the update!

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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2010, 03:52:02 PM »
Any news on this ?

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« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2010, 05:34:06 PM »
Any news on this ?

well, some minor news. as you know, i'm not working on the overlay myself, jörg is (andré, you've talked to him at the daddelparty about centipede). jörg has had some family issues (house clearing etc.) this year, but has managed to finish all the corrections. however, we want to have the colors as exact as possible, so we asked scott from mamemarquees to send over a color palette printed on the material he is using for the overlay to color-match it to the original overlay and bezel. scott has done so and jörg has picked the colors he thinks are closest to the original. however, he called me two weeks ago and told me that he isn't quite sure about his choice of colors. so he asked me if he could get a second opinion on that. of course i said yes and he promised me to send all the stuff over, but after two weeks my mail box is still empty.

so in short: i'm waiting for the color palette, then i'm going to check the colors myself, jörg will adjust them, send the file to scott and then we should be done. believe me, i want to get this over as soon as possible, because my centipede has been waiting in the corner for the overlay to be applied for a looooong time now!

sorry for the delay guys, but it's not in my hands!
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2010, 06:02:37 PM »
As long as the colors match it is OK with me  :D :D

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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2010, 09:25:17 PM »
It's not that I'm in a hurry at all, I just was curious what the status was, thanks for the update !  ;D

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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2010, 04:04:23 PM »
No problem, but it better be right  ;) ;) ;) ;)

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« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2010, 04:22:27 PM »
No problem, but it better be right  ;) ;) ;) ;)

that's what i'm hoping, too  ;)

i wrote jörg another email yesterday asking him when he's going to send the stuff over. his answer was, "two weeks already? has it been that long?"  ;). he promised to put everything in the mail today, so i should have the items for color matching soon and then it (hopefully) won't be long. can't wait myself!!!
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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2010, 09:08:21 AM »
Is this done as a screen print? Do you know which colors they are using? Pantone?

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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2010, 09:14:30 AM »
Mamemarquees=inkjet.

The Euro colors (Irish) differ from the silk-screened CP that is readily available in the US. That's the whole reason why we want this version to be perfect :D


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« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2010, 09:19:45 AM »
Inkjet... :shock:
So most likely the original solid colors are printed in a 4c substitue (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black)?
Good luck, if you want it to be perfect look for someone who does screenprinting  ;)

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« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2010, 09:28:35 AM »
Good luck, if you want it to be perfect look for someone who does screenprinting  ;)

this won't happen, because it would only be a small run. however, the quality of that overlay is nice as it is, so i'd rather take an inkjet print than an old rusted silkscreened version (with the wrong shade of blue)!
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« Reply #26 on: March 06, 2010, 09:38:29 AM »
Hm, I wonder how much it would cost to have a local screenprinting shop do something like that, why always wait until someone in the US does it? Anyone ever asked?

Anyway, I rather stick to a not so good original than have a repro that is done in a competely different way. Matching solid colors in 4c is not easy, and in some cases even impossible. 
But I may be a bit picky on that subject... ;)

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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #27 on: March 06, 2010, 09:39:56 AM »
Inkjet... :shock:
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Good luck, if you want it to be perfect look for someone who does screenprinting  ;)
Good luck on that search.

Inkjet isn't as bad as lots of people claim. I've got Mamemarquees first edition of the Irish Centi CPO, and the colors are DEAD on !



Yes, there were mistakes in the size of things (I actually didn't even notice this until Ully mentioned it here) but the colors and quality are brilliant.

I did a lot of "research" about the Centi CPO, see the differences between US and Irish here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63654.msg757723#msg757723

And further in the thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63654.msg771488#msg771488) there are more comparison pics between the original Irish CPO and the first version of Mamemarquees.

I'm with Ully, better a great matching colored inkjet then a silkscreened version with the wrong colors....




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Re: Centipede Control Panel - what do you think?
« Reply #28 on: March 06, 2010, 10:11:53 AM »
Hm, I wonder how much it would cost to have a local screenprinting shop do something like that, why always wait until someone in the US does it? Anyone ever asked?
If the US guys can't get it done cost-effective, than it will be much worse here. Ask Rich from ThisOldGame.com


Anyway, I rather stick to a not so good original than have a repro that is done in a competely different way.

Really ? Maybe if there are minor issues with the original, but not when it's like this:


IMHO this looks a lot nicer, inkjet or not:
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« Reply #29 on: March 06, 2010, 10:22:29 AM »
Good luck on that search.

That's why I asked if anyone ever tried to have it done locally...

Inkjet isn't as bad as lots of people claim. I've got Mamemarquees first edition of the Irish Centi CPO, and the colors are DEAD on !

Looks good, indeed. At least on the pic  ;D :D ;)

I'm with Ully, better a great matching colored inkjet then a silkscreened version with the wrong colors....

Anything with wrong colors is bad, regardless if it is screen printed or inkjet...