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Retrofitting a DDR Extreme cabinet with modern art

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Post #1 · Posted at 2016-02-03 11:21:54pm 8.1 years ago

Offline LABcrab
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I'm looking to retrofit a classic DDR Extreme cabinet so that it looks more like a DDR 2013 (and newer) cabinet. This would mean white decals on the front (on the speakers, around the screen and around the memory card readers; card slot can remain as is), a new marquee (with the modern DDR logo, but an "Extreme" annotation, and possibly a green background), white-with-green decals on the side (similar to what DDR SuperNOVA and SuperNOVA 2 uses) and possibly (not 100% sold on this) new decals on the pads (though I may leave them as is since it's quite rate to find Extreme with proper pad decals). I would greatly appreciate your help in starting this.

I'm planning to provide both an anglophone and bilingual (English and French) version of this art. People could use them to retrofit their own DDR Extreme cabs, and since the game will look relatively new, everyone wins. What do you think? Please chime in! Happy

Now available: a vector logo of DDR 2013! The file is on OneDrive. (It's okay if it is very slightly different from the actual logo. It doesn't affect things for me. I just quickly exported from Inkscape.) Render preview is available at the bottom. Please click to enlarge. Coming soon: more artwork for this cabinet.

Here's a draft for the marquee. Please click to enlarge. It uses the X3 art given that it's nice and light. I coloured it green, put the new logo on, made sure both male and female characters were present, added "Extreme" in cursive, added a copyright at the bottom and this is the result. I would love to hear your constructive comments and complaints regarding it!
http://i.imgur.com/7ibo5Ox.png
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Post #2 · Posted at 2016-02-04 12:58:29am 8.1 years ago

Offline NicholasNRG
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The font on the "Extreme" looks rather offplace and really gives off that fanmade vibe. Also you should have EXTREME in all caps, since that is how the game capitalizes it officially. I really like how the X3 background looks in green though.

Post #3 · Posted at 2016-02-05 04:15:57am 8.1 years ago

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Quote: NicholasNRG
The font on the "Extreme" looks rather offplace and really gives off that fanmade vibe. Also you should have EXTREME in all caps, since that is how the game capitalizes it officially.
Although the game officially writes "Extreme" in capitals, I disagree with putting it this way on my custom banner. I would rather have the word be written with only "E" in capital so as to not have the word "Extreme" take emphasis away from "Dance Dance Revolution". It would give the game a more modern feel. I agree that the cursive may need to be changed to a more authoritative font.
Quote: NicholasNRG
I really like how the X3 background looks in green though.
Thank you! I like it as well. I have yet to change the "Extreme" font and position on the marquee, and I hope to post updates on that soon, but I did add a "Konami" and "Produced by Yoshihiko Ota" text on it. I've also thought of painting the left bar blue, but otherwise, the pads would be left intact. Finally, there would be a card reader (sourced from a local arcade) and more white decor installed on the machine. Here is a very rough draft of "before and after" for DDR Extreme:
https://i.imgur.com/fSyMTHS.jpg
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Post #4 · Posted at 2016-06-28 07:12:14pm 7.7 years ago

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Post #5 · Posted at 2016-06-28 07:20:24pm 7.7 years ago

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