Marquee

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The marquee of Galaga.

In video game terminology, a marquee is the section of an arcade cabinet above the monitor where the game's title is displayed. The word is derived from marquee signs seen above the entrance of businesses, and, like those marquees, arcade cabinet marquees are also often lit up to help advertise the game.

Personal

When I was young and loved to hang out in arcades, I was usually far too interested in watching the demos of games to even bother looking at the marquees. It was only after I got older and became more interested in graphic design that I began to take an interest in arcade cabinet art, especially the marquees. When a local amusement company went out of business and auctioned off their inventory, I even bought a few of them to hang up on my wall like posters.

Examples

Below are the arcade marquees important to me. For all of them, see the category.

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