MAMEWorld Forums - MAME Artwork: Official

> > The yellow wall between the banisters... clearly a design error, likely preserve
> it?
> >
> > The blue mouse... way off printing error, not a design error, likely fix it?
>
>
> Except that the "printing error" was likely done on the entire run. I already checked
> to other examples, and they both match up to the scan.
>
> So I would say, yes, keep the wall yellow between the bannisters, because that was
> how the production line came out.
>
> And keep the printing offsets, um, offset, because that's also how the production
> line came out.
>
> If the offset was a one-off, I would say fix it. (e.g. I've seen Centipedes offset,
> and also perfect).
>
> But simply that I was able to find to random photos, of two different cabinets, where
> the offset is the same, I would say leave it.

You make a compelling case. I personally prefer that all printing errors always be corrected back to the original intentions of the artist, but I know that isn't true to preservation.

Jeff Rothe over at rotheblog.com had a post about mis-registration of artwork and the correction controversy back in 2008.

http://www.rotheblog.com/2008/09/arcade-...work/#more-2188

Edited by jcroach (03/28/11 05:59 PM)