Electronic hardware in an arcade game is enclosed in a coin-op cabinet or coin-op machine. Since the mid-1980s, most cabinets use the Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers Association (JAMMA) wiring standard, and some cabinets have additional connectors for features not included in the standard.
North America’s most common cabinet is an upright, heavily influenced by Computer Space and Pong. The outer fiberglass cabinet of Computer Space didn’t last long, but the arcade machine was separated into parts for the cathode-ray tube (CRT) display, the controllers, and the logic.
The controls were also at a height that was just right for most adults, but close enough to the console’s base to let kids play too. Additionally, the cabinets were smaller than electromechanical ones, and there weren’t flashing lights or other ways to draw people in. With a wood veneer finish on the side panels of Pong, Atari made it easy to market it to places like hotels, country clubs, and cocktail bars besides arcades. Around 1973-1974, Atari started including cabinet art and attraction panels to compete with growing competition.