Yes many times.
I'll be presenting my latest restore which is an upright Konami Centuri Track & Field that wsrainc and I own. I used white laminate on the sides of that and sprayed the rest the correct blue in oil base that was required. Laminate is the way to go on a lot of applications. You have to compensate for slightly thicker sides with slightly wider T-molding (a challenge) but you can usually use normal
T-molding if you sand a little more material off.
There are different thickness grades of laminate too: countertop (thicker) and vertical grade which is thinner. Normally the vertical grade is the right choice.
That's already a narrow Nintendo cab I think around 5/8.
I don't live close but can try and help you via texts, etc. if you need me to.