Arcade setup at home

[noir11]

Hey Guy's,
I am new to this forum but, wanted to post some pic's of the machines i made for an Arcade Room i created in my basement. They were great fun to build.


-noir11

[MaxVolume]

Looks great! 

[DarthMarino]

Looks good.  Is the paintball machine for standard light gun games?  Do you have an aimtrak or something housed in there?

[mgb]

Using pvc tubing for the sitdown machine is very clever, great idea.

I like that paintball cab, very cool

[noir11]

This is the Mission Paintball plug-n-play game. It must be played on the old tube televisions versus the flat screen led's, etc. I just built the surrounding  cab out of 3/4" MDF and leftover PVC pipe from my previous yellow/NASCAR project.

[yotsuya]

The milkcrate holding the seat up is a nice touch.

[Unstupid]

The TV is way too small to be that far away from your racing wheel.  I wouldnt put a 24" tc more than 6 inches away from the wheel... Now if it was a 60" TV then I'd move it back a couple of feet!

[noir11]

The TV is way too small to be that far away from your racing wheel.  I wouldnt put a 24" tc more than 6 inches away from the wheel... Now if it was a 60" TV then I'd move it back a couple of feet!

I think the picture is a little misleading. The monitor is not as far away as it seems. I am just under 6' tall. With my legs outstretched, the monitor is only about 12" away. I placed the monitor were i did to reduce the possibility of kicking or knocking it over. I think monitor size and distance from the wheel is a personal preference.

[Necro]

Just curious, but why didn't you make it so the monitor setup can slide over the wheel/pedal configuration - so you can get it closer/further based on the person playing?  Also, I like this idea (the PVC).  Seems like it would be possible to easily put something together that would work on a big screen TV and be readily folded up/broke down with some intelligent uses of wingnuts.

[noir11]

Just curious, but why didn't you make it so the monitor setup can slide over the wheel/pedal configuration - so you can get it closer/further based on the person playing?  Also, I like this idea (the PVC).  Seems like it would be possible to easily put something together that would work on a big screen TV and be readily folded up/broke down with some intelligent uses of wingnuts.

See my last post above.

[noir11]

Here are a few more pic's...

[Gray_Area]

I'm surprised at the positive reception of the...undressed....PVC, let alone the free-standing monitor.

The green cab looks good.

[noir11]

I'm surprised at the positive reception of the...undressed....PVC, let alone the free-standing monitor.

The green cab looks good.

That is an old pic. I took it as soon as i painted the PVC. Now, all of the yellow pieces have black racing decals on them (ie:Seibon Carbon, Sparco, etc.). As for the monitor, it is bolted down to the podium. The podium is bolted to a long/thin board laying under the carpet. The wall also has many more racing themed photos on it now. Also, you can't see it but, on the ceiling i have the racing area lined with checkerboard racing penants. I will try and take a new pic this weekend.

[noir11]

...a few more pic's of the Nascar PVC setup. (I am still waiting on a couple more decals). Also, a pic of my overall Arcade setup.

[muchuckwagon]

I'm not saying this to be rude but rather as some constructive feedback for those who might consider modeling their cabinet after your "Pacman" build.

First, you have a Pacman marquee and Dig Dug side art.  That seems a little odd for a custom build but fine.  However, you have a giant cabinet and a super tiny piece of side art.  It seems out of place.

Along those same lines, you have a tiny monitor in that large cabinet....it also looks out of place.  The same is true for the control panel configuration.  You have a control panel large enough to be a diving board and a few buttons and a joystick bunched in the center of the control panel.   Is that one of those $10 plug and play deals with a handful of games?

Making your own game cabinets can be a blast but they need to  be "playable" and easy on the eyes if they are going to be displayed in your home. 

[noir11]

As i've stated before, dimensions, designs, materials, etc. are all personal preference. Considering i have never worked with wood or PVC before, i am extremely happy with the way these pieces turned out. And most important, the people i made these units for (my kids, 8 & 9) love them. I am only posting these pics to "share ideas" in this forum and to provide a glimpse of what we did. Not to influence or direct others to follow. These pieces were not built to sell. We followed no plan's or spec sheet's other than the ones we created ourselves. They were (fairly inexpensive) weekend projects i built with my kids help. They were built for "fun".