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Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« on: October 10, 2003, 02:19:50 am »
Where am I supposed to put all these things??

I don't want it to be cramped but...I'm running out of options, until I build a bigger room!

How far apart to you guys space your games?  and because of the 4 Player CP on the MAME it takes more space for people to stand on the sides...




and I still have a Jr. Pac- Man to add!  

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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2003, 03:09:58 am »
Hee hee. That doesn't even begin to look cramped.

Here is cramped.

My bedroom is 8'x10'.

Inside it has

a bed.
a recliner.
A Battlezone upright.
A dresser
A Midway Maze upright.
A King and Balloon mini upright.
A Time Pilot cocktail table.

I would take some pictures but there isn't any room to get a camera in there.  ;D
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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2003, 04:45:05 am »
Uh, Is that a serious question or are you just showing off your collection? Hmmm...
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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2003, 06:21:54 am »
He has to just be showing off. Heck, I would be too if I had that stuff (not that I don't have some cool stuff to, but not like that). That room could certainly hold a lot more games. They aren't exactly in the best layout at the moment though.

Optimal space saving layout would probably have both standard pins right next to each other. All the uprights in a row with the Baby Pac and the Mame sandwiching the Jr. Pac and the Ms. Pac.

Also, one of the reasons I don't like extra-wide control panels is that those machines are difficult to fit in a row with other machines. Not only are they wider, they also tend to poke out further, which means you have to pull your other uprights out from the wall to compensate, and you end up losing  a good deal of floor space as a result.

Granted, that is not a problem with a small collection, but it you have a row of 7 uprights like I do, just having one "Deluxe" one with a wider/deeper panel can eat an extra 12 square feet of floor space (the one foot you have to pull the other 6 games out to compensate, times the width of them).

Single pins, and all cocktails also tend to be difficult to easily work into smaller game rooms. I will probably just end up putting my cocktail in the kitchen, rather than waste the 25 square feet in my gameroom that it takes to properly set up a cocktail (mine takes a 5'x5' square counting the chairs and the space to walk around it on at least one side.

In general, the more stuff you have that is the same size, the more you can pack into a room. If you are rich like Todd from TNT Amusements then you can specialize in minis (which save A TON of space, provided you have ALL minis), he has like 60+ minis in one room.

Real floor space eaters include the following.

Dance Machines, all types. Although not as much as you would think. A 50" Pump barely eats more floorspace then a 13" cocktail cabinet.

Quadrapong and all other 4 player "island" style cocktails. Nothing eats as much space as these.

Newer cockpits are space monsters, but the old ones aren't. Most of the old ones will slide right into a row of uprights, and just poke out a bit further (still taking less space than a pin).

Air Hockey, foosball, shuffleboard (especially shuffleboard, a single table takes the floorspace of 7 upright cabs), pool tables, all other non-video table type games.

Skiball. At least the full size ones, they also make short ones that take about as much space as a pin.

Good space savers include.

Moppet and other subcaberet cabinets (including Turbo mini, and Space Firebird mini).

Bartop games don't really save as much space as you would think they would. Unless of course you already HAVE a bar to put them on. Just putting one on a small table and adding a barstool takes just as much space as an upright.

Pachinko machines are good when you have wallspace, but have no depth to work with. THey are only about 6" deep, and they hand right on the wall.
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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2003, 07:59:24 am »
If you gave me your Black Night pilball game it would free up a lot of space for you.

Anything to help.....

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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2003, 09:27:57 am »
Okay, I'm kind of showing off i guess  ;) .....but seriously...
I don't know.  
I guess those are bad pictures....I cropped them so you can't see the door right to the left of the baby pac.  
actually...now that I think about it..I cut off everything that shows how cramped it is.  I'm trying to fit it around a couch and that trash can, and a few doors.  I think I'd just lik to have them all in a row.  
maybe I should angle one into the corner?  

anyone go around corners?  I think that's how I remember them being in Arcades..but I dunno...

I am really asking a question though...it's not really all about showing off the stuff I have.

I like having the MAME between the 2 pins, because it allows more room to work on the pins ( when they need it) and obviously room for the 3 and 4 Mame Players.

yeah...poor me..I have too many games ..  I can hear you guys crying for me.   ::)

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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2003, 11:03:21 am »
I would have to agree on Paigeoliver's layout suggestion, with just one change.  Put the 4p Mame machine in the corner angled out.  Then line the rest up in a row.  
Placing the 4p in the corner should compensate somewhat for it sticking out more, and you probably won't have to worry about pulling the other machines away from the wall to compensate <imho>.
The 4p will take a little more space by itself this way, but less than the space lost from pulling everything out to line up properly.

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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2003, 11:56:31 am »
oh, and Hammerbot - it's a Black Knight 2000...if you're looking for a regular BK I can look around for you   ;)

Some day I will take you up on that. BK was THE Pinball game of the time.

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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2003, 02:16:32 pm »
ok... to really test out what is the most efficient layout...

you have to invite like 10+ of us to go to your place.... (only hardcore BYOACers like us knows what's best.... right ??)
then see how the people  / machine layout when a party is going..... we'll even help you move the machines.....

and best of all.... we'll test theory right there !!! have a party and see if the layout is good !!!!  ;) ;D ;D ;D we'll tell you how we feel... if we feel cramped or not.... if we're elbowing each other while playing or not..... if its too far apart or not... (you know... between levels... we do want to peek into the next machine and see how the guy next door is doing.... haa haa...)

and since we're nice guys here... we'll bring some beer / soda / chips.... etc.....

btw.... you might want to fit a small tv in there... (so that we can watch sports... whatever.. when we're waiting for our turns....)

and after a hard day of trying out the layout... if you're not completely satisfy with it.... we can always come back the following wk and try it again !!!!!....   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2003, 02:27:16 pm »
ok... to really test out what is the most efficient layout...

you have to invite like 10+ of us to go to your place.... (only hardcore BYOACers like us knows what's best.... right ??)
then see how the people  / machine layout when a party is going..... we'll even help you move the machines.....

and best of all.... we'll test theory right there !!! have a party and see if the layout is good !!!!  ;) ;D ;D ;D we'll tell you how we feel... if we feel cramped or not.... if we're elbowing each other while playing or not..... if its too far apart or not... (you know... between levels... we do want to peek into the next machine and see how the guy next door is doing.... haa haa...)

and since we're nice guys here... we'll bring some beer / soda / chips.... etc.....

btw.... you might want to fit a small tv in there... (so that we can watch sports... whatever.. when we're waiting for our turns....)

and after a hard day of trying out the layout... if you're not completely satisfy with it.... we can always come back the following wk and try it again !!!!!....   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Sounds good to me  ;D We can do this until your satisfied. I'll bring the Beer/sodas/Girls, Girls andmore Girls on the next party. :o
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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2003, 03:28:41 pm »
The commercial type trash can is a nice touch. My arcade had one just like that when I was 9 years old. Brings back memories of trying to sneak a peak in there looking for bottles to turn in for the redemption in hopes of obtaining another quarter for Punch-Out!! while trying not to get caught looking in there and have people call me a trash picker lol.

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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2003, 03:37:53 pm »
i have the same.....


baby monitor 8)

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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2003, 04:42:05 pm »
ok... to really test out what is the most efficient layout...

you have to invite like 10+ of us to go to your place.... (only hardcore BYOACers like us knows what's best.... right ??)
then see how the people  / machine layout when a party is going..... we'll even help you move the machines.....

Okay, so how many of us live in or NEAR St. Louis MO?

There's a TV and a couch set up in the corner behind me (the camera) in the 2nd picture.  you know..full DirectTV and the Football and NHL Center Ice Package.  
When's a good day for you guys to come over?  I'm happy to have a party as long as you don't steal my Beer or Video Games.  ;D
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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2003, 04:43:31 pm »
i have the same.....

baby monitor 8)

LOL

Yeah, that's the best baby monitor ever.  I've been thinking about turning it into a MAME Cab...no wait..no I haven't.  it goes all the way across the street though, so I can leave my kids home and go across the street to my sister's house!  :)
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« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2003, 07:21:06 pm »
Dude!  I have that same Black Knight pinball in my basement!

Isn't it the awesomest?  Got it when I was 10!
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« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2003, 07:22:10 pm »
oh yeah, you might be able to save some space getting rid of the life size Harrison Ford cutout.....
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« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2003, 07:50:39 pm »
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« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2003, 09:43:40 pm »
oh yeah, you might be able to save some space getting rid of the life size Harrison Ford cutout.....

That's not Harrison Ford...and it's not a cut out.  I think it's a ghost.  That's not there in my basement.  creepy, huh?   lol
I crack me up.

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« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2003, 02:13:02 am »
ok... to really test out what is the most efficient layout...

you have to invite like 10+ of us to go to your place.... (only hardcore BYOACers like us knows what's best.... right ??)
then see how the people  / machine layout when a party is going..... we'll even help you move the machines.....

Okay, so how many of us live in or NEAR St. Louis MO?

There's a TV and a couch set up in the corner behind me (the camera) in the 2nd picture.  you know..full DirectTV and the Football and NHL Center Ice Package.  
When's a good day for you guys to come over?  I'm happy to have a party as long as you don't steal my Beer or Video Games.  ;D

I am in Florissant here. And if you need some space i would be glad to trade you a Space Firebird mini cabinet for that Jr. Pac.  ;D
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« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2003, 08:25:03 am »
Okay, so how many of us live in or NEAR St. Louis MO?

There's a TV and a couch set up in the corner behind me (the camera) in the 2nd picture.  you know..full DirectTV and the Football and NHL Center Ice Package.  
When's a good day for you guys to come over?  I'm happy to have a party as long as you don't steal my Beer or Video Games.  ;D
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« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2003, 09:58:24 am »
I am in Florissant here. And if you need some space i would be glad to trade you a Space Firebird mini cabinet for that Jr. Pac.  ;D

REALLY?!!?

I figured I was the only BYOACer in STL!  I just moved out to Ellisville.
I would have maybe traded the Jr. Pac if we hadn't WAY overpaid for it, and ended up getting a broken machine.  the cab is actually in good condition, but the monitor got destroyed, and the monitor bezel was in HORRIBLE shape.  The Marquee looked okay, but someone had taken like...some white House Paint and put a huge glob of it on the back of the glass..so OFF it looked great, but when you turned it on and it got lit up, it looked aweful.  I scanned the Monitor bezel AND the marquee and spent a few months fixing it up.  
check it out:


As a result of all the work I put into this machine that isn't really worth it...I'll probably keep it forever.  :)
This I'm bragging about.  I'm not real good at that kind of stuff, but I think I did a pretty darn good job.  :)

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« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2003, 03:56:03 pm »
Oh, well. Anytime you get a bit tired of something you have, but don't feel like selling, then you can always temporarily trade with me, since we don't seem to have a single game in common.
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« Reply #22 on: October 11, 2003, 05:30:30 pm »
I am from St. Louis as well, Maryland Heights to be exact :)


I am in Florissant here. And if you need some space i would be glad to trade you a Space Firebird mini cabinet for that Jr. Pac.  ;D

REALLY?!!?

I figured I was the only BYOACer in STL!  I just moved out to Ellisville.
I would have maybe traded the Jr. Pac if we hadn't WAY overpaid for it, and ended up getting a broken machine.  the cab is actually in good condition, but the monitor got destroyed, and the monitor bezel was in HORRIBLE shape.  The Marquee looked okay, but someone had taken like...some white House Paint and put a huge glob of it on the back of the glass..so OFF it looked great, but when you turned it on and it got lit up, it looked aweful.  I scanned the Monitor bezel AND the marquee and spent a few months fixing it up.  
check it out:


As a result of all the work I put into this machine that isn't really worth it...I'll probably keep it forever.  :)
This I'm bragging about.  I'm not real good at that kind of stuff, but I think I did a pretty darn good job.  :)

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« Reply #23 on: October 11, 2003, 08:21:00 pm »
why aren't the 3 of us hanging out?
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« Reply #24 on: October 11, 2003, 10:14:38 pm »
I am always really busy...Going full time to college and juggling that with work and friends has my schedule pretty full, once I graduate in December hopefully I will have more time to do stuff, and also finish my mame cab which I started well over 2 years ago :)

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« Reply #25 on: October 11, 2003, 10:15:23 pm »
BTW, do you know anyone selling any arcade cabs in the St. Louis area!??!

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« Reply #26 on: November 14, 2003, 03:28:01 am »
Here's what I came up with....
To me, this is funny...I made this post, and the next weekend my fiance went out and made us buy this Bride of Pinbot!  lol....just invading more of my space!




That's right, I fired them all up just for this pic.  :)

I'm pretty happy with the layout.

Okay...now I'm showing off a little.  :)

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« Reply #27 on: November 14, 2003, 03:53:57 am »
why aren't the 3 of us hanging out?

I am also the fairly busy type. I work third shift, so that messes me up a little bit. Tuesday night is bible study night, wednsday I am one of the adult leaders for the youth group at church. Sunday is always stuffed full, between 2 church services, the inevitible inbetween food/gathering, and taking a nap before work that night.

But that means I still have mondays and thursdays open, and sometimes friday and saturday too.
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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2003, 06:50:05 am »
Oh, man, I love the Bride of Pinbot...  I almost bought one about a year ago (man I'm glad I didn't - I really don't have the space!).  That's the best pinball machine I've ever played.

Heh - looks like you been holding out, you got more space in there than you've been telling us!
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« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2003, 11:39:00 am »
Matt you have entirely no room in there and damnit, against my better judgment, I will house a few games for you in my gameroom.. er basement at no charge.  Just tell me when to come over and pick them up and I will be there.  I think those pinball

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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #30 on: November 14, 2003, 11:50:07 am »
Matt you have entirely no room in there and damnit, against my better judgment, I will house a few games for you in my gameroom.. er basement at no charge.  Just tell me when to come over and pick them up and I will be there.
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Re:Space Invaders...
« Reply #31 on: November 14, 2003, 12:38:53 pm »
Here's what I came up with....
To me, this is funny...I made this post, and the next weekend my fiance went out and made us buy this Bride of Pinbot!  lol....just invading more of my space!

That's right, I fired them all up just for this pic.  :)

I'm pretty happy with the layout.

Okay...now I'm showing off a little.  :)

Allroy

Where did you get the stools in those pictures?  I need a couple of stools for my cabinet, and those are just about exactly what I'm looking for.  Retro.

Thanks

John
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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #32 on: November 14, 2003, 07:24:28 pm »
Steve,
I appreciate the offer, and maybe the pictures don't do it justice.  They're really not that cramped.  You're welcome to come over and play them and see for yourself.  :)

John,
I got the stools off Ebay.  We're very happy with them.  They're the perfect Height and I think they look great in the room.  Here's a link to the guy we got ours from.  $45 for 2 didn't seem bad to me.  I was searching the forums once for bar stools and it seems to me that people were buying them for like $90 each?  then I felt really good about my purchase.  A guy I work with got them too after seeing mine and he likes his as well.  oh yeah...here's that link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2359548814&category=38201

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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #33 on: November 14, 2003, 07:33:11 pm »
I thought Haps sold similar stools as well.  ???

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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #35 on: November 14, 2003, 09:13:47 pm »
You should pack those machines in there completely side to side just like an arcade. There's no way anyone'll be playing all of them so you'll never have to be bumping dudes.

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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #36 on: November 14, 2003, 09:18:16 pm »
The Happs stools totally rock, by the way.  I got mine when they were on sale for like $45 or something.

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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #37 on: November 16, 2003, 07:06:46 pm »
Bride of Pinbot  :o  how much did you pay for that? IMHO the best pinball machine ever!!

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Re:Space Invaders...I think I got it...
« Reply #38 on: November 16, 2003, 07:15:20 pm »
Pinball Machine for sale. - $1000

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Williams
Bride of Pinbot.
Good condition. Send email for more details or to come and see!

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« Reply #39 on: November 17, 2003, 01:43:43 am »
Pinball Machine for sale. - $1000

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Williams
Bride of Pinbot.
Good condition. Send email for more details or to come and see!

That's exactly what I paid for it.  :)

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