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New house and dedicated Arcade/Bar/Theater on the way
zanna5910:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on August 30, 2013, 12:25:05 pm ---Maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure Griff is envisioning this as an either/or room. Either we're watching Beaches or we're playing Ikari Warriors, but not both at the same time. Or if the TV and vids are on, so is a soccer match so sound really doesn't matter.
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I'm with you, hence the slideable/removable idea. Sometimes you might need it separated. I like the casual all-in-one as well, but we know how kids are and a little bit of separation sometimes might be needed. Good luck with the project.
Maximus:
Went at it again today and came up with this layout.
More seating in a good social configuration, more storage in the overheads, more cabinets now 13 uprights, 1 pin, 1 cockpit, 1 driver. Feels a lot more like a traditional bar now with stool seating for up to 7 people, couch seating for about 4 and then throw a kid in teh beanbag, although I may ditch that for a small coffee table to place drinks and snacks. Managed to retain my viewing distance to screen size ratio at the couch. Also I like the continuous walkway through the left hand side of the setup. Pulled sneaky move and hid the door to the side laundry room behind a sliding curtain.
shponglefan:
That layout seems very cramped to me. Do you really need all those cabinets? I'd probably ditch at least the first four cabs along the top and a couple along the bottom.
And if you plan to have surround sound you'll need places to put speakers. Right now it seems the sole focus is on cramming a room with as many arcade machines as possible versus creating a room that can cater to a theater and bar as well.
IMHO if it was me, I'd probably find a way to slice the room in half possibly using a bar, then arcade cabs on one side and theater on the other. That way you have more opportunity to properly utilize the space of each so you don't end up with this oddly compromised space.
Alternatively, I would still recommend going with a bigscreen instead of a projector if the goal is primarily bar/games room. Then you don't need as much space for the theater component and the room will have some more space.
macattack:
Agreed, this version and I guess some of the recent ones seems to have switched from a theater main focus to a bar focus. Personally preferred the earlier versions with separate rooms. Just my 2 cents.
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HanoiBoi:
I agree with separating the areas as in the earlier renders, and moving area from the island bar. I liked the arcade on one side with the theater and bar on the other. I know the earlier layouts were assuming a larger space, any monkey could see that :P, but if this space is big enough, that layout might still work well.