Operation Nerd Dungeon is go!

[Titchgamer]

Ive wanted a nerd dungeon for years, And living in a 2 bed semi it was never really that easy to make the room for one but the Ms finally came around to my way of thinking!

Well she thinks its her idea but ive been working her over for years *giggidy*

The plan is to have my 2 retro pie consoles (NES/SNES & Genesis/32x) and a free sat box hooked up to the 32" on the wall.

My Neo Geo MVS bartop and my soon to arrive (i hope) area 51 up in there.

Also a old CRT with N64 and PS2 hooked up to it.

Plus the leather sofa bed as is customary for when you need to get away from the Ms for the night lol

I also intend on doing some creative decor which she is helping with, the start of which is in the pics!

Will take a few weeks to get it fully functional but so far....

o

[HaRuMaN]

-1 for calling it a man cave.

[yotsuya]

Titch: “Hey guys, I’m designing my man cave on my lappy...”

Me:

[yotsuya]

And if your old lady is designing it, congratulations, you have a she shed.

[acvieluf]

-1 for calling it a man cave.

Agreed.  I always thought that Man Cave sounded like a gay strip club.

[yotsuya]

-1 for calling it a man cave.

Agreed.  I always thought that Man Cave sounded like a gay strip club.

[yotsuya]

[yotsuya]

-1 for calling it a man cave.

Agreed.  I always thought that Man Cave sounded like a gay strip club.

[Locke141]

Good for you.

So your getting the extra bed room and your Ms is getting the rest of the house.   

[Titchgamer]

She can keep the rest of the house :p

And nah ime designing ive just recruited her as a slave to help :p

[Titchgamer]

Titch: “Hey guys, I’m designing my man cave on my lappy...”

Me:

Pretty sure I never said that :p

I design everything in my warped mind

[05SRT4]

"Man Cave"

Sounds like a fun place to chill though, be sure to post some pics.

[Mike A]

...if you are allowed to.

[morton]

I feel like the term "man cave" is cheesy as heck. It sounds like a condescending term coined by someone trying to be cute when describing a place where "big dumb guy stuff" goes on. Neanderthal stuff. Never been in a cave with TV's and couches.

[Titchgamer]

"Man Cave"

Sounds like a fun place to chill though, be sure to post some pics.

I will as things progress

Unless of course nobody else cares in which case I will just have to chill and enjoy my efforts,
Rather dissapointed nobody has mentioned the storage draws or the wall being laid out and focused on the term man cave instead 

[barrymossel]

I like the simpleness of that name. It's a room where men do manly stuff.

And I noticed Tetris right away...

[yotsuya]

I like the simpleness of that name. It's a room where men do manly stuff.

Might I suggest “The Blue Oyster Club” as an alternative name?

[Mike A]

 

[yotsuya]

All good-natured ribbing aside, I hope you enjoy your space. It’s very important to have a space to call your own.

[Mike A]

So what is going on the wall?

[HaRuMaN]

So what is going on the wall?

Brokeback Mountain movie poster

[thomas_surles]

I will be setting up a "Game room" here shortly as well. Goid luck. Look forward to lots of pics

[Titchgamer]

Well Broke back mountain and the Blue Oyster club defo sound like a gay bar LOL

Glad you noticed the Tetris cabinet, I would of liked something taller to get another row in but they jumped from 3 high to 5 :s

The blue tape on the wall is actually reflective (like used on police cars etc) and I am basically building a pac man maze on the wall for a Vinyl pac-man to sit in along with some ghosts etc.

Ide like to find a neon sign saying Arcade or something to go on the wall to but so far strugling with that!

Loads of ideas but as usual time and lack of funds hinder progress!

[barrymossel]

I like the simpleness of that name. It's a room where men do manly stuff.

Might I suggest “The Blue Oyster Club” as an alternative name?

[smass]

My dad had a man cave when I was growing up.  It was called "his house"....   

[Titchgamer]

I like the simpleness of that name. It's a room where men do manly stuff.

Might I suggest “The Blue Oyster Club” as an alternative name?

LOL

[HaRuMaN]

Ide like to find a neon sign saying Arcade or something to go on the wall to but so far strugling with that!

I can help there:

Arcade Neon

I've bought this from them before and I love it:

Atari Neon

[Titchgamer]

Ide like to find a neon sign saying Arcade or something to go on the wall to but so far strugling with that!

I can help there:

Arcade Neon

I've bought this from them before and I love it:

Atari Neon

Wont open on my phones browser but ile look later thanks

Do they ship to UK?

[HaRuMaN]

Yes, free shipping to the UK.

[jdbailey1206]

Did someone say one room man cave?

[Titchgamer]

Yes, free shipping to the UK.

Awesome man cheers

[yotsuya]

I like the simpleness of that name. It's a room where men do manly stuff.

Might I suggest “The Blue Oyster Club” as an alternative name?

Dude, relax, no one called anyone gay. I just offered another name on par with Man Cave. I’m sure the people who frequent the Blue Oyster Club also think they’re doing manly stuff. No judgement. Personally, I’d prefer Blue Oyster to Man Cave. At least it’s a theme.

[thomas_surles]

I like the simpleness of that name. It's a room where men do manly stuff.

Might I suggest “The Blue Oyster Club” as an alternative name?

Dude, relax, no one called anyone gay. I just offered another name on par with Man Cave. I’m sure the people who frequent the Blue Oyster Club also think they’re doing manly stuff. No judgement. Personally, I’d prefer Blue Oyster to Man Cave. At least it’s a theme.

Dont forget the white swallow.

[nitrogen_widget]

And if your old lady is designing it, congratulations, you have a she shed.

women have menstrual huts.

[Liljeqvist]

I made my mancave a couple of years ago. Now its too smal.. have to expand...



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[Titchgamer]

I made my mancave a couple of years ago. Now its too smal.. have to expand...



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Very cool!

Wish I had that much room!
Would love a pin and looks like you have some good ones!

[Liljeqvist]

I made my mancave a couple of years ago. Now its too smal.. have to expand...



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Very cool!

Wish I had that much room!
Would love a pin and looks like you have some good ones!

Thx. I really like it and I have hade some good times there...


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[keilmillerjr]

I made my mancave a couple of years ago. Now its too smal.. have to expand...



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It’s the TERMINATOR!

[Titchgamer]

I managed to dig out my old 64 today ready to get it going!

Ive had to order a s-video lead though as mine only had the olde skool aerial connection.

The reset button has also jammed so ive had to order a driver to strip and fix that but otherwise the console looks pretty good!

The game carts contacts were filthy though!
Doubt they would of played but I have cleaned them up with some contact cleaner and now looking like new again

Next job is to clean the actual cartridge cases as they are also filthy!!

[05SRT4]

Coolest blanket ever!!

[yotsuya]

Coolest blanket ever!!

I’ve seen cooler.

[Titchgamer]

Coolest blanket ever!!

The Ms chose that actually, Everyone assumes it would be me but I think she has a thing for tradesman!
Or plumbers....

Hoping tradesman lol

[Titchgamer]

Well we completed the nerd rooms feature wall tonight:

[Titchgamer]

Also new draw units built up and located, plus snake viv and neo geo bartop (at perfect playing height )

[Titchgamer]

And I think my “console block” is pretty much finished.



I did contemplate hiding the consoles inside the blocks but decided to keep them on display and just keep the games etc in them.

[vwalbridge]

Exposed power strip

[Titchgamer]

Exposed power strip

Its a switched one, wanted easy access to turn stuff on and off

[vwalbridge]

Its a switched one, wanted easy access to turn stuff on and off

Doesn't the power button/switch on the consoles themselves handle that for you?

[Titchgamer]

Puts them into standby yes, but not a total power down.

[pbj]

The problem with that power strip is that you're already out of outlets.  Then you're going to end up daisy chaining them like I do and then Jennifer's gonna throw another fit.

[Titchgamer]

Well the only other thing ime planing on putting on that wall is “the crown jewel” but I can plug that into the unused wall socket.

But yeah dont go daisy chaining lol

[leapinlew]

That wall is a good symbol. Trapped with nowhere to go. Soon will be dead.

[Titchgamer]

That wall is a good symbol. Trapped with nowhere to go. Soon will be dead.

LOL he can get a power pellet and munch the world!!

[barrymossel]

Well we completed the nerd rooms feature wall tonight:

Love the lighted eyes!

[Titchgamer]

Well we completed the nerd rooms feature wall tonight:

Love the lighted eyes!

Thanks!

I wasnt sure how it was going to look with the reflective eyes/lines but the pictures dont do it justice.
They actually look real cool lit up by the TV etc!

[Titchgamer]

Bit more progress tonight.

Took some serious work but I now have my N64 running on my TV!

Need to play with some settings as its a bit washed out/bright but its defo a good start!

[pbj]

Screen seems a little small.....

[vwalbridge]

Screen seems a little small.....

4-sided letterboxing

[Ian]

I made my mancave a couple of years ago. Now its too smal.. have to expand...



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LOVE THAT CREATURE PIN!

Sorry... I have wanted one for 10 years... 

[Ian]

Great job Titch... Keep it coming!

[Titchgamer]

Screen seems a little small.....

32”

Not ideal for old skool stuff but its smaller and lighter than a CRT!

[n3wt0n]

looking good man. call it whatever you want... but you have an arcade in your house - that's probably something every one of us on here wanted as a kid.   

[Titchgamer]

looking good man. call it whatever you want... but you have an arcade in your house - that's probably something every one of us on here wanted as a kid.   

Cheers dude!
And yeah we all want one lets be honest lol

[Titchgamer]

Bit more progress but nothing to show at the moment....

I have done a deal for a Old SNES bundle that comes with a boxed scope, arcade stick, 4 way multi tap, international adapter and a few games.
The down side is the SNES is currently DOA, Apparently it wont turn on so I am hoping its just a knackered PSU or a blown Pico Fuse but will have to see when it shows up.
I would be cool to get the SNES running as its had a region hack board installed that changed region when you hold the reset button but if I cant get it going I didnt pay a bad price for all the accessories and I can just buy another console by itself.

I also managed to get a official Nintendo AV lead which has sorted the colour wash out on the N64 And I have brought myself a Everdrive V3 for it.

The next job is to get rid of the crappy wardrobe in the corner and replace it with a cabinet of some sort that I can mount the old CRT TV in and hook the N64 and the SNES up to.
May even try and get the PS2 hooked up to it we shall see.

But the real challenge is finding a unit suitable!

I know what I want in my head but finding it really hard to actually find something like!

[Titchgamer]

So some more updates:

As per the help thread I managed to get the SNES working and been having some fun with it:





Ive destroyed the crappy wardrobe and found a suitable unit to house the CRT and old consoles but I need to wait to pay day in order to buy it.

And finally for now I have picked up the newest member of the household whos fitting in well in his very own games room!
His name is Onix.



Thats it for now

[Titchgamer]

I picked up the new “console cabinet” from ikea last night and built it up.
But it needed some modification to fit the old CRT in so I re drilled the side panels to allow me to move the shelf up with the original cam and dowel system so no ugly construction blocks on display.
Plus filled the original holes.

But I also need to put a hole in the back to allow the plugs etc to pass through so I have ordered some desk grommets to do a tidy job of it.

My sign has also arrived and been fitted.

Ile get some pics up once ive finished mod’in the cabinet.

[Titchgamer]

Some new tetris-esq mood lighting installed today

[tikiandskull]

and you need a good chair to play in front of the tv

http://www.harow.fr/arcadesofa.html

[Titchgamer]

and you need a good chair to play in front of the tv

http://www.harow.fr/arcadesofa.html

I must admit thats pretty damn cool lol

Dont think I could get away with that though lol

[tikiandskull]

I discovered it by chance and I tell myself that it must not be very complicated to do. see even be improved by adding light and speakers in the chair!

[Titchgamer]

Yeah totally!

Could make for a pretty awesome gaming chair with some addons!!

[yotsuya]

We laughed at those stupid chairs months ago. Get with the program.

[HaRuMaN]

We laughed at those stupid chairs months ago. Get with the program.

Weeweecade chairz!

If PBJ comes to zapcon maybe I'll make one.  Haha

[pbj]

I bet those things are just as uncomfortable as the bartop cabinets, except one fails at being a chair and the other at playing games.

I'll look forward to drinking beer and drilling farts into it if you build one.

[Titchgamer]

Nah if you built it with some nice cushions, built in speakers and a beer fridge you would be on to a winner!

But ile be sticking to my leather sofa bed lol

[Drnick]

Some new tetris-esq mood lighting installed today

I want someone to spray paint one of these light fixtures so it looks like the death star,  much fun can ensue when you pull the cable to open it up I'm sure I'll leave Ikea with one eventually

[Titchgamer]

Some new tetris-esq mood lighting installed today

I want someone to spray paint one of these light fixtures so it looks like the death star,  much fun can ensue when you pull the cable to open it up I'm sure I'll leave Ikea with one eventually

LOL yeah I considered multi colour spray painting them as tetris blocks but decided not to bother.

I warn you in advance they are a total bastard to fit!

Give me a old fashioned screw on pendant any day!!

We got that one cheap as the box was damaged but the actual fitting is fine LOL

[yotsuya]

I can’t wait to see the completion of Uncle Titchy’s Naked Puzzle Basement...

[Titchgamer]

I can’t wait to see the completion of Uncle Titchy’s Naked Puzzle Basement...

Naked puzzle basement??

[yotsuya]

[Titchgamer]

Had to google him, never heard of him!

Weird ass quote though!!

However fear not yot!

Completion is near as once my desk grommets arrive the olde crt & console unit shall be completed.

After that I am just waiting on the nod to go and pick up the “crown jewel” to go in the corner.

Though I must admit I am dreading carrying it up the stairs.....

[pbj]

I'm pretty sure Patton is referencing the same public service announcement from the 80s that I dimly recall involving a similar scenario with anthropomorphized mice.

[Titchgamer]

Just managed to score a NES action set on ebay at a decent price

Re-living my childhood right there

[jdbailey1206]

Just managed to score a NES action set on ebay at a decent price

Gut it and throw a pi in it...   

[Titchgamer]

Just managed to score a NES action set on ebay at a decent price

Gut it and throw a pi in it...   

Cant use the blaster with a Pi!
And I already got a Pitendo

[Malenko]

Cant use the blaster with a Pi!
And I already got a Pitendo

Just put a pi in the blaster! duh!

[Titchgamer]

Cant use the blaster with a Pi!
And I already got a Pitendo

Just put a pi in the blaster! duh!

Let me know how that goes lol

[jdbailey1206]

Cant use the blaster with a Pi!
And I already got a Pitendo

Just put a pi in the blaster! duh!

I'm sure a Pi Zero would fit...That might actually work...

[Titchgamer]

Well bar the crown jewel I am calling this project complete.

The bits finally come to finish my console station and so I finished it up today.
The only problem is the TV I had set aside for the purpose is DOA 

Luckily I have a little grey one which is working fine until I can find a slightly bigger black replacement.

So heres my modified console cabinet with NES, SNES, N64 and PS2.



So me n the Ms been having some fun with Duck Hunt tonight.
Its funny really the console is older than my Ms but I have been waiting all these years to play Duck Hunt with a Blaster and I wont lie I rather enjoyed it LOL
I could never afford one as a kid and Mum would never buy me one!
Here we are 25+ years later and I finally get to play!! 

[Titchgamer]

Managed to get a replacement TV, 20” and black.
Pretty good picture quality to once it warms up



Also fixed the Scope, Not exactly sure why it was not working but the battery contacts were pretty corroded so I stripped it down, cleaned it all up inside and polished all the contacts up and now working again

Still no news on when I can pick up my new cab though

[yotsuya]

Might I suggest a fish tank for the meantime?

[Titchgamer]

Might I suggest a fish tank for the meantime?

Snake might eat it LOL

[yotsuya]

Might I suggest a fish tank for the meantime?

Snake might eat it LOL

Not if you put it INSIDE the arcade cabinet....

[Titchgamer]

Now that would be a unique build

[leapinlew]

The race to get a fishtank in an arcade has officially kicked off. Good luck team Titchgamer!

[yotsuya]

The race to get a fishtank in an arcade has officially kicked off. Good luck team Titchgamer!

Well played, Tapatalk. Well played.

[Titchgamer]

The race to get a fishtank in an arcade has officially kicked off. Good luck team Titchgamer!

Well played, Tapatalk. Well played.

LOL well there you go :p

And ive got a Snake viv in my Arcade Lew does that not count!?

[leapinlew]

And ive got a Snake viv in my Arcade Lew does that not count!?

Totally, for sure. Fish and snakes are practically the same animal. Ask anyone who has studied snakeology of fishenomics and they'll tell you.

[Titchgamer]

Realised I forgot to add the pic of the neon-esq sign.
I rather like it

[Titchgamer]

I need to stay away from the bay of E....

Just scored a boxed megadrive for £25 lol

[jdbailey1206]

Might I suggest a fish tank for the meantime?

Snake might eat it LOL

Not if you put it INSIDE the arcade cabinet....

You can name him Reggie...

[Titchgamer]

His names Onix lol

[leapinlew]

Make your arcade sign look more like the Mario flag. Just figure out which Mario you want to use. I'm partial to the first one:


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fn13y0s7hao/maxresdefault.jpg

[Titchgamer]

Make your arcade sign look more like the Mario flag. Just figure out which Mario you want to use. I'm partial to the first one:


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fn13y0s7hao/maxresdefault.jpg

You mean having a mario jumping for it?

[leapinlew]

Make your arcade sign look more like the Mario flag. Just figure out which Mario you want to use. I'm partial to the first one:


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fn13y0s7hao/maxresdefault.jpg

You mean having a mario jumping for it?

Yeah!

[Titchgamer]

A Holy grail (of mine atleast) showed up on my door step today



Took me a bit of time to get it working, had some screen rolling going on to start with but seems ok now

Its also had some kind of mod done on it but not sure what exactly.

Still I got it at a good price and its working so ime happy

[barrymossel]

A Holy grail (of mine atleast) showed up on my door step today

Never was a big fan of Sega. Sonic was fun (though it's way to fast for me now), the rest I actually don't even know. SNES all the way back in the days!

[Titchgamer]

Ive always been a Sega fan boy.
Sonic was great, But I also love Streets of Rage, Golden Axe and Road Rash!

I just need to aquire a Mega CD next but that should be easier to get than the 32x was!

Though I have much love for the SNES to.

[Titchgamer]

Got another 2 additions for my collection today!

My Sega fanboyism may be showing now lol



Ime well chuffed with the menacer, I paid less for it than they are typically going for on the bay and the box etc is in great condition.

The only problem was the previous guy forgot to take the battery’s out....



And yeah they were bad!

I had to take it apart to get them out, they had almost glued themselves in along with the clam shell!!

Anyways cleaned all the contacts up and after a bit of TLC and a hour finding 6 AAA bats shes working again

Not had a chance to try out the CD yet but tomorrow ile get it going if I can sort out someway to plug the 3 adapters in!!

Ive ordered a all in one adapter but its coming from France so not sure how long that will take but should be a million times better!!

[thomas_surles]

Nice. I got lucky a couple months ago and found a 32x at some thrift shop deep in the hood. $20 bucks l finally completed my sega Frankenstein.

[Titchgamer]

Nice. I got lucky a couple months ago and found a 32x at some thrift shop deep in the hood. $20 bucks l finally completed my sega Frankenstein.

Wish I could get that lucky!
They are quite hard to come by over here as are the CD’s and the menacers.

Theres usually a few for sale but they are mostly crazy expensive or damaged.

I guess none of them were really popular, especially the menacers so they are not rare as such just not common either!

[thomas_surles]

Yeah the only sega stuff i see in the wild are model 2 genesis for a dime a dozen. Speacking of which that same shop has about 20 genesis.

[Titchgamer]

Yeah the Mega drive 2’s are plentiful over here, 1’s slightly harder to get but by no means difficult.

 

[BigHootchieMK]

VERY awesome setup.

[Titchgamer]

VERY awesome setup.

Thank you

[Titchgamer]

My all in 1 adapter arrived for the Sega trinity today.

So shelf installed and all set up



Think ime going to look for a Dreamcast next....

[thomas_surles]

I need one of those adapters.

[Titchgamer]

I need one of those adapters.

They are bloody brilliant mate!
Ordered it from France.

[pbj]

Now go burn a copy of Snatcher....

[Titchgamer]

Now go burn a copy of Snatcher....

Allready have

[Titchgamer]

Right thats it... Ime at capacity!!

[Malenko]

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..............................



if I paid you for it and shipping n stuff, could you get me a super famicom, and if so, how much? WIll paypal as gift. Bonus points if you can get me a super fire pro wrestling XP cart.

[Titchgamer]

I actually have a mint super famicom in one of the boxes lol

No wrestleing cart though lol

[Titchgamer]

On a serious note, I can get Jap Super Famicom’s for about £20 (console only) about £50 for a full set up but god knows how much shipping would be!

[Titchgamer]

Had another stroke of luck this morning.

Picked up a “spares or repair” justifier for the MD £8 posted with a box (bit damaged but not going to moan for £8!)

And it works! Quids in

[Titchgamer]

I finally took the plunge and got everything up stairs (mame cab inc) and stuff out of the loft.







And I picked up a Saturn to round off my collection the other day.

Just not sure where the hell I am going to put it at the moment....

[rave0035]

Wall turned out nice.

You need a better way to display your consoles and make them playable at a moment's notice.  Ditch the IKEA cube. 

What about building a retail style false slat-wall with 1x2 backing so you could put the consoles on shelves, run wires behind the wall, and build some kind of a classy switch setup to toggle between the systems?  If you wanted to get fancy, you could do soft LED lighting for all the consoles but that had a 'spotlight' effect on the currently selected console...

Not the right color, but...


Mike

[Titchgamer]

Wall turned out nice.

You need a better way to display your consoles and make them playable at a moment's notice.  Ditch the IKEA cube. 

What about building a retail style false slat-wall with 1x2 backing so you could put the consoles on shelves, run wires behind the wall, and build some kind of a classy switch setup to toggle between the systems?  If you wanted to get fancy, you could do soft LED lighting for all the consoles but that had a 'spotlight' effect on the currently selected console...

Not the right color, but...


Mike

Yeah that shelving would be good. Most of the consoles are in the cupboard under the CRT  but they are all connected via 2 switches a 8 & 4 way so I can play any of them at the press of a button.

[jdbailey1206]

Titch grab me a picture of your light fixture.  It looks nice from the reflection in your cabinet.

[Titchgamer]

Titch grab me a picture of your light fixture.  It looks nice from the reflection in your cabinet.

Random but thanks :p

[jdbailey1206]

Bro you were just talking about shelving two responses ago.  Talking about lights is not random.  Thank you for pics.

[Titchgamer]

Bro you were just talking about shelving two responses ago.  Talking about lights is not random.  Thank you for pics.

Fair point haha.

Its actually a pretty cool lamp shade.
---smurfette--- to fit properly though!

[Titchgamer]

Shiny new Saturn to add to the collection.
I liked the box not seen one like it before.