whoa! I mentioned building a gameroom to my wife & she almost sounded interested. So...down to business. I've drawn up some preliminary room designs below. Is this really going to happen? We'll see. Lot's of planning first to see what I'm getting into. Completion would probably be @1yr or more away as I would do most of the work myself, except building the new garage.
Check these gameroom arrangements out & provide feedback - good, bad & ugly. My whizbang math tells me I should be able do this (including the new 20 x 20 garage) for a little over 20k. Like I said, I'll do most of the work myself (insulate, sheet rock, paint, build the snack bar, booths, and mame cabs of course!).
I didn't want a pure arcade. Don't get me wrong - I love what Peter Hirschburg did (absolutely amazing) but I'm looking for more variety. I've got 3 boys & while they enjoy mame, they also like b-ball, pinball, pool, foosball, air hockey...so instead of filling the room with all vid games, I'll put a mix of stuff in.
And taking a cue from Peter, I'd definately want it to look like an 80's arcade. This includes black light carpeting, dark colored walls w/black light designs, TV's playing 80's videos/movies, 80's music playing...
Even if we don't do it, it's been fun putting these plans together!