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Fruits of my labor
« on: March 27, 2005, 11:15:17 pm »
Hello all. I have been pretty busy making cabinets for friends and getting my basement ready for all of the games I seem to be hoarding. Just wanted to share my progress so far. I am pretty happy with the results. Is this a project announcement??  :)

This is my basement so far. I am working on another MAME machine for the downstairs. Still have my first one in the "office" next to the DomPAC



The rest of the pics are here:
http://www.bombaci.org/tom/arcade/

-Tom

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2005, 11:24:21 pm »
Jesus dude thats your basement!?  Im sure that picture will make most of us jealous.  Nice work though!  Damn man, some people must be a *little* too obsessed :P

EDIT: I can just imagine your power bill.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2005, 11:36:40 pm by cholin »

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2005, 11:31:55 pm »
Dude. cool. dude.
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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2005, 11:43:55 pm »
Jesus dude thats your basement!?  Im sure that picture will make most of us jealous.  Nice work though!  Damn man, some people must be a *little* too obsessed :P

EDIT: I can just imagine your power bill.

Nah, not obsessed. Just my hobby. As for power, it's not like they are all on all of the time. Just for parties, etc... I just ran two new 20a circuits to the south wall for four more games that are in my workshop.

Okay, I am obsessed.

:)


-Tom

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2005, 12:06:23 am »
Ah, you've been holding out on us Tom!  Nice!  I so need a basement....
Next I'll be on fries, and that's when the big money starts rolling in.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2005, 12:35:43 am »
Sweet arcade man, looks awesome.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2005, 01:11:49 am »
I salute you!

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2005, 01:32:40 am »
That's one heck of a way to 'finish' a basement!!

May you never experience a flood.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2005, 06:49:13 am »
Very nice man,

Please say u have an Asteroids in the workshop to be installed some time in the future.

That would finish it off to a T.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2005, 08:58:55 am »
We really need a drooling smiley for this place. 

*drool*

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2005, 10:06:50 am »
:o :o  I can't really think of anything else to say so...  :o :o

PS: I would like to thank you for being more obsessed of a hobbyist than me. Here's to hoping that your picture will give my wife some comfort about my current level of obsession ;) ;D

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2005, 10:22:50 am »
Hey, where do you get the posters?  I have been looking for months, and eBay hasn't been much help.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2005, 12:13:02 pm »
So when are these "parties"?  ;D

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2005, 12:45:04 pm »
Very nice man,

Please say u have an Asteroids in the workshop to be installed some time in the future.

That would finish it off to a T.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2005, 12:47:36 pm »
That is so very sweet.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2005, 12:50:36 pm »
I am in negotiations for a Defender and a Marvel Super Heroes...

lol.  Spoken like a true enthusiast. ;)

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2005, 01:06:06 pm »
Hey, where do you get the posters?  I have been looking for months, and eBay hasn't been much help.

They are from the Arcade Flyer database. Decent resolution for an 18x24. I printed them at work.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2005, 02:48:21 pm »
very very nice. i sometimes wish i didn't have my custom car so i could convert my garage into a full arcade. but like i told the wife "you and the games will go before my car does!".


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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2005, 03:07:50 pm »
Hey, tbombaci

How long have you had the Rush tagline?  I hope I didn't inadvertantly rip you off.  I put mine in there a few months ago.

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2005, 03:10:32 pm »
That is one awsome game room...........  :o

I need a basement or garage............  :-\

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2005, 03:25:59 pm »
Hey, tbombaci

How long have you had the Rush tagline?

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Re: Fruits of my labor
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2005, 08:44:05 pm »
Tom,

You were much too modest in describing your basement collection when we met.  It's totally tubular as we said in the 80's.

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