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Jeff AMN:
I'm working on a article about how to make your game room more enjoyable aside from cramming it with more games and toys. List some things that you do, and specifically how it makes the game room more enjoyable. I'll give credit to contributors in the article. You don't need to worry about grammar/formatting, I'll re-word it since I'm not using direct quotes.

I'll start with a simple one:

We have a giant whiteboard on one wall with a listing of the most popular games. Next to each game title, we leave room to record the name of a player and a high score. Basically it's a giant leaderboard. I know MAME can be recompiled with highscore.dat, but this allows people to walk in and see that I just knocked their Donkey Kong high score from the board and they are immediately in the mood to play. It's made for some fun times and for some tense playing. Just the other day my brother knocked my Missle Command score out while visiting with his wife and kids. I spent the next three days feverishly attacking his score...it still stands.  :hissy:

It looks kinda like this (all numbers are examples):

Game ------- Score ------- Player --- Cab/MAME
Donkey Kong:       76,300      Jeff         (Cab)
Missle Command: 346,200       Mike        (Mame)
BrentRadio:
Ummm....Beer!

 :cheers:
BobA:
I have a popcorn cart and a canned drink vending machine.  Everyone loves watching the popcorn pop and savouring the smell.  Of course you need a drink after the popcorn and one of the can selections that can be locked or unlocked is Beer.

 ;D
rlemmon:
I'm a poor s.o.b. but if i had a gameroom I would add a jukebox hooked into surround sound with hidden speakers. And a brass pole with a stripper would be nice to.   :o :o :o
Apollo:
I large LCD screen with 10-20 most popular games by most often played with high scores would be pretty cool.
A beer fridge is a prerequisite of course
Chill out area with a couch or two and a TV and DVD


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