GAME ROOM PICS

[Donkey_Kong]

Thanks guys. 

I forgot to pic the mame machine around the corner, and I don't know why, but the pac up against the brick wall just feels right, there must have been a pac machine somewhere I played as a kid that was in a place like that.  It just looked right when I put it there.

I've seen that pic in the past, and have thought the same thing. It fits nice, it's like tucked away in the corner of a pizza place or the local pub.

Since I only finished that wall about 2 months ago, I kind of doubt you've seen that pic before. 

Must have been your old brick wall. What the hell was wrong with your old brick wall anyway? Pacman looks good next to ANY brick wall, apparently.
 


Did you even have an old brick wall? :cheesy

Heh, nope there was no wall, I put that in to separate the bar from the kid's area.  Veneer brick slices of reclaimed brick.  Gives a real homey feeling to the place

Well it looks great, congrats!

...a few of my newest....

Going all Hirschberg on us,   fricken sweet man!

[RonnieC312]

some updated pics...

[Billy_Goatfeet]

Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but there's some great stuff in here.  Anyone else want to add to it?  Ideas are always great.
My gameroom has seen a reduction in uprights and pinball, but currently has a mspac cocktail, a mame, a golden tee, a mame-ish upright shooter cabinet and a dedicated pacman.  Golden tee is almost a necessity, it's played more than anything because it is so damn easy to get up to speed on.  Booze consumption is paramount here, so hi def cable feed, 3X beer taps, commercial ice machine, heated floor, dart board, computer for internet/jukebox, harmon kardon sound system, xbox 360 and hot tub 2 feet out the door makes for a great meeting space.  Everyone likes it except my liver.

 Nice room Zakk!  Love the bar, and especially the beer fridge, Go Leafs!   

[Q*Bert_OP]

Some updated pics of the gameroom...in an upstairs apartment(for now) in Amarillo, TX

The lighting under the counter are some color changing LED strips

The rest of the collection is still in Corpus Christi

[Zakk]

Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but there's some great stuff in here.  Anyone else want to add to it?  Ideas are always great.
My gameroom has seen a reduction in uprights and pinball, but currently has a mspac cocktail, a mame, a golden tee, a mame-ish upright shooter cabinet and a dedicated pacman.  Golden tee is almost a necessity, it's played more than anything because it is so damn easy to get up to speed on.  Booze consumption is paramount here, so hi def cable feed, 3X beer taps, commercial ice machine, heated floor, dart board, computer for internet/jukebox, harmon kardon sound system, xbox 360 and hot tub 2 feet out the door makes for a great meeting space.  Everyone likes it except my liver.

 Nice room Zakk!  Love the bar, and especially the beer fridge, Go Leafs!   

I wish they would go somewhere! 

[Billy_Goatfeet]

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 Nice room Zakk!  Love the bar, and especially the beer fridge, Go Leafs!   



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I wish they would go somewhere! 
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  Me too, looks like we might be in for a long season.  At least you can switch to classic gaming when the game goes bad.  Are you in the Toronto area?  There are a few of us on here.

[Zakk]

 
  Me too, looks like we might be in for a long season.  At least you can switch to classic gaming when the game goes bad.  Are you in the Toronto area?  There are a few of us on here.

Down the road in London.  In fact the only way I ever head into TO is for a Leafs game...if I can refinance my house and afford tickets.  

Heh I love the classic games.  ALWAYS a happy ending on those!

[Trebeck]

Man these are all really nice.  Once I've finished my display case I'll upload some pics of my Game (singular) room.

[TheShanMan]

Finally got my game rooms as a whole modeled in Google Sketchup well enough to post. Here they are (space by the garage door is storage/work area)...

[HaRuMaN]

Needs moar pinball!  And pool table!

[TheShanMan]

I may ultimately get another pin, but I'm not much of a pin head at all. We thought about doing a pool table, but it would have consumed much more of the upstairs, and ultimately I plan to put a couch, tv, my apple 2e, a 2600, and a skee ball up there. I also may move the pin and the ICB up there.

[ids]

Maybe it was the home arcade that killed the arcade?

Serious envy going on here!

[severdhed]

I know this is an old thread, but i always enjoy looking at everyone's gameroom pics.  i finally got around to taking a few pics of my family room/game room.  it isn't nearly as awesome as most of them, but it is in my main living area of my house, so i can't go all out like some of you.  besides, i figured if i posted mine, then maybe someone else might not be so intimidated by all of the amazing rooms in this thread...

here is the back half of the room, with the cabinets


here is my 4player showcase MAME cabinet


this is my vetical classics cabinet


here is my dartboard and candy dispensor (Reese's Pieces - FTW!!)


here is my the other half of the room:

This is my 102" projection setup for console gaming and watching movies


here is my component rack: PC to left of rack Athlon 64 x2, 4gb ram, 1.5tb storage, etc.
Psyclone Component video switchbox, DirecTV HD receiver, Playstation 2, Halo green XBOX..modded with 250gb hd for emulators and XBMC
Onkyo Receiver, Wii + 5 port HDMI switchbox, Playstation 3, Xbox 360


here is my rack for my Guitar Hero / Rock Band guitars:


here are my console games (currently connected systems only) all of my older consoles/games are in boxes in the basement, since i have the emulators on my xbox. Up high so my 2 year old doesn't get them


there is a couch in the middle of the room, i was just standing in front of it when i took all the pics.  right behind the couch is a tiny recliner and a 26" tv for the kids to use.  i dind't take pics because it is lame.

we have been in this house for about 2 years now, my wife is unsure if she wants to stay here, or look for another place in a few years or so.  if we move, a basement gameroom is on the must have list, if we stay here, we have made plans to build a gameroom on to the back of the house...so maybe someday i'll have an awesome game room like some of you, but for now, this will have to do.

[FrizzleFried]

My latest pic...

The "Atari Wing"...

[javeryh]

Jeez.  Awesome guys.

[severdhed]

holy crap FrizzleFried...very nice

[bleargh]

Sheeeeeit...  "my atari wing" he says.

You've got more games in your "wing" than I think I've seen in any arcade up here in Canada for years (and good ones too, unlike the crap they pawn off on us these days up here).

You suck.   

[javeryh]

Zakk- do you have any info on your bar?  Dimensions?  Square footage?  Plans?  More pics?   I need ideas for my basement and I love yours!

[HaRuMaN]

I'll be needing that Pole Position, stat!

[opt2not]

Nice one FrizzleFried!

Though seems like you're lacking in Williams games. 1 Multi-williams cab, pshhhhaw!

Gaming nights must be a blast at your place.  

[FrizzleFried]

Thanks guys... yeah,  I am a little light on Williams game,  though the Williams Multigame is a Pr0k board... which means the games are running on their correct CPU at least...

Just outside of the "Atari Wing" photos are a Punch Out,  Super Punch Out,  my Horizontal MAME (you can barely see it on the right),  my Vertical MAME (you can barely see it on the left),  a Double Donkey Kong+ (Arcadeshop PCB) and a Multi Pac (96-in-1 kit installed)...

[Zakk]

Zakk- do you have any info on your bar?  Dimensions?  Square footage?  Plans?  More pics?   I need ideas for my basement and I love yours!

I built it from scratch, what do you need?

[Zakk]

Thanks guys... yeah,  I am a little light on Williams game,  though the Williams Multigame is a Pr0k board... which means the games are running on their correct CPU at least...

Just outside of the "Atari Wing" photos are a Punch Out,  Super Punch Out,  my Horizontal MAME (you can barely see it on the right),  my Vertical MAME (you can barely see it on the left),  a Double Donkey Kong+ (Arcadeshop PCB) and a Multi Pac (96-in-1 kit installed)...

Which popcorn popper did you get? (links??)

[FrizzleFried]

Which popcorn popper did you get? (links??)

At first I got a 4oz "Pickler Popper"... but I was very dissatisfied.  About 35-40% of the kernals were kicked out unpopped.

After discussing the issue with the distributer,  I ended up sending the Pickler Popper back and picking up a "Foundation 8oz popper"...

I still use the 4oz packs but the Foundation only kicks out maybe 5-10% unpopped at most. 

The Foundation 8oz comes to about $150.00.... though the unit that arrived had some damage to the back corner.  After discussions with the distributer I accepted the popper as-is for $99.95 out the door.  A rubber mallet is all it took to straighten out the back.

I got my poppers from The Great Northern Popcorn Company... though I used their "discounttommy.com" website as it's a little cheaper.

www.discounttommy.com

http://www.discounttommy.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/7845521/vpcsid/0/SFV/32282

[Rando]

Awesome posts, I can't wait to contribute!

here is my rack for my Guitar Hero / Rock Band guitars:

Great idea,
I just added this to my plans as I work on my basement over the winter!

[severdhed]

the guitar rack is pretty handy, since storing those things is difficult...plus it keeps them out of reach from my children. i need to get another hook for in the middle to hang the microphone from, so it is not doubled up with one of the guitars...but i just haven't gotten around to it yet.  as you can see, with the spacing the way it is, i can lay my drum sticks on top of the hooks up there as well, once again to keep them away from my children.  i really only ever use the two guitars on the right, but when i built the rack, it was designed to hold my two playstation 2 guitars, and my 2 xbox 360 guitars...but i eventually quit playing the ps2 versions and got more 360 guitars, so the ps2 guitars got packed up in their boxes.  if i had to do it all over again right now, i'd probably make it smaller, for just 2 guitars, but since it is already there, i figured i should just let all 4 of them hang there.

[Gray_Area]

I'll be needing that Pole Position, stat!

Me too. I'm in line for the world record.

[leapinlew]

Hey Friz (and other large arcade gameroom people) -

Did you beef up the electricity? I know you originally started with wanting only 5 arcade games, but you seem to have managed to pass that up. Did you have to do any electrical work?

[TOK]

Hey Friz (and other large arcade gameroom people) -

Did you beef up the electricity? I know you originally started with wanting only 5 arcade games, but you seem to have managed to pass that up. Did you have to do any electrical work?

I just went from a 70's era 100 amp panel with 16 breakers to a 200 amp service with a 40 breaker panel.
This wasn't just for the gameroom though, I'm also getting ready to install central air.

[javeryh]

Zakk- do you have any info on your bar?  Dimensions?  Square footage?  Plans?  More pics?   I need ideas for my basement and I love yours!

I built it from scratch, what do you need?

I guess I'm most curious about the length and width of the space needed to do something like that.  I'm trying to design an open media room with a bar area and room for a few arcade machines.  I'm not totally convinced I'll have the space.  I've got about 600sqft to work with...

[RonnieC312]

Happy Xmas to me....   Wife got me the NFL Blitz / NBA Showtime 3.0 GOLD upgrade

[Zakk]

Zakk- do you have any info on your bar?  Dimensions?  Square footage?  Plans?  More pics?   I need ideas for my basement and I love yours!

I built it from scratch, what do you need?

I guess I'm most curious about the length and width of the space needed to do something like that.  I'm trying to design an open media room with a bar area and room for a few arcade machines.  I'm not totally convinced I'll have the space.  I've got about 600sqft to work with...

Jesus, 600 square is TONS of space.  My main bar area is 11'X14' and the games area is 11' X 9'  So I've got only a fraction of what you can work with.  I can fit in that bar, plus 3 games, and comfortably fit 20 people.  At 30 people it's pretty tight, but luckily there is that walkout door right there which makes it feel much bigger than it actually is.  The window by the bar helps too, otherwise it would get claustophibic in there real quick.

Do a good layout first with real measurements, and I'm sure you can have a killer bar/gamesroom.  There's also lots of room left over for the media area!  Just have the media area be dual-use. 

[TheShanMan]

Hey Friz (and other large arcade gameroom people) -

Did you beef up the electricity? I know you originally started with wanting only 5 arcade games, but you seem to have managed to pass that up. Did you have to do any electrical work?

Yes, I ran extra 20 amp circuits. I think I still have a decent amount of headroom for more games.

[FrizzleFried]

Hey Friz (and other large arcade gameroom people) -

Did you beef up the electricity? I know you originally started with wanting only 5 arcade games, but you seem to have managed to pass that up. Did you have to do any electrical work?

I added two 20amp circuits.  Well,  I had one already added for my office,  I just tapped off that one as my office and my gameroom aren't both in operation at the same time.

My gameroom has a total of two dedicated 20 amp circuits,  a dedicated 15 amp circuit (the existing garage circuit) and a shared 15 amp circuit (shares some sockets with the family room).  I run my games mostly on the 20 amp circuits,  though 2 + 3 pins are running on the dedicated 15 amp circuit... and the shared circuit I use mostly for the popcorn machine, dart board,  and such...

[extendedplayarcade]

Great idea on that Silver Strike and golden tee machine.  Did you buy the kit from IT?  The kit that allows you to switch PCB boards by holding down the start buttons or what ever configuration it is.

I have a golden Tee but don't have a new enough one that has the Nitehawk system in it.   I got scammed into buying the pcb board for the 2007 silver strike but it won't work with out the nighthawk but i obviously found that out too late

thanks for the photo of your game room.  looks awesome

b

Hey Friz (and other large arcade gameroom people) -

Did you beef up the electricity? I know you originally started with wanting only 5 arcade games, but you seem to have managed to pass that up. Did you have to do any electrical work?

I added two 20amp circuits.  Well,  I had one already added for my office,  I just tapped off that one as my office and my gameroom aren't both in operation at the same time.

My gameroom has a total of two dedicated 20 amp circuits,  a dedicated 15 amp circuit (the existing garage circuit) and a shared 15 amp circuit (shares some sockets with the family room).  I run my games mostly on the 20 amp circuits,  though 2 + 3 pins are running on the dedicated 15 amp circuit... and the shared circuit I use mostly for the popcorn machine, dart board,  and such...

[rescue161]

[Malenko]

just bought a house, just moved the cabs into the unfinished basement.

[extendedplayarcade]

Congrats on the new house

Looks like it has a great basement and looks you started it off right

just bought a house, just moved the cabs into the unfinished basement.

[ccatalyst]

Great posts everyone, glad to see im not the only one who's obsesive on the gamefront,  here are some of my gameroom(s) pics, there are pictures throughout all 3 pages.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/170532-ccatalyst-gameroom-collection/page__fromsearch__1

Let me know what everyone thinks.

Many Thanks
Rick

[HaRuMaN]

Great posts everyone, glad to see im not the only one who's obsesive on the gamefront,  here are some of my gameroom(s) pics, there are pictures throughout all 3 pages.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/170532-ccatalyst-gameroom-collection/page__fromsearch__1

Let me know what everyone thinks.

Many Thanks
Rick

You have my holy grail!  Virtual On!  Gah....

Nice gameroom!  Incredible collection...