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Gameroom musthaves
Blanka:
A conversation-pit or 2 tiny Pierre Paulin chairs with a tiny orange TV for the 8-bit consoles.
Ummon:
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on January 20, 2009, 12:56:11 am ---Whaaat?
Are you really hating on the TV?
Playing xbox360 games online with your pals, talking smack or collaborating in real time while seeing this unfold on a massive 1080p HDTV with the speakers/sub up so loud it nearly hurts the testes is an AMAZINGLY good time.
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Depends on the generation - or, TVs are not arcade machines. Oh, wait. The thread title is 'gameroom'. Hmmm. TV still isn't even on my list.
--- Quote ---Perhaps there are some old timers with a list like this:
1. Poker table (casinos killed these)
2. Pool table (I cant think of a smart ass comment here :-)
3. Bingo machine (those darn pinballs with flippers ruined bingo)
4. Record player juke (OMG, those MP3's ruined everything)
5. Chinese abacus (I cant believe people use calculators)
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xbox360_games_62.asp
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Half of those don't count. And plenty of people have weekend poker games.
Also, did no one mention foosball?? I don't think one's required in an arcade - but if possible and collecting table top sports, then it's a must.
Loafmeister:
--- Quote from: Ummon on January 19, 2009, 10:08:01 pm ---It makes one sad to see TV at the top of the list for an arcade.
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Why? The topic is "Gameroom musthaves", not "Arcade musthaves". There's a big difference for me, I see "gameroom" as an area where you play games, not just based on arcades, and thus why the home theatre area with relevant consoles is a must.
ducks! ;)
CheffoJeffo:
It is safe to say that the definition of gameroom is broadening again.
Looking back at some of my back issues of GameRoom Magazine, you see a variety of items in gamerooms -- from diner decor to billiards to foosball to old EM games to jukeboxes to pinballs of all flavours to video arcade games and, now, home consoles. And it's all good.
In my house, I like the gameroom to be reminiscent of the video arcades of the early 80s -- crowded with vids and a few pins. It's too loud and crowded to share the space with a home theatre, although I do have TVs in there. Eventually, I would like to set up a wall of consoles, from classic to modern, but that will have to wait as that wall is currently occupied by my office, pending my finding the time to pour the floor and frame in my real office.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Ummon on January 19, 2009, 10:08:01 pm ---It makes one sad to see TV at the top of the list for an arcade.
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I thought you were the one who didn't like arcades and their big boxy games ...