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ChadTower:

It has been raining in the entire northeast pretty much since April. 

shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 16, 2009, 07:41:11 pm ---Oh yeah, I forget you guys have humidity in the rest of the country.  Ah well, seemed like a cheap material to play with.



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That and it weighs a ton compared to a piece of cloth and some PVC!

shardian:

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--- Quote from: shardian on July 13, 2009, 11:33:18 am ---It also made it painfully obvious that fixing the marquee and coin door lights in some of my games has become a priority.

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Marquee lights - check!


The Narc and JK are MAME, so I need to make wiring harnesses to plug into the power supply of the PC's. That or hack a wall wart. The CP glass on the Xevious has had the light wiring cut. I have the wiring, I just need to pull the game out to run the new power cord. Coincidentally, I figured out why the speakers and colors were all messed up - the pcb had fallen off the old mounting feet in the cab and the jamma harness was loose. I reached through the coin door and got the harness back on right - so now the game is 100% again. Sweet! It's amazing what you can accomplish when you get a free 30 minutes in the gameroom. :)

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Sweet!  It's looking like a real gameroom.  Gamerooms HAVE to be dim to be proper. :)  A couple mood lights are okay, or one over the pool table or what not, but the flourescent?  No way.

I've found that even if I turn off all the overhead lights and only use the neon lights and billiards light, my room ends up being too bright!  Sometimes, less is more. :)

That said, I still often think about getting some game related neons for the classics room!

Wade

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Thanks Wade. You need to come to the next 80's movie night!
I picked up the stuff to fix the control panel glass light on Xevious. I decided to try out a blacklight bulb there. It is worth a shot to see what it looks like.

ChadTower:

Nothing complex but very nicely done.

Vanguard:
Have you guys seen this:

http://backyardtheater.com/

It's the arcadecontrols.com of outdoor movies.  I think I actually learned about this site on this forum.

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