Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: mozzer on February 08, 2004, 11:28:00 am
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Hello,
I've been browsing this site for a while now, but finally registered on the boards.
I know there is a ton of pictures of everyone's projects in the example section, but i'm reallly interested to see some pictures of entire gameroom setups.
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HEEELLLPPPP!!!!!
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AARRGGGGG
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gurgle
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Not quite a games room.... oh and my cab's coming along nicely, pic is old ya see ;D
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Let's see...
game room, game room, I know it's here somewhere ;)
Well, this is more like my play room!
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OOO, almost forgot the other one...
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These pics are a bit outdated (got new stuff since then, and they aren't in the same places anymore), but they should give you some ideas.
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/battlemazezone.jpg)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/davevictory.jpg)
That is not me in that picture, that is Dave.
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/freshgames.jpg)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/Galaga.jpg)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/timepilots.jpg)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/spacefirerookm.jpg)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/thedoctor.jpg)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/Orunners.jpg)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/0016.jpg)
Not pictures, Dedicated Robocop (Dave's), Do! Run Run (imported from Japan, might be dedicated), Magical Spot cocktail, Turbo, Popeye, Gorf, two Defenders, and a Partridge in a pear tree.
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Let's see...
game room, game room, I know it's here somewhere ;)
Well, this is more like my play room!
Zeitgeist that Blue cabinet that has DataEast on the side. It looks so much like the old Donkey Kong cabinets I used to play back in the day. Is that what it was and someone converted to DE or is that just a typical cabinet of the day?
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Having a look at zeitgeist's room--2 things--I have definite tool envy, and I know now how sear's made profits last year ;D
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James,
You're right, the blue cab is a standard Nintendo cab that was used in Donkey Kong & Popeye etc.
It had been converted to a Data East Kid Nikki when I found it.
It had no board, back panel or wiring, a bad monitor, & moderate edge damage/plywood curl due to being left out in the rain.
I Haven't decided what I'll do with it once I get the cab back into shape.
I'll either MAME it or put a vs Super Mario Kit in it.
Menace,
Yup, The guy at the Sear's hardware store knows me by name.
I just built this workshop & I included the new tools in my budget.
With the money I saved doing all of the work myself I was able to afford just about every tool that I've been eyeing for the last several years.
Afterall what good is a workshop without lots of cool toys er tools ;D
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Ok that's what I thought. I saw one when I bought my cabinet and I told the guy it was a Donkey Kong with Nintendo blue on the side.
Heck it is one of the few games I would recognize.
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My Game Room (http://erikruud.freeservers.com/basement/remodel3.htm) is currently under construction!
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My gameroom/garage (I own a townhome not a real house). Its a tandum garage where its only wide enough for one car, but two can fit end to end. The first half is where I setup my arcade. ;D
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Guess you can't attache multiple pics...
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more...
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and no gameroom would be complete without a color LED sign (got for $35 because it was cracked in one corner).
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The half of my gameroom that doesn't have games in it...
I was reintroduced to MAME when someone on the www.avsforum.com (do-it-yourself home theater builders) website mentioned building a cab. I haven't worked on the room since! Now I have a upright, a cocktail, a generic conversion...
In fact, I rarely visit avsforum any more!
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Old pic-
(http://mame.hower.us/IMG_8737a.JPG)
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My wife's cousin has one of those one car wide, two car deep garages. When they bought their house they were told that it is called a "Franklin Garage". I'm not sure why.
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Chexx
(http://www.link400.com/img_1397.jpg)
Torch Pinballl
(http://www.link400.com/img_1398.jpg)
Mame
(http://www.link400.com/img_1399.jpg)
STTng
(http://www.link400.com/img_1400.jpg)
Dart and Juke
(http://www.link400.com/img_1401.jpg)
Shuffle Alley
(http://www.link400.com/img_1402.jpg)
BAR
(http://www.link400.com/img_1403.jpg)
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omg that bar rules, i love the jay and silent bob strike back poster in the background 8) can i come over? =)
and dave K, your garage is pimp as hell. ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- everyone has pimp game rooms, mine is just a garage with 2 machines in it right now. I still live with my mom so nothing i can do about that hehe (hey im only 19) :P
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jaxx....where did you get that super chexx machine!?!? ive seen those things online, and they are like 2500 bucks or something, did you just get one off the internet, or did you get it cheap at an auction?
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jaxx....where did you get that super chexx machine!?!? ive seen those things online, and they are like 2500 bucks or something, did you just get one off the internet, or did you get it cheap at an auction?
haven't you been to BYOBH : Build Your Own Bubble Hockey?
I second the accolades on the bubble hockey and gameroom in general. In the south we are in serious need of basements...I got no room to do anything like what you guys are doing.
my gameroom lasted about a year and I didn't take any pictures. now it's a nursery. which is cool, but it's no bubble hockey :)
ny
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jaxx....where did you get that super chexx machine!?!? ive seen those things online, and they are like 2500 bucks or something, did you just get one off the internet, or did you get it cheap at an auction?
haven't you been to BYOBH : Build Your Own Bubble Hockey?
I second the accolades on the bubble hockey and gameroom in general. In the south we are in serious need of basements...I got no room to do anything like what you guys are doing.
my gameroom lasted about a year and I didn't take any pictures. now it's a nursery. which is cool, but it's no bubble hockey :)
ny
are you being serious? i didnt know there was such a thing. where is it?
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haven't you been to BYOBH : Build Your Own Bubble Hockey?
are you being serious? i didnt know there was such a thing. where is it?
no, no. dems just jokes. sorry, I shoulda put a winking smiley on there or something.
although I may have to hit google this afternoon...I didn't think you could build your own air hockey but some guy did it. I would love a bubble hockey
ny
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yeah id love to have one, but they are like $2500....thats just madness. and im sure they arent too easy to maintain.
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It's not Super Chex, but it on sale for $875.00
http://extremetoysforboys.com/index.php3/item/item/Ultimate%20Super%20Stick%20Hockey%20by%20Carrom.html
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ummm JackT, could you scan in some of that artwork, take some measurements and mold and cast some of your players. ;) those bubble hockeys are so expensive I'm gonna have to make my own! :o
Hmmm I can see it now. bmx grips on broom handles with hummel figurines holding plywood hockey sticks under a clear plastic tub from target. i'm diggin it ;D
sorry enough hijack.....I NEED MORE PICS OF GAMEROOMS!!!
I wonder if the board could have a gallery. the car forums I visit have a members gallery section. avs has the same for home theaters too. just a thought
ny
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It's pretty sweet seeing other peoples set-ups. Gives me ideas for the future.
Check this guy's basement out. It might be the ultimate. I stumbled on it while visiting another site.
http://www.scshost.net/PhotoAlbum/Arcade/NewGameRoom/NewArcade001.htm
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Bryan at The Broken Joystick has a healthy game collection, and he's done a good job of converting his garage into an arcade.
http://www.thebrokenjoystick.com/ (http://www.thebrokenjoystick.com/)
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Peter Hirschberg (http://www.peterhirschberg.com/arcade/index.htm) has a pretty impressive basement arcade.
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Peter Hirschberg (http://www.peterhirschberg.com/arcade/index.htm) has a pretty impressive basement arcade.
haha that dude has a change machine! that is cool!
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Dave K,
Love your gameroom.
So, are those Playstation and Dreamcast cabinets?
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I bought that chexx brand new in the box. Paid around $2300 w/shipping. At the time, they were selling over $1000 on ebay, and I just figured, what the heck. Plus, I sold some of my dot.com stock to buy it. It was around Y2K ;D
My basement needs a nickname, I'm thinking of like e-basement or something, because nearly everything was purchased online. Ebay, happs, ultimarc, allposters.com. Even the oak bar rail was purchased online (not the plywood and 2x4's)
Thanks for the compliments.
I have a video poker and a pachislo I have to take pictures of too.
Art
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I bought that chexx brand new in the box. Paid around $2300 w/shipping. At the time, they were selling over $1000 on ebay, and I just figured, what the heck. Plus, I sold some of my dot.com stock to buy it. It was around Y2K ;D
My basement needs a nickname, I'm thinking of like e-basement or something, because nearly everything was purchased online. Ebay, happs, ultimarc, allposters.com. Even the oak bar rail was purchased online (not the plywood and 2x4's)
Thanks for the compliments.
I have a video poker and a pachislo I have to take pictures of too.
Art
How about "@Jack's"
Like: "Where are we gonna hang out?"
"@Jack's! he's got bubble hockey!!"
get some of that dot com money and make a sweet neon sign ;)
I got a Gamera Pachislo and My MAME Cab, I have a big barnlike structure behind my house, in a about 2 years hopefully I can take some cues from you guys and my "doghouse" in shape.
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HEY! Little less talking and a little more gameroom picture posting!!!!
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The half of my gameroom that doesn't have games in it...
I was reintroduced to MAME when someone on the www.avsforum.com (do-it-yourself home theater builders) website mentioned building a cab. I haven't worked on the room since! Now I have a upright, a cocktail, a generic conversion...
In fact, I rarely visit avsforum any more!
Too funny I too found out about mame on that thread on avs forum.
I found out about mame around the second week in dec. I now have 4 video games. Two of them are going to be mame machines. This was only a kick in the pants to get motivated for the spring time project of building my gameroom in the basement.
I however have the games temporarily in my Lobby to my home theater. I have been collecting coin-op things since 97 (mostly gum,candy machines). I currently have approximately 50 gum/candy machines and some other cool items . You can see my rtro ?lobby/gameroom on my webpage:
http://home.comcast.net/~coin-opcollector/index.html
Signed
ED
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Dave K,
Love your gameroom.
So, are those Playstation and Dreamcast cabinets?
Thanks. And yup those are PS2 and DC cabs. I built the Dreamcast one back in 1999. But I'm still working on the Playstation2 cab control panel, I want real analog controls using the digital 49-ways that originally came with the cab...seems to be a never ending quest though.
I just found someone local who is selling a 29" japanese sit at cab I could make into another DC machine (using the $14.99 dreamcast I just picked up from electronics boutique). These machines have rotateable monitors! Way cool to play Ikaruga and Gunbird2 on. ;D
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I'm sure you guys have seen this guy's gameroom.
He is the alltime Tempest champ.
Eric Clayberg of Middleton, Mass., refuses to leave his past behind. He has transformed his 2,000-square-foot basement into a working video arcade featuring classic games. His arcade is stocked with 40 games including such favorites as Asteroids, Starcastle, Galaga, Ms. Pac Man, Q
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Pcdoctor,
I swear this is the truth !
Not only do I live near apollo and vintage vending ...middleton, ma is only 2 towns away.If I were to guess I'd say 15 miles.
So the question now becomes....Who is following who... ??? (I read your other post already)
Signed
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I believe you Ed.
I also believe you live near "Vintage Vending" and "Apollo" you lucky *
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Well if you ever find yourself in my area I am sure we can find room for you in one of our places.
I know plan a vacation to funspot this summer and you can stay at our cottage . That way I can follow you around for real... ;D
You do know that funspot is only 75 miles from my house and 5 minutes from my cottage right? If you don't already know funspot is one of the biggest arcades in the world and they have a dedicated area for classic games . They also host a classic game tournament ever year.
Signed
Ed
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check out this guys game room! the game room itself is okay, but the entrance to the room is sweet! check it out. http://www.gameroommagazine.com/gm204_1.htm
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check out this guys game room! the game room itself is okay, but the entrance to the room is sweet! check it out. http://www.gameroommagazine.com/gm204_1.htm
very nice
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Love the pics - does anyone know any dedicated gameroom sites? a BYOGR or something like that ?
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Hulkster posted it above, but here is the link to the main site....
http://www.gameroommagazine.com/index.html
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Just found the following gameroom and thought I would share:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/leogryffin/107467.html
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JackTucky: Good to see a fellow Jet fan. Or did you get the Lite banner because of the beer?
jimmyjet
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JackTucky: Good to see a fellow Jet fan. Or did you get the Lite banner because of the beer?
jimmyjet
Jets. I'm trying to get my hands on a bud light neon that has the jets logo, but they are expensive.
Thanks.
Art
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All I can say to this one Is that my Flyers and going to knock your team out on Saturday! :)
Chexx
(http://www.link400.com/img_1397.jpg)
Torch Pinballl
(http://www.link400.com/img_1398.jpg)
Mame
(http://www.link400.com/img_1399.jpg)
STTng
(http://www.link400.com/img_1400.jpg)
Dart and Juke
(http://www.link400.com/img_1401.jpg)
Shuffle Alley
(http://www.link400.com/img_1402.jpg)
BAR
(http://www.link400.com/img_1403.jpg)
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All I can say to this one Is that my Flyers and going to knock your team out on Saturday! :)
Yeah, probably not our year. Sad part, if Devils lose, Hockey's done for me, unless I can keep routing for the long shot Predators. My long time friend is a Flyers fan (we grew up in South Jersey), so I can't even root against the hated flyers.
Can't have Brodeur playing 70+ games and expect him to do it every year.
BTW, we'll see if Saturday is last game. I danced on my Ken Daneyko jersey in 2000 when the Flyers went up on the Devils 3-1, and I'm pretty sure the DEvils won the cup that year. Boo Flyers!
;D
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Gideon posted this in another thread but I thought it would fit well here http://peterhirschberg.com/arcade/gameroom.htm (http://peterhirschberg.com/arcade/gameroom.htm)
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Thanks for the link!
That is the sweetest set-up i've ever seen!
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Any pachenko machines out there?
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Do you mean pachinko machines?
Are you looking for one?
Signed
ED
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Thanks for the link!
That is the sweetest set-up i've ever seen!
That was my thought exactly! :)
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Gideon posted this in another thread but I thought it would fit well here http://peterhirschberg.com/arcade/gameroom.htm
It was alrady posted in this thread too!
Peter is a great guy. I just wish I lved close enough to hang out there on occasion.
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Gideon posted this in another thread but I thought it would fit well here http://peterhirschberg.com/arcade/gameroom.htm
It was alrady posted in this thread too!
Peter is a great guy. I just wish I lved close enough to hang out there on occasion.
Sorry Erik... I didn't see your earlier post. ;)
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Do you mean pachinko machines?
Are you looking for one?
Signed
ED
Um, yeah, pachinko.
I just thought someone might have one in their game room, and thought it would be neat to see one since I had one when I was a child. Sometimes I wish I had that thing back.
I may be interested in one if it works...pm me if you like.
b
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Here is mine...no cab, but the dart board is there and so is my shelf of consoles. Not much right now.
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This is kinda big, so if you have a slow PC or slow internet connection it might be real slow but ....I made a panoramic view of my arcade, it's pretty high detail so, you can actually zoom in on stuff pretty well.
http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm (http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm)
Note the Super Nintendo Controllers on the video rockers. They're hooked up to the PC in the wall and displays there on my 35" Sony.
Not bad I think.
Allroy
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Wow! 2 Elena's! Twins! You must be lucky.
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Wow I finally have a gameroom in the new house so I'm glad this thread showed its face again...
So here we have my gameroom:
Starting with the back right corner
(http://www.thatinter.net/gameroom/si.JPG)
Those are drive-in movie theater speakers next to SI.
Back left
(http://www.thatinter.net/gameroom/tom.JPG)
Buster, the evil jaundiced bear-clown, is the most recent ebay acquisition.
Front part of the room
(http://www.thatinter.net/gameroom/vgover.JPG)
We really lucked out in that desk was built into the house and it couldn't work out better for a entertainment center - I just stuck a flexyrack in the chair hole (what is the technical term for that anyway?) for the receiver, DVD player, etc..
and a little closer
(http://www.thatinter.net/gameroom/vgarea.JPG)
The consoles are in the cabinets
(http://www.thatinter.net/gameroom/consoles.JPG)
(all the controllers are in the cabinet to the left of this one)
and completing the circle the Mickey juke
(http://www.thatinter.net/juke/2.JPG)
I'm debating the next project - I'm thinking of either a coctail cabinet for the area to the right of the Juke but part of me wants a dedicated shmup cabinet (that would replace the cheapie air hockey table and leave me with more room for another cabinet after that). hmmmm.
Anyway keep the pictures coming!
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Why did that feel like one of those porncam sites, where Elena would then proceed to take her top off and do weird things on a pinball machine? :lol:
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You didn't watch long enough...she does!
:D
we thought it wold be funny to put 2 of her in there..so we did. Man, making a picture like that was SUPER easy, and I didn't know it would be. Looks pretty good though, eh?
Allroy
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http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm (http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm)
Allroy
Man, I get some LP Core error. Invalid Image URL. I want to see!
I tried with IE, Firefox, etc.
Art
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http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm (http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm)
Allroy
Man, I get some LP Core error. Invalid Image URL. I want to see!
I tried with IE, Firefox, etc.
Art
You running any kind of firewall? I had a problem on a PC that was running Zone Alarm. And my sister's PC can't load the picture...but i have no idea why...anyone else have any ideas?
Allroy
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My game room is no where near ready to be shown yet, but I am working on it. I'm hoping this thread stays alive so I can get some ideas on what else is missing.
The Game room is a converted 3 card garage. It was my first experience with sheet-rocking and texture painting.
The car side has the following items: popcorn machine, snow cone machine, cocktail cab, pool table, slot, pub table, and some neon
(http://www.perfectidiot.com/room/goz_tableneon.jpg)
(http://www.perfectidiot.com/room/goz_dacock.jpg)
(http://www.perfectidiot.com/room/goz_pach.jpg)
The second half has the jukebox, two arcade projects and a nice big recliner couch and 35" TV .
(http://www.perfectidiot.com/room/goz_juke.jpg)
(http://www.perfectidiot.com/room/goz_standup.jpg)
The wife wants me to build a bar in the area where my temporary workspace / office is complete with margarita machine, etc..
It's a work in progress.
-Goz
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The wife wants me to build a bar in the area where my temporary workspace / office is complete with margarita machine, etc..
-Goz
My wife is nowhere near into this a I am. Do you have a single sister inlaw?
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- I just stuck a flexyrack in the chair hole
When you said that I thought someone was selling 'flexyracks', so I googled. I didn't realise how much these had spread since I first built mine.
I made a 4 450x600mm shelf, 1m high version back in 2000, then chopped the rods in half and added two more 450x600mm shelves plus 3 900x450 shelves so it could hold my widescreen tv as well. I've since had to remove the 450mm shelves on one side for space reasons. Possibly about to mod it again to make space for a sub. And I really should paint the shelves properly instead of the rough matt black on there now.
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You running any kind of firewall? I had a problem on a PC that was running Zone Alarm. And my sister's PC can't load the picture...but i have no idea why...anyone else have any ideas?
Allroy
Using a PC that is NAT'd. Oh well. Art
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http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm (http://www.pac-mat.com/Projects/basement/basement.htm)
Allroy
Man, I get some LP Core error. Invalid Image URL. I want to see!
I tried with IE, Firefox, etc.
Art
Hey, if you guys don't mind, check out the site again. I think the problem was it was loading a 5mb pictures. It was cool because you could zoom in on the DVD shelves and see the titles of the disks...but totally un-necessary. Check it out now.
Thanks
Allroy
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Works now.... Nice.
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(http://67.71.195.140/games2.jpg)
(http://67.71.195.140/games4.jpg)
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A Flyers shrine, pretty cool setup!
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A Flyers shrine, pretty cool setup!
if only they were playing :'(
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Here is a mockup of my planned room. We get the new house on the 30th, so I shoudl have this done by the 5th of December or so ;)
Not shown are the pachislo (sp) machines I plan to get, along with the mspac cocktail, the corner mounted tv and the jukebox. I'll rotate out games as I get tired of them instead of jamming too many in there. Through the door is the console room (the kids prefer the console games) and on the other side is the sliding door to the hot tub. You know you always want drunk wet people poking around at your high-current electrical machines, right??
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I assume you'll be playing hold'em on that table?
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I assume you'll be playing hold'em on that table?
Hehehe oh you bet. Oh, but just for fun, not for money. No not for money, no. no, um...no. ;D
Most fun variation of poker I've every played. In fact, if it wasn't for Holdem I probably would have passed on the table and put three cocktail cabs side by side instead.
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A Flyers shrine, pretty cool setup!
if only they were playing :'(
Heh, they'd just be losing to Calgary! ;D
(sorry, couldn't resist, I feel your pain on this one, I'm actually watching OHL and Senior AAA games to get my fix. :o)
Edit: I really should commend you on your room too!
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Most fun variation of poker I've every played. In fact, if it wasn't for Holdem I probably would have passed on the table and put three cocktail cabs side by side instead.
I hear you. It's taken the world by storm. I heard that 50 million people play hold'em on a minimum of a monthly basis. More then golf. If it wasn't for poker I'd probably have a few more cabs!
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Since these pics the Streetfighter II in a Centipede cabinet has been converted back to a Centipede. I need to update those pics.....
(http://www.subarubrat.com/PICS/z19auction05.jpg)
(http://www.subarubrat.com/PICS/z20auction05.jpg)
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Old, old pic, but here it is.
(http://www.msu.edu/~miekkawi/basementarcade.jpg)
Current collection at the basement arcade includes, Donkey Kong cabaret, Donkey Kong upright, Frogger, Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat II (love this dedicated cab), Mappy, Tempest, Asteroids, Tron, Crystal Castles, Q*Bert, Out Run cabaret, 4 slot Neo Geo (not working) Berzerk (not working) and forced to stay outside in the garage (won't fit inside :'() is my 6 player X-Men.
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Perhaps, if you were to send me your DK cabaret, the 6 player X-men would then fit?
Just a suggestion...
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mine:
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mine again
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My little game room.
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Mission, I don't think it's called "show us your monitor museum".
I tell ya, some people's kids nowdays... ;D
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Mission, I don't think it's called "show us your monitor museum".
I tell ya, some people's kids nowdays... ;D
no worries one day my cabinet will be in there too
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9 year bump. :applaud:
Got my couch back in the living room and also started utilizing some wasted dead space in the bedroom.
good day.